Collection: Bamboo Boxer shorts

The Benefits of Golden Fleece Bamboo 

Bamboo is a very fast growing, renewable and easy-to-grow resource. It is an extremely versatile material with countless uses including construction, clothes, food and fuel.

Bamboo

There are over 1000 species of bamboo. It is a type of grass and grows from it’s roots, when it is cut it quickly grows back with most species maturing in 3-5 years. This amazing plant grows in both tropical and temperate environments and is very hardy, not needing pesticides or herbicides to grow well.

Some facts about the sustainability of bamboo are:

  • It requires no pesticides or chemical fertilisers
  • It grows rapidly and can be harvested in 3-5 years
  • It rarely needs replanting
  • It produces more oxygen than trees
  • It plays an important role in the balance of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere
  • It sequesters carbon dioxide and is carbon neutral
  • It requires no irrigation
  • It is excellent for inhibiting soil erosion
  • It grows in a wide range of environments
  • Its production into fibres has lower environmental impact than other forms of fibre, especially synthetic ones.

Benefits of bamboo in clothing

It’s the new hemp, it can be made into a strong and durable fabric and can be made into all sorts of clothes.

Bamboo fabric is breathable, thermal regulating, wicks moisture better than polyester performance fabrics, will resist odour and is absorbent and fast drying keeping you dryer and more comfortable than any cotton or polyester fabrics.

Golden Fleece focuses these natural benefits into our special selected bamboo clothing range, offering luxurious mens Seem-less Underwear, Reduced seem Socks, Reduced seem T-shirts to gift a loved one, ideal gift for someone whom is very active such as the gym or labour intensive work, our clothes with its reduced seem & super soft fabric all support someone with skin irritation & eczema.

To follow our Company Ethos

Our Mission at GF is to supply luxurious items to our customers with products that are made in a more natural and sustainable way. Using natural materials that are known for their beneficial properties.

Golden fleece is part of the JustOneTree scheme, JustOneTree is a non profit community project undertaking reforestation in areas which have been devastated by deforestation, JustOneTree takes an holistic approach to tackling rising global temperatures. For every purchase made Golden fleece plants a tree through JustOneTree. Together we can make a difference.

Trees are carbon sinks, absorbing the pollutants we humans put into the atmosphere.
They clean the air we breathe, filter the water we drink, prevent soil erosion and flooding, give life to the world's wildlife, house complex ecosystems, supply us with medicine and provide jobs to over 1.6 billion people.
They really are the superheroes of the planet and we need them in order to survive.

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