{"id":13089,"date":"2012-04-27T17:47:54","date_gmt":"2012-04-28T00:47:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fireitupwithcj.com\/dev\/\/new\/\/?p=13089"},"modified":"2015-07-16T14:08:32","modified_gmt":"2015-07-16T21:08:32","slug":"part-3-building-a-green-economy-made-of-bamboo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fireitupwithcj.com\/dev\/part-3-building-a-green-economy-made-of-bamboo\/","title":{"rendered":"Part 3: Building a Green Economy Made of Bamboo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fireitupwithcj.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Jackie-Heinricher4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-13096\" title=\"Jackie Heinricher\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fireitupwithcj.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Jackie-Heinricher4-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Bamboo has the potential to solve many of our greenhouse issues. It stores four times more carbon dioxide (CO2) than a similar stand of trees while releasing 23% more oxygen. \u00a0 Learn from horticulturist and visionary Jackie Heinricher about all the ways bamboo can help protect the planet and bring green business to the US.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Show Highlights:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Part 3: Building a Green Economy through bamboo &#8211; Bamboo can help bring back oversea jobs back to the US. \u00a0With virtually no retooling, many of the industries in Southern US can be\u00a0re purposed\u00a0for bamboo.<\/li>\n<li>Next in series Part 4:\u00a0<a title=\"Part 4: How business, farmers, and local governments can build a bamboo economy?\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fireitupwithcj.com\/dev\/part-4-how-business-farmers-and-local-governments-can-build-a-bamboo-economy\/\">How business, farmers, and local governments can build a bamboo economy?\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>About our Guest:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>An innovator and visionary, Jackie Heinricher&#8217;s work is helping to support economically challenged communities domestically and internationally by expanding markets for agriculture, forestry, bio-fuel, textiles, green building materials, pulp for paper production and climate mitigation. As founder and CEO of Booshoot, a pioneer and leader in bamboo tissue culture, Heinricher has developed unique, patent-pending technologies that have fueled a transformative shift in how bamboo is grown, propagated and harvested worldwide, offering the potential for it to be grown sustainably and rapidly on a mass agricultural scale.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to founding Booshoot, Heinricher spent a decade in fishery science and management including serving as reservoir manager for the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency and coordinator for a 28-state study for the Mississippi Interstate Cooperative Resource Association. Named one of Seattle Business Magazine&#8217;s Top Innovators and winner of Martha Stewart&#8217;s &#8220;Dreamers Into Doers&#8221; award, Heinricher has appeared in numerous peer-reviewed scientific publications and been featured in The New York Times, Reader&#8217;s Digest, Smithsonian, The Seattle Times and on NPR. She holds a master&#8217;s degree in fisheries from Tennessee Tech University.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Resources:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Website:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.booshoot.com\/Homepage.cfm\">http:\/\/www.booshoot.com\/Homepage.cfm<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Bamboo Facts:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.booshoot.com\/Homepage.cfm\">http:\/\/www.booshoot.com\/Homepage.cfm<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Green Businesses:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenbiz.com\/news\/2009\/07\/09\/growing-future-bamboo-products\">http:\/\/www.greenbiz.com\/news\/2009\/07\/09\/growing-future-bamboo-products<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bamboo has the potential to solve many of our greenhouse issues. 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