Homes and buildings around the world have been built out of bamboo for millennia, but researchers at the University of Pittsburgh's Swanson School of Engineering are working to make the grass the building material of the future in developing countries.

As a regenerated cellulose fiber; bamboo fiber is 100% made from bamboo through a high-tech process. The raw material bamboo is well-selected from non-polluted regions in Yunnan and Sicuan Province,

A lot of people are set on going green. And with a new year upon us, many people have made resolutions to reduce their carbon footprint in an effort to leave the planet a greener, healthier place than the way they found it.