Environment Awareness & Research Centre

Project idea

ENVIRONMENT PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE LIVING PATTERN
OF HUMAN BEINGS. IT MATTERS BECAUSE IT IS THE ONLY HOME THE
HUMANS HAVE, AND IT PROVIDES AIR. FOOD. AND OTHER NEEDS
HUMANITY'S ENTIRE LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEM DEPENDS ON TH
WELL-BEING OF ALL THE ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS.
PEOPLE LIVE IN THE ENVIRONMENT AND USE ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES SUCH AS AIR, WATER. LAND, TO FULFILL THEIR NEEDS. DEVELOPMENT ALSO MEANS MEETING PEOPLE'S NEEDS WHILE MEETING
EVER-INCREASING NEEDS. AN AWARENESS OF THE PROTECTION OF
THE ENVIRONMENT MUST BE CREATED. ALTHOUGH EFFORTS ARE
MADE AT THE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LEVELS TO PROTECT
OUR ENVIRONMENT, IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF EVERY CITIZEN
TO USE OUR ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES WITH CARE AND PROTECT THEM FROM DEGRADATION

Project description

DEFORESTATION IS THE ONE OF THE MAJOR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ON SRI LANKA IN PRESENT DAYS, WILPATTU, SINHARAJA FORESTS ARE AT RISK ABOUT DEFORESTATION.
MAINLY TREES ARE CUTTING DOWN TO WOOD FOR CONSTRUCTION PURPOSE. I WILL PROPOSE BAMBOO AS A CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL ALTERNATIVE FOR HARDWOOD THROUGH MY
DESIGN IT IS DIRECTLY AFFECTED TO THE REDUCE DEFORESTATION BECAUSE THE DEMAND OF THE HARDWOOD PROVISIONING BY BAMBOO.

Technical information

BAMBOO AS BUILDING MATERIAL HAS HIGH COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH AND LOW WEIGHT HAS BEEN
ONE OF THE MOST USED BUILDING MATERIAL AS SUPPORT FOR CONCRETE. SPECIALLY IN THO
LOCATIONS WHERE IT IS FOUND IN ABUNDANCE.
BAMBOO, (SUBFAMILY BAMBUSOIDEAE), SUBFAMILY OF TALL TREE LIKE GRASSES OF THE FAMILY POCEAE, COMPRISING MORE THAN 115 GENERA AND 1.400 SPECIES. BAMBOOS ARE DISTRIBUTED I
TROPICAL AND SUBTROPICAL TO MILD TEMPERATE REGIONS. WITH THE HEAVIEST CONCENTRATION
AND LARGEST NUMBER OF SPECIES IN EAST AND SOUTHEAST ASIA AND ON ISLANDS OF THE INDIA
AND PACIFIC OCEANS. A FEW SPECIES OF THE GENUS ARUNDINARIA ARE NATIVE TO THE SOUTHER
UNITED STATES. WHERE THEY FORM DENSE CANEBRAKES ALONG RIVERBANKS AND IN MARSH AREAS.
BAMBOOS ARE TYPICALLY FAST-GROWING PERENNIALS, WITH SOME SPECIES GROWING AS MUCH A
30 CM (1 FOOT) PER DAY. THE WOODY RINGED STEMS, KNOWN AS CULMS. ARE TYPICALLY HOLLO
BETWEEN THE RINGS (NODES) AND GROW IN BRANCHING CLUSTERS FROM A THICK RHIZOME (UN
UNDERGROUND STEM). BAMBOO CULMS CAN ATTAIN HEIGHTS RANGING FROM 10 TO 15 CM (ABOUT
TO 6 INCHES) IN THE SMALLEST SPECIES TO MORE THAN 40 METRES (ABOUT 130 FEET) IN THE LARG
EST. WHILE THE NARROW LEAVES ON YOUNG CULMS USUALLY ARISE DIRECTLY FROM THE STEM
RINGS, MATURE CULMS OFTEN SPROUT HORIZONTAL LEAF-BEARING BRANCHES. MOST BAMBOO FLOWER AND PRODUCE SEEDS ONLY AFTER 12-120 YEARS' GROWTH, AND THEN ONLY ONCE IN THEIR
LIFETIME: REPRODUCTION IS LARGELY VEGETATIVE. SOME SPECIES SPREAD AGGRESSIVELY AND CAN
FORM A DENSE UNDERGROWTH THAT EXCLUDES OTHER PLANTS.