Mar 16
¿Can Cutting Native Forests for Furniture be OK? Nativas del Sur Shows it Can
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Photos: Courtesy Nativas del Sur.
Can you make super sleek furniture with wood from native ancient forests in a sustainable way? This project from Argentina that works with selective logging and super efficient use of wood suggests you can. More details inside....Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Photos: Zkano
Socks present one of those design conundrums. It's hard to attain pure technical or environmental nirvana with socks, because to do their job well, they need to be durable. No-one appreciates holey socks.Yet robustness normally requires the judicious blending of some petrochemical nylon.
It's the same hoop that new sockwear brand Zkano have had to jump through. They make a hosiery line using 100% certified organic, ring-spun cotton, grown without the use of pesticides, chemicals or toxins. They even eschew the use of heavy metal dyes and sweatshop labour. They knit the socks in a family factory in...
