Bamboo in Sustainable Buildings & Interiors

Welcome to the Green and Healthy Places podcast, in which we explore the themes of wellbeing and sustainability in real estate and interiors today.

I'm your host, Matt Morley, founder of Biofilico healthy buildings and in this episode i’m talking to Manuel Diaz Cebrian about his role creating a new bamboo industry in Mexico.

Manuel was previously a Director at the Mexican Tourism Board in  London where he managed the country’s image throughout Europe, repositioning Mexico as a cultural and culinary destination.

He is now Director of Special Projects for Marbella Design Week and is launching into the world of sustainability entrepreneurship by agitating for a Mexican bamboo industry to rival that os nearby Colombia.

We discuss bamboo’s sustainability credentials, it’s various applications in sustainable buildings iand interiors, its social impact benefits for indigenous peoples in Mexico, the influence of Bali’s Green School on bamboo-friendly architecture and much more.

GUEST / MANUEL DIAZ CEBRIAN - BAMBOO IN MEXICO

HOST / MATT MORLEY - WELLBEING CHAMPION

LINKS:

• Green School Bali
• Hotel Jakarta, Amsterdam 
• Marbella Design Week
• Booming Bamboo