The indiscriminate infrastructural growth is leading to rapid environmental degradation. steel, cement, synthetic polymers and metal alloys used for construction activities are energy intensive as well as environment polluting during their entire lifecycle. to address this issue, research on non-polluting materials and manufacturing processes have been taken up in the recent years. in this context many researchers have been studying the application of the locally abundant natural materials as building materials such as mud blocks, natural fibers reinforcing soil or cement matrices and bamboo culms. these materials and traditional building techniques, which almost have vanished after the wide implementation of the building industry, are the main focus of the researches on non-conventional materials and techniques at the present time of environmental crisis, which our globe is facing. in the present study, green concrete concept was introduced by using bamboo as reinforcement bars. bamboo has advantages in relation to other construction materials for its lightness, high tensile strength and low cost, besides the fact that it requires simple and low cost processing techniques. it is the fastest growing plant on earth in addition to being a renewable natural resource. in general strength of bamboo is as high as mild steel while, their density is as low as carbon fiber. the study reveals that strength of bamboo as a reinforcement material is almost half the strength as that of mild steel. an attempt has been made for investigating the structural and environmental sustainable aspects of bamboo as a feasible reinforcement material alternative to steel reinforcement in concrete structural members. design procedure is proposed based on the design principles as that of r.c.c as per is: 456-2000. three types of slabs designed in the present investigation were steel reinforced concrete slab, bamboo reinforced concrete slab (with sikaflex 11-fc water proof material) and bamboo reinforced concrete slab (without sikaflex 11-fc water proof material). after 28 days of curing, the ultimate strengths of each of the slabs were calculated; it was observed that the load carrying capacity of steel reinforced concrete slab is 3.22 times more than that of bamboo reinforced concrete slab (without water proof coating) and 2.63 times more than that bamboo reinforced concrete slab ( with water proof coating). at the same time, load carrying capacity of bamboo reinforced concrete slab with water proof coating is 1.22 times more than that of bamboo rei1nforced concrete slab without water proof coating.