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Rethinking Wood: Five Innovations
Rethinking Wood: Five Innovations
Welcome to our first article in the series, FURNITURE in the NEW CLIMATE ECONOMY. Increasing demand for wood has led to severe deforestation, which is a significant contributor to climate change—second only to burning fossil fuels. With such high demand for wood, what are alternatives?
Furniture in the New Climate Economy
Furniture in the New Climate Economy
Our new 06-part series, FURNITURE in the NEW CLIMATE ECONOMY, will explore the multiple ways in which climate change is accelerating innovation across the furniture industry, from materials to business models. How can we redesign the furniture industry – and everyday furniture – with climate in mind?
Carbon & your Coffee Table
Carbon & your Coffee Table
On the heels of the COP27 convening in Egypt – world leaders arm wrestling about solutions to climate change – it's time to dig into the climate impact of the furniture industry.
"This spark, that tool, we're just getting started"
"This spark, that tool, we're just getting started"
We were thrilled to be invited onto the Sustainability Champions podcast! Diving into our CIRCULAR DESIGN GLOSSARY: Furniture & Furnishings, the podcast explored new – and sometimes age-old – sustainable approaches to designing, building and sourcing furniture.
“World’s Most Environmental Furniture Factory”
“World’s Most Environmental Furniture Factory”
Just weeks before my visit to Norway this summer, Vestre, a Norwegian manufacturer of urban furniture, opened The Plus, “the world’s most environmentally friendly furniture factory.” Intrigued, I shot over an email – and was honored, a few weeks later, to get the chance to sit down with Øyvind Bjørnstad, Chief Sustainability Officer.
"Confused by sustainability jargon?"
"Confused by sustainability jargon?"
Earlier this month, we, along with Sustainable Furnishings Council, proudly launched our Circular Design Glossary: Furniture & Furnishings, created in collaboration with SOMA_studiomilano. Coinciding with the launch, Business of Home featured our glossary in their article 'Confused by sustainability jargon? A new glossary aims to help'
“How Business Leaders Drive Change”
“How Business Leaders Drive Change”
Circular City Week was FUN – many of us saw colleagues in person! I watched from afar but was delighted to make new friends to meet in person later! AND to get a glimpse of organizers sharing hugs in congratulations as the opening ceremony concluded...