There are not a lot of choices out there for eco-lighting or eco-sinks, but Bear Creek Glass is one nice option. Bear Creek Glass is an artisan company that creates beautiful, artful glass sinks and lighting. Half of their products are made from 100% recycled glass and the others are made partially of recycled glass. Styles range from traditional and antique to simple and modern.
Mod Green Pod offers a burst of modern fun to the eco-fabric market. The company also produces wonderful wallpaper patterns. Their fabrics are 100% organic fabric and the wallpaper is vinyl-free. The fabric is hand silk-screened, which is an incredibly tedious and artful process. You can view photos of the printing process at their site. They currently offer 8 pattern choices in about 30 colors. The signature prints are bold, colorful, and totally modern.
Looking for a another green countertop material? Here's ecoX, an extreme concrete product offered by Meld USA. EcoX is made of a blend of 70% post-consumer and post-industrial recycled materials and cement. The product has the beautiful look of terrazzo and the cool smoothness of concrete, according to Meld.
100 Percent is a contertop product from 3form, which is made entirely of old milk and detergent bottles. Pretty neat. This means the product is made with 100% post-consumer waste, an impressive feat, even within the green product world. 100 Percent is 1" thick and available in 4 colors: black with white specks, and white with orange, green, or gray specks (see below).
You’d think bamboo floor is pretty cut and dry, but EcoTimber, a leader in the push towards environmentally-friendly flooring options, has found a way to innovate in this area. They’ve just released a new, prefinished, strand-woven bamboo flooring that doesn’t look like your regular bamboo. The top image is a blown-up version of the amber color (view others below). Looks like a regular hardwood, doesn’t it? It actually acts like a hardwood, too. It took about two years to develop and can be sanded and refinished just like regular hardwoods. With a suggested retail price of $5.99 sf, there’s no reason to stick with the old growth products. Seriously.
Here are a few green reasons to like this new EcoTimber Bamboo offering:
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