Panda’s are notoriously difficult to get to breed in captivity. The increasingly desperate attempts of Chinese zoo’s to get our bamboo loving comrades culminated in the Chinese authorities piping sexing education videos – but, apparently, with some success. 

Well our monochrome buddies from east may be facing a whole new challenge as their much loved bamboo looks to be subject to new demands. Numerous ethical retailers are embracing bamboo as a new ethical fibre with some pretty handy qualities. As you might imagine those skimboarding dudes at Akwa Industries are at the front of the queue. Their new range of Bamboo T-Shirts are perfect for the beach as they have natural anti-UV properties which help to protect your skin not to mention anti-bacterial properties to stop odors. The economics can’t be too bad as they are knocking them out at twenty Canadian dollars a throw. 

But don’t tell Bai Yun of the forthcoming shortage he’s wound up enough with that VCR running 24×7.