Why Eco Fibers

The West has only recently discovered bamboo, which has been a staple in the rest of the world for centuries. It's used in thousands of ways for everything from housing (and estimated one billion people live in bamboo homes) to food to paper. In China the plant is known as "friend of the people". And not only is it versatile,, it's green, environmentally speaking (it is a grass, after all). In nature, bamboo filters heavy metals from groundwater and removes four times more carbon dioxide from the air than an equivalent-size stand of trees. And it returns more oxygen to the air, according to a Dutch scientist's research.

Now Western entrepreneurs are partnering with Chinese bamboo producers to create a variety of products, Bamboo fiber is being championed as a good material for clothes because it is light and breathable.