‘The planet is our greatest gift; let’s unite to do all we can to protect it’

Reducing landfills is one of our biggest environmental challenges, with around 14 million tonnes of UK waste being sent to landfill sites annually. Contributing to that figure is 7 million mattresses, with one in four people disposing of their mattress after only four years. There are efforts we can take to get this number down and create a more sustainable world. Let’s look at the part bamboo products can play in this and how we can work together to protect our planet.

What is a landfill?

A landfill can go under many other names, from a rubbish dump to a dumping ground. Which, effectively, is what it is. An area of land that is used to dump or bury rubbish. If you have wondered where your household trash goes after throwing it away, much of it will go to a landfill. Although many modern landfill sites are designed to prevent the transmission of toxic gases as the waste decomposes, leaks do happen. Methane is a poisonous greenhouse gas that can harm the environment and human health. Methane is a prime contributor to ozone formation, which can cause respiratory problems and even death. This can expose surrounding neighbourhoods of toxic landfills to such health risks. The good news is there are ways we can make waste disposal more environmentally friendly and reduce the effects of landfills. Choosing to recycle, switching to businesses with a sustainable production process, and using biodegradable products like bamboo can make a big difference.

How does bamboo help the environment?

Let’s take a look at what makes bamboo products a better choice for the environment.

What are the advantages of using Bamboo Products?

With climate change pressing on all of our hearts, it can be a challenge to know how to help. While this can be overwhelming, remember small choices make a big difference. Choosing bamboo products at home is a wonderful place to start, and they come with an abundance of benefits for both you and the environment.

• Designed to last
  The durable fibres of the plant create exceptional products you can rely on to last. This helps reduce the disposal and replacement of items, which can contribute to landfills.

   

• Chemical-free
  Bamboo products are organic, vegan and chemical-free, retaining many natural properties. When choosing brands, ensure they are certified with OTEX 100 and that their production process is transparent and eco-friendly.
  

   

• Improve air quality
  They can improve the air quality of your home and our environment. Bamboo is moisture-wicking, preventing the build-up of sweat and bacteria (making it an especially good choice for bedtime).

   

• Environmentally friendly
  The world’s natural resources are depleting at a rapid rate. The more we can rely on renewable resources will help reduce this figure. Bamboo products are one of the most environmentally friendly choices you can make. The lifecycle of bamboo products has minimum impact on our planet from forest to decomposition.
  

   

• Natural benefits
  The Bamboo fabric used to make our soft, smooth bedding, fluffy duvets and breathable mattresses retains many natural benefits. The material is hypoallergenic and ideal for those with sensitive skin and allergies. The breathable fibres are thermoregulating, regulating body temperature, making them perfect for every season. This means cosy winters and cool summer nights without replacing your bedding.

Ways to incorporate bamboo products into daily life

While climate change will not go away overnight, there are ways we can make a difference. From choosing natural materials, shopping with sustainable businesses and making it a priority to recycle, a healthier environment is within reach. Incorporating bamboo products into your lifestyle is easy with a little awareness.

Start with making a list of all the products that can be replaced with bamboo alternatives. Bamboo can be used for many of your most loved lifestyle items from pj’s, and pillows to your toothbrush. When they need replacing, you can slowly introduce more of the natural fabric into your home, improving your health, lowering your carbon footprint and helping to protect the environment.

Creating a better world

Reducing landfill is one step towards creating a better world, a challenge we continue to take on together… One small choice at a time.

Make these easy-peasy eco-friendly changes at home and become a planet hero. 

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Do you want to be a planet hero? Great!

Protecting the planet has never been more important. Human consumption of the world’s natural resources has tripled in the last forty years. This is having a severe impact on human health and quality of life. Making simple lifestyle changes can profoundly affect preserving the environment and creating a better world for future generations. The good news is becoming more eco-friendly at home is the best place to start. This was the inspiration behind our award-winning eco-friendly home-ware brand. Yep, by choosing our organic, luxury bedding, you can give yourself a planet-friendly high five! The good news is luxury homeware need not cost the earth. You can make plenty of simple, environmentally friendly switches at home. From eco-duvets to bamboo bath towels and beyond! Here are some easy ways to become the proud hero of an eco-friendly home.

