text: But unlike carbon fiber, bamboo is a renewable resource and a powerful carbon sink, sequestering five to 10 times more carbon dioxide than wood. According to Hinkle, “Timing is everything in climate change.” Bamboo is a species of grass that grows rapidly for its first eight months, with some species growing as much as 3 feet in one day. After about three years, the bamboo is fully mature and possesses its maximal mechanical strength. One of the most important attributes of bamboo is that it can be harvested every year, without killing the plant, and then stored in long-service-life products, such as buildings, making them long-term carbon sinks.