A new sporking movement has begun.

A new age of sporking has begun. May I introduce to you the eco-green spork.

It all started with a personal desire to lessen the amount of plastic silverware I was consuming at my favorite Thai restaurant, The Bangkok Chef (Honolulu, HI). Sure that I could resist their shiny white on white forks and spoons I started to seek an alternative.

What I found was a perfect compliment to my lifestyle, the earth, and my veggie tofu pad thai.

Introducing the bamboo (or Bambu) spork ($1.95 usd). It happened while on a trip to San Francisco to visit the family and friends. I was walking thru Cliff’s Variety in the Castro district when I almost literally walked into a display of all things Bambu.

Tempted to buy more, wisely realizing I need less, I spent a good ten minutes slowly crawling my eyes over the retail goods…still looking for a reason to purchase one of the temptingly crafted items. The instant I saw it, I knew it was for me. Something I could justify as a purchase for my own needs and wants, as well as helping out the plastic silverware issue I was having. It sat in a nice collection of itself duplicated over and over.

A small 3.5″ piece of organically grown bamboo cleverly crafted into a modern day spork. It’s even biodegradable 4-6 months after being disposed. After a bit of research I learned that Bambu is a modern thinking company as well with an aggressively renewable policy. They also are proud contributers to 1% for the planet. Bambu joined with 1% For The Planet in 2005 and contributes over 1% of net sales to the preservation and restoration of the natural environment.

One quick swipe of the visa and I had the utensil of my eco dreams. It went immediately into my bag for it’s first scoop of take out, thereby avoiding a plastic bag from the store as well. Double bonus!

Since it’s inception into my catchall that could be called my purse, but I prefer bag, it has proven itself useful and a worthy contributer. Not only for eating, it’s primary focus, but also for amazing friends with my clever little contraption, thereby giving me “oh what a good idea” comments, and “you always have the neatest stuff”. I will take both as compliments, thank you.

What I really love though is being able to simply share the idea that you don’t have to give in to the “disposable” society our culture has created inevitably out of our dominance in the “must have now, can’t wait, make it as big as possible” attitude. Will you join me, us, we?

The Bambu spork can be found at Cliff’s Variety if you live in San Francisco, and other retail locations listed here:

Bristol Farms
Crate & Barrel
Dean & Deluca
Sur La Table
Whole Foods Market

If you live or are visiting Shanghai:

www.bambuhome.com

or at various online retailers, some of which I have listed below:

www.greenfeet.com
www.cooking.com

Have you used a spork from Bambu, or another sustainable, biodegradable resource? Email The Green Bohemian or comment below!