Which natural materials do we use to make clothing? Most people think of wool or cotton. What about bamboo? Of course we know that pandas eat bamboo, but do you know that all over the world people use bamboo for much more? Designers today make handbags and fashionable clothes from bamboo fabric, and many people wear bamboo T-shirts, shoes and other clothing. In China and Japan, bamboo is used as scaffolding in the construction industry.People also make chairs and furniture from bamboo, and they use it to make walls an shelters. You can even buy bamboo bikes!

Bamboo is a natural material, like cotton. It grows easily in many parts of the world and doesn't need a lot of water or chemical fertilizers. So it is environmentally friendly.