Green livelihood (http://www.bamboohouseindia.org/home.asp) is a Social Enterprise with an aim of utilizing bamboo as an economic driver for providing sustainable livelihood opportunities to rural & tribal artisans in the bamboo sector through business models designed to work at the base of the economic pyramid, and promote bamboo as an eco-friendly substitute to wood, steel, iron & plastic.

Bamboo and bamboo products have many environment friendly characteristics, and can be used as substitutions in many situations and in turn generate livelihoods.
Bamboo House India, a social enterprise, was established by two First Generation Entrepreneurs, Aruna Kappagantula & Prashant Lingam in the year 2008 with an aim of using Bamboo as an economic driver for providing sustainable livelihood opportunities to rural & tribal artisans in the Bamboo sector through market linkages.

BHI is striving to create chain of bamboo showrooms across the country which shall promote & market all bamboo based products under one roof starting from Bamboo pen to Bamboo Housing Structures. Purpose is to create a long term sustainable non -migratory business model for rural and tribal artisans in the Bamboo sector by using locally available raw material i.e. bamboo and develop contemporary life style products to suit the market tastes and demand rather than age old basketry items.

Check out their online store it’s very impressive. They have a bamboo solution for all our needs in everyday life, be it the plates you eat on, the spoons the bags you carry, and even houses and home décor. The designs are artistic and professional. I was amazed at the variety and quality of these products. Eco friendly, pocket friendly and trendy bamboo products are certainly an ancient solution to our modern age problems.