Don’t go to IKEA – unleash your inner artist and revamp your table and chairs instead. Lisa Stephens shares some expert advice
… Top 10… ways to give old furniture a facelift Lisa Stephens | 25th May 2012 Ethical Living Furniture Reloved Upcycling Recycling Diy Home … furnishings each year and according to the Furniture Industry Research Association …
Is it possible to help the environment, local community and give the homeless a second chance at life? The charity Emmaus is living proof that the answer is yes
… CASE STUDY: giving old furniture a new home Lucy Thompson | 20th … Emmaus Homeless Recycling Second-hand Furniture Abbe Pierre emmaushomelessness.jpg … for example health and safety, food hygiene, furniture refurbishing or courses such as …
Upcycling is one of 2012’s hottest design trends but you don’t have to stop at furniture. If you’re looking for some decorative inspiration, get to grips with our guide to making your own eco-fabulous art
… design trends but you don’t have to stop at furniture. If you’re looking for some … to you.’ Vigurs pastes colourful prints onto furniture sourced from fairs and flea markets, … Flea Market , where you can find great furniture to decorate. In addition to …
Green design doesn't have to mean scrimping on aesthetics; as George Blacksell discovered, combining style with sustainability is easily achieved
… can easily be minimised: flat pack furniture is a good way of doing this as it … that characterises mass-manufacture of furniture. But all is not lost, and with … Giles Miller's wardrobe; it's clear that eco furniture has the legs to take on the …
Viewed in new light, waste is a resource – to be used again, recycled or resurrected for another use
… and car tyres to food scraps and tired furniture – most resources have more than one … collecting, renovating and reselling donated furniture. Residents receive board, food, …
Retired mechanic Jose Alano invented a simple, cheap, energy saving rooftop solar water heater which is benefiting thousands of people. Here's how it's done...
… how GREEN LIVING How to restore tired looking furniture: DIY tips There's life in that old sagging sofa yet. Restoring furniture is as easy as buying a throw or …
From turning old clothes into bags to making plastic cups into fabulous pencils, spring-cleaning just got lucrative
… from area companies. Liqui is about producing furniture and lighting fixtures that are both … design trends but you don’t have to stop at furniture. If you’re looking for some …
Pretty, practical and the perfect way to make the most of old clothes, patchwork quilts are the coolest way to give your home a shot of upcycled style
… design trends but you don’t have to stop at furniture. If you’re looking for some … adds character to your home; by diverting furniture away from landfill, it does the …
Firehose isn’t an obvious choice of textile for an accessories range, but for the entrepreneurs behind Elvis & Kresse, it’s simply perfect. Gavin Haines reports
… line,’ enthuses Kresse. ‘We’ve been making furniture.’ If the success of their fashion … to go by, expect talk of their fire hose furniture to be hot on everyone’s lips this …
Over in Davos world leaders are desperately trying to find a 'fourth industrial revolution' to keep the 'growth' juggernaut rolling, write Bennet Francis & Rupert Read. But their efforts are doomed: the real challenge we face is to build a healthy, more equal society and a green, sustainable future for us all.
… in London, the sustainability manager of furniture giant Ikea let slip that he believed …
Mel Poluck visits a flagship environmental project that rescues, reuses and recycles tonnes of wood destined for landfills, doing much the same for those it employs
… project, so the yard is often scattered with furniture and ornaments made from recycled … increasingly commission them to build furniture and structures from its recycled …
Revenues obtained from the often illegal extraction and supply of commodities such as timber and diamonds are directly bankrolling corrupt regimes and armed insurgency groups, and fund the purchase of weapons and other contraband goods that perpetuate cycles of conflict.
… much of it for the manufacture of outdoor furniture and products for the marine industry …
Black Friday is yet another manifestation of a consumer culture that is both empty and destructive, writes Vicki Hird. So instead let's join in creative celebrations of Buy Nothing Day ('no purchase necessary'), and develop a new life-enhancing ethic of joyful frugality.
… chilling out on sofas or chairs (inflatable furniture is good). Hand out balloons with Buy …
On current trends the world will contain 33 billion tonnes of plastic by 20150, writes Mae Wan Ho, and much of it will litter the oceans, concentrating toxins and damaging marine life throughout the food chain. The alternative is to classify the most toxic plastics as 'hazardous waste', and for all plastics to be reused and recycled in 'closed loop' systems.
… is used for food packaging; polyurethane in furniture; and polycarbonate in electronics. …