Mother Earth is now vulnerable as a child. Environmental hazards, primarily pollution and improper waste disposal, and global warming have put the planet we call our home at great peril. Things aren't getting better either. With each day, the environment is getting deeper and deeper in its rubble. It is just right and humane to do our share in protecting the environment. Reusing and recycling are fast becoming popular as more and more people are becoming aware of their importance. Everything starts at home in doing one's share. Let us then consider an eco-friendly home, more popularly coined as "green home".
Let's start with furnishings. In buying things for your home, look for those with a Forest Stewardship Council or FSC stamp. This signifies that things have been made from recycled or upcycled materials. The latter means the use of materials that were thrown as trash was utilized in making the products. Examples of eco-friendly furnishings are tables and chairs made from leftover wood, glasswares or porcelains from used glass, and lampshades from recycled paper.
It can be very discouraging to support recycled or upcycled products when we see brand new furniture made from the finest materials of bamboo or mahogany. How would mere plywood compete with that? There is a way however to counteract the rather gloomy impression eco-friendly goods may have on you.
Wise and proactive thinking, that's how. Products that are made of used materials means saving a couple more trees from dying. Buying eco-friendly products increase their potential and popularity. Subsequently, the demand for manufacturers to create more of these goods increase. You may only be one person, but you count. If you share this idea with your family members and friends, and they in turn pass the news to their own social circles, the demand will further increase and sooner hopefully, no more trees will be cut down to produce woods, lumber and paper. Furthermore, no more synthetic materials will be added to the humongous non-biodegradable pile hazardously stored in our planet.
Perhaps you're now squirming in your seat, stricken with guilt yet still hesitant to buy this "green home" idea. You do want to make a difference don't you? However you're thinking that not all FSC marked products go well with your home decors or furniture, and that you would rather scout the bigger market of brand new stuff. So what do you do?
There are decorative items called transitional rugs that can be used as a "melting pot" of all decors in such a way that these rugs match with all other items and help blend some or all other things together so the room will look coherent and fitting. This kind of rug usually has elements of the items like theme, color, pattern or design in the room. It can be used as a central point or as an added embellishment.
You can do more for the environment by purchasing transitional rugs made of wool. Getting wool from a sheep doesn't mean slaughtering the poor animal, so if you're an animal-lover, you have no reason to ban wool altogether. Think of it as the sheep getting a buzz cut and hair will grow back in no time and fortunately, the environment is not put at risk. Picking out the right rugs will blend all the pieces together, old and new, for a great interior look. - 29955
Let's start with furnishings. In buying things for your home, look for those with a Forest Stewardship Council or FSC stamp. This signifies that things have been made from recycled or upcycled materials. The latter means the use of materials that were thrown as trash was utilized in making the products. Examples of eco-friendly furnishings are tables and chairs made from leftover wood, glasswares or porcelains from used glass, and lampshades from recycled paper.
It can be very discouraging to support recycled or upcycled products when we see brand new furniture made from the finest materials of bamboo or mahogany. How would mere plywood compete with that? There is a way however to counteract the rather gloomy impression eco-friendly goods may have on you.
Wise and proactive thinking, that's how. Products that are made of used materials means saving a couple more trees from dying. Buying eco-friendly products increase their potential and popularity. Subsequently, the demand for manufacturers to create more of these goods increase. You may only be one person, but you count. If you share this idea with your family members and friends, and they in turn pass the news to their own social circles, the demand will further increase and sooner hopefully, no more trees will be cut down to produce woods, lumber and paper. Furthermore, no more synthetic materials will be added to the humongous non-biodegradable pile hazardously stored in our planet.
Perhaps you're now squirming in your seat, stricken with guilt yet still hesitant to buy this "green home" idea. You do want to make a difference don't you? However you're thinking that not all FSC marked products go well with your home decors or furniture, and that you would rather scout the bigger market of brand new stuff. So what do you do?
There are decorative items called transitional rugs that can be used as a "melting pot" of all decors in such a way that these rugs match with all other items and help blend some or all other things together so the room will look coherent and fitting. This kind of rug usually has elements of the items like theme, color, pattern or design in the room. It can be used as a central point or as an added embellishment.
You can do more for the environment by purchasing transitional rugs made of wool. Getting wool from a sheep doesn't mean slaughtering the poor animal, so if you're an animal-lover, you have no reason to ban wool altogether. Think of it as the sheep getting a buzz cut and hair will grow back in no time and fortunately, the environment is not put at risk. Picking out the right rugs will blend all the pieces together, old and new, for a great interior look. - 29955
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