Pacific Bamboo Resources (PBR) was founded in 2004 on the observation that sustainable bamboo resources were quickly gaining interest and demand throughout the world.

PBR designs Integrated Resource Systems for sustainable community and economic development projects.

Our resources and methods involve:

• low-energy input agriculture and agroforestry;
• water and waste management and optimal utilization;
• renewable energy production and conservation;
• carbon emission reduction, sequestration & off-set plans;
• natural and efficient building construction, materials & technologies;
• sustainable development policy and assessment;
• steadfast commitment to and demonstration of best practices across industry sectors and services.
  

With international professional advisers located throughout the "bamboo belt", PBR can deliver timely, source-specific information and market perspective to serve unique interests and opportunities.

Jonathan M. Scherch, Ph.D.

Jonathan leads PBR collaborations with many years of exploring, studying, and discussing themes of international bamboo culture. His work has included local-through international community, economic and sustainable development initiatives, leadership in non-profit (NGO) capacity-building and business administration, and myriad socio-environmental courses, projects and events. A frequent speaker and presenter on subjects of bamboo resources, sustainable development and ecological design, Jonathan was an invited Foreign Expert Keynote Speaker for the 2007 International Bamboo Workshop, convened at Zhejiang Forestry University in Lin'an, China.

A returned U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer (Jamaica, 1991-93), his teaching, fieldwork and writing involves many themes including bamboo agro-forestry, sustainable food and energy systems, low-impact and “ benign emission” industrial ecologies, appropriate technology transfer and international ecological design initiatives. Collaborations have led him and others to Bangladesh, China, India, Vietnam, and elsewhere.