This episode of EnvironMental was so much fun - and so informative - thanks to our guest, Freddie Catlow, the enigmatic and (self described) bamboo-obsessed co-founder of Planboo.

Freddie gives us the deets on bamboo like:

 - it's a grass that can grow a meter every day

 - it's hard enough to be treated like a wood for construction, but can totally be made into fabric and paper and silverware (and just about anything else)

 - it's a great carbon sink

AND then he started talking about bio char - and we were floored.

Bio char is made from putting the bamboo biomass through a process called Pyrolyzation.

Then, the bio char can be used a ton of ways to improve the health of soil organically over time!

Check out the Planboo site here: http://planboo.eco/