As soft as cashmere, as smooth as silk... bamboo sheets are today's luxury bedding choice. It seems strange to those who haven't slept on bamboo sheets or tried other bamboo fabric products, but when bamboo grass is spun into fabric, it is quite literally like a blend of cashmere and silk. People all over the world are switching from cotton to bamboo sheets and bedding.  Bamboo sheets are actually temperature-regulating.  Bamboo fabric naturally stays cool in the summer and warm in the winter, making it the perfect choice for sheets. And let's not forget that bamboo fabric is naturally antibacterial and allergen free.  Once you've tried them, you may never want to go back to just cotton.

But bamboo sheets aren't just heavenly to sleep on -- they're also environmentally conscious! An ever-important factor in making any decision, bamboo sheets are made from one of the world's fastest growing, greenest, most renewable resource -- bamboo! Bamboo plants can grow up to a foot per day (unlike those slow-growing "lucky bamboo plants, which coincidentally aren't really bamboo), so there's really no worry about deforestation. Another wonderful factor: because bamboo can grow so densely, a bamboo forest has around 40% more biomass than a regular hardwood forest. That's 40% more carbon-reducing power!

As for herbicides and pesticides and other nasty chemicals, bamboo simply doesn't need them. This makes bamboo a naturally organic product -- unlike cotton. Despite the fact that it is a natural fiber, cotton production is a very unnatural process using more pounds of chemicals per pound of cotton than any other crop. Of course, some of this ends up in clothing and other products made from cotton, but the vast majority ends up in the rivers, and ultimately in the Gulf of Mexico's "Dead Zone." Think you're doing the environment a favor by eating organic foods? Your clothes, sheets, towels and other textiles likely have more of an impact.

Bamboo sheets are also the vegan/animal friendly choice for luxury... unlike silk or cashmere. This means you can sleep peacefully knowing no animals were harmed for you to sleep on your comfy bamboo sheets.