This ten minute Ted talk from Elora Hardy is incredible. I pulled my daughter and son in to watch it based on the title alone, and they were transfixed, and asked if they could watch more Ted talks (but it was bed time. :-)).

The possibilities for sustainable, majestic, earthquake-proof housing in tropical countries seem almost limitless after listening to what they can already achieve using bamboo as almost the sole building material for beautiful multi-story structures.

There is a great article with inspiring photos (if you don’t have the ten minutes to watch the talk) over at boredpanda.