1. Snuggle into sustainable bedding (after a heroic bath)

Did you know many fabrics used to make bedding sets can emit pollutants into the environment? The good news is choosing eco-friendly alternatives is easy. All of our organic bedding is made from 100% bamboo. Nature’s wonder plant! Snuggling into sustainable bedding is a dreamy way to become more eco-friendly at home. Be a hero and tuck into natural softness with our organic bed sheets for the sleep of your dreams. Bamboo offers natural luxury, which is kinder to the planet. Go on…enjoy a lay-in with our oh-so-fluffy eco-friendly cloud duvet.

Before you hunker down for the night, why not unwind in an indulgent bath? Just wrap yourself in our heavenly, soft, natural bath towels to dry off. Bamboo towels are a planet AND skin-friendly way to end bath time. Bamboo has super hypoallergenic qualities. Do you have sensitive skin? Meet your new best friend. The bathroom offers many ways to become more eco-friendly. From using less water to choosing our fluffy bamboo bath towels. These small changes can make a big difference to our environment. So go ahead, sink into those bubbles, and bath like a hero!

A panda, helping heroes get their rest is just what we do!

2. Eat more organic yummy plants

Did you know making simple switches to what you put on your plate can do wonders for the health of the planet and your own? Replacing meat and dairy with organic fresh vegetables and plant-based alternatives can help reduce harmful greenhouse emissions. Organic farming practices not only make your food taste fresh and wonderful. They reduce pollution and save energy! Meat and dairy products use up large quantities of water, depleting the planet of this vital resource. By filling up on delicious, organic fruit and veg you are doing the environment and your body a lot of good. Time to get down to your local farmer’s markets! Research suggests plant-based diets reduce many chronic conditions, from diabetes to heart disease.

Doctor’s orders…get creative with yummy plant-based recipes at home for a healthy hero glow!

3. Purify your rooms…naturally

Can you ever have enough houseplants? No heroes, you can’t. Bringing plants home is a natural way to enhance the planet’s and your home’s well-being. Beyond making rooms look fabulous, plants work hard, converting carbon dioxide that we exhale into fresh oxygen and can remove toxins from the air we breathe. Take the Aloe vera plant; those luscious green leaves are not only for healing sunburn. They are also known for being natural air-purifying superstars. Look after them with plenty of sunlight and water; they will look after you right back. They remove formaldehyde from your air, creating happier homes and a happier planet. We have all heard of the sleep-inducing facts of lavender, so why not add a pot of calm to your bedroom and let nature work its wonder? Slip on one of our eco-friendly bamboo eye masks and nod off naturally.

As an ethical home-ware brand, we think plants are planet heroes and best friends!

4. Choose eco-friendly home brands that recycle

The more we recycle, the less we take from our beautiful earth. Choosing ethical homeware that can be reused is a simple way to protect the world’s natural resources. How does Panda help? Not only do our natural bamboo bedding and homeware arrive in recycled packaging, but we also go that bit extra. We collect your products when you are ready to replace them (Circle of Life Initiative)! This means your luxurious pillows and mattress toppers can go on to be reused, another reason to shop in luxury guilt-free. Making conscious decisions about the brands you shop with is an easy way to make the planet smile.
Good work, heroes!

5. Why use bamboo? Learn more about nature’s wonder plant

You might have guessed we think nature’s wonder plant is pretty special. With good reason. This magical resource is one of the fastest-growing plants in the world, a natural gift that keeps on giving. Bamboo requires no chemicals to grow and very little water, making it an eco-friendly superstar! What’s more, it is hypoallergenic, making it perfect for sensitive skin while providing unparalleled comfort. We use this magical resource to make our award-winning luxury bedding and home essentials. From silky bamboo bed sheets to organic eye masks. Bamboo is fast becoming the go-to product for planet heroes.

Looking after our wonderful world is something we can all play a part in and Panda is leading the way! We couldn’t do it without the heroes that help us. Making eco-friendly choices when it comes to our lifestyles need not be overwhelming. Put some of our tips to use at home, and make the planet smile.

Making your garden wildlife-friendly can be a great way to make your flowers grow. The grass can be greener and the garden a more welcoming spot overall. No matter the size of your garden, balcony or local greenhouse allotment, you can make your outdoor space welcoming to all kinds of wildlife.

