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Paint Eco, natural plant based paint.

Paint Eco is a young paint company based in Latvia. I had the pleasure of speaking with Julija Simkovica, Paint Eco's General Manager at EcoBuild this year in London. Talking to Julija, I got a very warm feeling that they where a great company who really cared about the environment, and where not just  jumping

Organic Banana Veneer

I met Marco Cassin. He is the founder and one of the directors of Beleaf along with his father and someone else.They are based in Monaco. Marco found a way to make a veneer from a waste by product of the Organic banana industry. The veneer uses the core of the banana plant which is

Wooden Sky Scrapers, better than steel & concrete?

This is a responce I posted on the CNN website about the construction of wooden sky scrapers.   I was really emoted to write a long responce to many negative comments based on peoples preconseptions and shortsightenes about wood and lack of understanding about sustainability.   "I cannot believe how negative some people are. And

I am powered by Good Energy

  I am powered by Good Energy http://www.goodenergy.co.uk/affiliates/custom-carpentry , the UK’s only 100% renewable electricity supplier. All of their electricity is generated using natural power from the wind, water and sun or through sustainable biogeneration. Committed to growing the UK’s renewable capacity they support a growing community of over 25,000 independent renewable generators across the

The Milo table, Tristan Titeux’s first baby from the “Milo” series.

Milo is a small coffee or bedside table made of recycled waste off cut wood material and unwanted old fitted furniture pulled out of peoples houses. In 2011, after deciding to follow my passion and do something for our planet I started looking closer at how we use materials. I came up with a design

The Sustainability of Bamboo Plywood

Tristan Titeux Introduces the ecological benefits of using Bamboo plywood in your home. My mission is to ensure that all furniture will be totally sustainable in the future. I want to leave you feeling satisfied that you have taken an important step towards creating a better future for our children. Bamboo as you probably know