It was a successful and significant trip to Ghana in autumn 2022: Rabea and Christoph personally meet the team of their partner organisation “Bamboo for Integrated Development Ghana” (BIDG). Our cooperation with the “International Bamboo and Rattan Organization” (INBAR Ghana) is strengthened by a visit to the new headquarters in Accra and further meetings with … Read more
Design Build Summer School at RheinMain University of Applied Sciences in Wiesbaden. “As part of the elective course “Climate-friendly building | DESIGN BUILD”, 44 students from the Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering took part in a design-build week centered around sustainable building materials such as clay and bamboo.”https://www.hs-rm.de/de/hochschule/aktuelles/details/artikel/summer-school-klimagerechtes-bauen-mit-lehm-und-bambus
Final submission and presentations of the students, this time in presence at the RhineMain University of Applied Sciences. The students present convincing plans and designs for the construction project “Accommodation for the Bamboo Training Center in Ghana”. We are very impressed.
First contact with Ghana promoter Nicolai Roerkohl. Our association becomes a member of the Ghana-Forum NRW e.V. The Ghana-Forum offers meeting space and platform for mutual exchange of experiences, information and for joint activities. First contact with Emil Fischer, CEO of Bamboo for Integrated Development (BIDG). After our first acquaintance, possibilities and potentials of a … Read more
The first three bamboo project hoodies are printed! With these fairly and sustainably produced sweaters, we can make a uniform and chic appearance in the future. “Kick-off” at RheinMain University of Applied Sciences: The introductory event for the elective subject “Climate-Friendly Construction” takes place online. The students are introduced to the topics of sustainable building … Read more
Rabea participates in an event of the INBAR E-Learning program: GCG participates in “Aktion Saubere Landschaft” (action clean environment), an initiative of our home municipality Herzebrock-Clarholz, where the headquarters of GROW Colourful Ghana e.V. is also located. We are assigned the “Große und Kleine Putz” as area of operation, where Christoph and Rabea collect garbage … Read more
We visit the Woraso community to learn more about the local situation and to stimulate participatory communication. Local people are given the opportunity to share their opinions and ideas about the project and actively participate in decision-making. We also interview some local people about their experiences with bamboo. Via Christoph Diekhans, who is currently writing … Read more
Bamboo is also offered on the local timber market. The bamboo canes available there are untreated, on average four meters long, and the diameters vary greatly. Many culms are harvested too young, are bent, damaged and sometimes already infested with borers. The day of harvest is too long ago to be able to still treat … Read more