Articles tagged “Sustainably Harvested Wood”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              

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

Learn How to Find Eco-Friendly Wood Furniture By Collin Dunn IN Home & Garden Apr 17 2008 Wood furniture is a beautiful way to bring the natural world inside, and, when managed correctly, wood is a wonderfully renewable resource that can live on in your family, as furniture, for generations to come.By purchasing products made with secondary species, you take pressure off of overused species of wood and help... + READ MORE

Green Your Nursery: Choose Eco-Friendly Furnishing (Part 2) By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Dec 18 2007 Now that you know what to look out for while you're decking out your little nipper-to-be's nursery, here's a cheat sheet of some of the companies that are transforming infant digs into the safe, non-toxic-and environmentally savvy-retreats they were always meant to be.Meanwhile, you willn't have to break down the crib... + READ MORE