Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This: Recycled, Sustainable Environment Furniture

26 Jul 2010, posted by Chathri Munasinghe 2 Comments

Want to keep chemicals out of your home? Start with your furniture. Carcinogenic formaldehyde is typically found in most mass-produced furniture foams, while glues and finishes usually contain volatile organic compounds. Better known as VOCs, these spend years off-gassing toxic vapors that are potentially carcinogenic and deplete the ozone.

Obviously, you’re not going to dump your brand-new living room set; luckily, if you’ve had said furniture for a while or have a penchant for vintage, much of the VOC impact is lessened. But if you do plan to invest in brand-spanking-new furniture this year, there’s no better place to get inspired than Environment Furniture. Crafted from truly eco-friendly materials—many of them recycled, like the old army tents that upholster the brand’s signature couch—Environment Furniture makes a sustainable statement in every room.

Take this butcher table, crafted from sustainable reclaimed hard wood.

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Leilani Munter: Life is Short. Race Hard. Live Green.

07 Jul 2010, posted by Amanda Crater 1 Comments

She’s a vegetarian, tree-hugging ecoista – and the world’s top female racecar driver. Can Leilani Munter really live green?

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Get Unnecessary Oil Out of Your Life

07 Jul 2010, posted by Amanda Crater 0 Comments

Tracy Hepler, co-founder of YourDailyThread, gives five recommendations to get oil based products out of your life.

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