Environmental Bamboo Foundation - organization promoting bamboo as an environmentally renewable resource. Details of its activities in Indonesia and Hawaii, information on building houses and shelters and other general information. International Network for Bamboo and Rattan - Knowledge dissemination for rural areas and industries on bamboo and rattan conservation and use. Growing Bamboo in Alabama - Provides an economic history of the use of the plant as a crop in the state. Includes a discussion of soils, climate, propagation and culture. Bamboo: An Alternative Movement - Sara Nakasone describes how bamboo is being used as an alternative resource to other types of wood. Find a discussion about the structural engineering issues involved in building larger bamboo structures. Ecombamboo Syria - Provides training in planting, production and the commercialization of bamboo and its products, operating in Lebanon, Cyprus, Torque, Kuwait, Saudi Arab, Egypt, and Syria. American Bamboo Society - Information about the society and its chapters, uses and cultivation of bamboo in general and for individual species, glossary, and bibliography.