Articles tagged “Sustainably Harvested Wood”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Amazon Traveler Battles Deforestation and Climate Change in Brazil By Jeff Kart IN Travel & Outdoors Feb 23 2011 A travelogue from a Nature Conservancy adviser working in Brazil to combat deforestation, and keep people working. + READ MORE

Introducing Trash Trophies: Sustainable NYC and the Andrew Glover Youth Program Go Dumpster Hunting (Interview) By Mickey Z. IN Work & Connect Jun 11 2010 "The kids had a blast, and they were proud of the wacky creatures they created." + READ MORE

Etsy Spotlight: Whimsical Wooden Toys for Creative Kids By Blythe Copeland IN Home & Garden Apr 14 2010 Artist Amber Dusick creates handmade wooden toys from sustainable poplar that give your kids' imagination free reign--and keep plastic out of landfills. + READ MORE

5 Ways To Give Your Old Wooden Furniture A New Life By Craftster.org IN Home & Garden Mar 16 2010 Have an old wooden table in good shape, but in need of a makeover? Here are five great ideas for transforming old wooden furniture into great new pieces to brighten any room. + READ MORE

Sustainable Bamboo Exercise Gear is Here! By Laurel House IN Food & Health Jun 10 2009 The best way to get out of an exercise routine rut is by changing it up, getting out of your box, and challenging both your body and mind. The newest green way to update your fitness regimen is with bamboo. + READ MORE

Build a Fence with Biocomposite Wood By Josh Peterson IN Home & Garden Apr 21 2009 Let's say you want to build a fence or a porch. What material would you use? I don't know you, but I am going to guess that you would use wood. Makes sense. Wood is a strong material, organic, pleasant to look at. Whoa, there! Don't go to the lumber yard just yet. There is a new porch and fence material on the market that might be a bit greener than wood. + READ MORE

Make Sure Your Next Guitar Is Green By Elizabeth Seward IN Work & Connect Mar 25 2009 I am no stranger to the warm and beckoning smell of an acoustic guitar. Some girls melt when they smell roses. I, on the other hand, melt when I walk into an acoustic room in a music store. The myriad smells from the collection of guitars is overpowering. Those intoxicating smells are, of course, particular to each wood used for each guitar. And no matter how good they all smell, some of these types of wood aren't good to use for guitar-making. + READ MORE

Eco-friendly Casino Tables? By Seth Leitman IN Travel & Outdoors Mar 5 2009 When I met Eric Hansel and learned about his company EGM Green and his product, I realized that the casino industry does green its lighting as much as it can; yet it is not really known for its poker tables being green. EGM Green also has a consulting side to the business which is split into 2 major parts: energy consumption,... + READ MORE

Green Glossary: Afforestation By Mickey Z. IN Travel & Outdoors Dec 23 2008 I'm not talking about deforestation and this is a little different than reforestation which uses "native trees to restock already existing depleted forests. + READ MORE

Home Renovation: David Gottfried on Green Framing (Video) By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Nov 19 2008 For the framing, we used FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) wood throughout the house, and it's marked as such so we know it comes from forests that use highly sustainable practices. We also used FSC plywood in the attic for storage areas up above. + READ MORE

How to Know You're Buying Eco Wood? By Brian Merchant IN Home & Garden Aug 7 2008 Watching all the eco-friendly construction starting up in Greensburg, you might wonder about some of the materials they?re using. For instance?can the wood they buy be green? Is there such a thing as eco-friendly wood? Actually, the answer is yes?sort of. Any way you look at it, trees are coming down to produce wood. But the way they come down can be green. Also, there?s a rise of alternatives to wood in the works that are picking up steam. + READ MORE

Eco-Life After Death By Natalie Cook IN Travel & Outdoors Jul 28 2008 Aside from being one of man's greatest mysteries and Notorious B.I.G.'s second album, Life After Death is a concept environmentalists consider when it comes to the funeral process. Both Tommy Lee and Ludicrus threw music-style green funerals on Battleground Earth. So how can we memorialize loved ones in a way that supports the ecosystem? Can we have a planet-positive process to say "good-bye?" + READ MORE

Buying FSC Lumber is a Responsible Choice By Natalie Cook IN Home & Garden Jul 19 2008 On Greenovate, Juliette Ouvaroff and her husband Alexander are renovating their Venice, California home in preparation for a new addition to the family.Environmentalists and an international coalition of forward thinking lumber companies collaborated to create a set of guiding principles to help resolve some of the... + READ MORE

When Construction Materials Finally Die By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Jul 4 2008 The Harlem building on World?s Greenest Homes is a showcase for the amazing transformations that can happen when your green remodel uses anything and everything you find on a building site. But, what are the eco-smart options for building materials that are really, seriously, definitely, totally, absolutely non-negotiable trash, and can?t be re-used? + READ MORE

Surfaces Made of Pao Lope "Floor" Green Enthusiasts By Team Planet Green IN Travel & Outdoors Jun 19 2008 During their tour of the greenest home in Santa Monica, Ed and Rachelle see many pleasing combinations of eco-friendliness and aesthetics. Among these is sustainable flooring made from pao lope. Just what is pao lope and why could it be a green choice for your floors? Read on to find out. + READ MORE

Help Save The Amazon's Indigenous People By Jessica Root IN Travel & Outdoors Jun 10 2008 If you followed last week's news, you may have seen the recently released photos of an "uncontacted" tribe in the Amazon Rainforest, discovered on the Brazil-Peru border.If you do buy paper, make sure it's made from alternative fibers like hemp or 100 percent post-consumer recycled paper and only buy sustainable wood... + READ MORE

An All Green Abode By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Jun 7 2008 Talented green architects teamed with green builders to construct the LEED home both to educate the public and to use the proceeds from its sale to build other homes like it. If you're thinking of building your own home, here are some examples of ways to create an eco-friendly home. + READ MORE

Find Durable, Healthy Used and Antique Furniture By Collin Dunn IN Home & Garden Jun 6 2008 Buying second-hand, thrift, antique, and otherwise used furniture is a great way to go green in your home. Picking up something that's new to you, but doesn't require any more new materials to be used, is one of the best ways to green your home's interior. follow these tips to help determine the durability and health of your potential new piece. + READ MORE

Opt for Greener Cushions on Your Furniture By Collin Dunn IN Home & Garden Apr 25 2008 How well do you know your couch?And, as soy increases in popularity not only as food but as a feedstock for biofuel, there are increasing agro-political implications of growing soy; mostly, that means that farmers are growing more of it, some using genetically-modified seeds, some using more pesticides so it'll grow... + READ MORE

Find Wood Furniture with a Good Social Conscience By Collin Dunn IN Home & Garden Apr 23 2008 Now that we've covered the finer points of finding environmentally-friendly and healthy wood furniture, there's just one more piece to the puzzle: how to consider the social impacts of the furniture you buy.Don't let the wool get pulled over your eyes As consumers express a growing interest in going green, more and more + READ MORE