Tag: wood

Sustainable Flooring Options Guide

Sustainable flooring is a critical component of environmentally conscious living. By choosing eco-friendly options, consumers can contribute to a healthier planet. From recycled timber to bamboo and resilient floors, each sustainable flooring type has its advantages and considerations.

How to make your deck sustainable

We know that the wood industry is causing deforestation, harm to animals and people and climate change. A new UN project to track illegal timber is now set up, but play your part by making "smart wood" choices when building a new deck this summer, or winter if you are in temperate climates. 

Is wood from your new deck killing monkeys and the fish?

Up to 30% of the wood sold in markets globally is harvested illegally, according to international agreements. This deforestation causes habitat loss and extinction and a new UN initiative wants to track the bad guys, or rather tell you about the source of your wood, through a new app. 

Turkish watchmakers plant trees with this wristwatch

Have you ever made a purchase in your life by which you gave the green light for planting a...

Wood and aluminum designs and unusual burnt edges

Israeli designer HIlla Shamia has found a way to mix "oil and water" or aluminum and wood - two...

Lamps Made With 50% Sawdust, Some Plastic Bags, and Some Ingenuity

Made from sawdust and plastic bags alone, these adhesive-free lamps take leftover materials and make them shine again. Plastic bags...

Haley Barbour’s Red State Pays $100 Million to Israeli Biofuel Co for CleanTech

Climate change hits America's Red States hard - but there's plenty of wood waste there for clean biofuel energy...