This entails making your garden healthier and plants growing faster.

Pandas are amazing and very interesting creatures! Unlike many animals, the Giant Panda has lived in the forest for several million years. They are highly specialised creatures with unique adaptations.

Here are the top panda facts you didn’t know about!

1. Pandas have an extra digit on their paws

Pandas have six digits on each paw! The extra digit is the opposable “thumb” which is actually a modified wrist bone on the front paws called the “sesamoid bone”. This “thumb” helps Pandas to grasp and tear the bamboo. They can peel a bamboo shoot in around 40 seconds. Their gut and throat are covered with thick mucus to protect against splinters.

2. Were pandas once white all over?

According to a Chinese legend, the panda was once an all-white bear. When a small girl tried to save a panda cub from being attacked by a leopard, the leopard killed the girl instead. Pandas came to her funeral wearing armbands of black ashes. As they wiped their eyes, hugged each other, and covered their ears, they smudged the black ashes over their bodies; this is how they got their black patches.

3. Female pandas are only fertile for three days a year!

One of the reasons it’s so hard for pandas to breed is that there is such a short timeframe for the females to become pregnant. The female ovulates once a year and has 2-3 days for that egg to be fertilized, or they must wait another year until they can try again! Another reason it’s so hard to get pandas to breed is that they are lazy bears. A panda’s entire mating process takes only about two or three days. Once they have mated, females chase the males out of their territory and raise their cubs on their own.

4. Panda cubs don’t stay with their mothers for long

When panda cubs are born, they are the size of a stick of butter. A cub has pink skin, a thin coat of white fur, a long tail, and no teeth. By the end of the first month, the baby panda has all of its spots. A panda cub is almost two months old before it is the size of an average human newborn baby. The cub stays with its mother for up to 3 years until it is independent enough to venture out on its own, which means that a wild panda may raise only three or four cubs in a lifetime.

5. Pandas eat bamboo, but their digestive systems are designed for meat!

Although they are best known for their diet of bamboo, pandas are actually omnivores and will eat meat if they can find it. A wild panda’s diet is 99% Bamboo, and the other 1% is a mixture of grasses and the occasional small rodent. Pandas have a digestive system that is adapted to digest bamboo. They have a special bacteria in their gut that helps break down the tough cellulose in bamboo. Pandas absorb only 20%-30 % of bamboo nutrients. Other plant-eaters, such as deer, absorb around 80%. This means the panda has to eat most of the time it is awake to get enough nutrients to survive. In zoos, pandas eat bamboo, sugar cane, rice gruel, a special high-fibre biscuit, carrots, apples and sweet potatoes.

6. Pandas get most of their water from bamboo

Wild pandas get most of the water they need from bamboo and grasses (New bamboo shoots are about 90% water). But pandas need more water than what bamboo can provide on its own. So the pandas drink fresh water from rivers and streams that are fed by melting snowfall on top of the mountains.

At the beginning of the year everyone is attempting to quit their old Habits, bellowing out “New Year, New Me” over social media. After doing some research we found that only 4% of people actually stick with their new year’s resolution throughout the entire year and 80% of them give up by March!*

Therefore we thought we would put together a short list of useful tips to help you lead a healthier life. Believe it or not, making small changes to your day-to-day routine can have a massive impact on both your physical and mental wellbeing. Before diving into your resolutions, we wanted to give you a few simple tips to keep you motivated throughout the year.

1. Try not to put too much pressure on yourself and give yourself unrealistic deadlines. They say to make a habit, you need to do something for at least 4-5 days in a row at roughly the same time.

2. Commit to it, make sure it is something that you really want to do. If you put your mind to it, you can achieve your goals!

3. Don’t put yourself down if you make a mistake. Instead of getting aggravated with yourself, treat it as a lesson. Understand what made you stumble to you can try to avoid doing the same in the future.

4. Reward yourself – each time you reach your milestone, treat yourself whether that’s buying yourself something new or going somewhere you’ve always wanted to go.

Once you’re able to complete the habit without having to think about it, it’s time to move onto establishing your next habit.

Now onto the best habits to adopt!

Drinking more water