Green Redux

Eleek is making quite a splash these days with their sustainable and stylish fixtures, finishes and lighting. The company has integrated sustainability into their business by using renewable energy, local sourcing and recycled materials. Case in point, the Zazen sink pictured above.

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HGTV recently announced the winners of the Change the World, Start at Home campaign aimed at revitalizing communities across the country. Several projects within five cities are going to get a helping hand from HGTV, Natural Resources Defense Council, Rebuilding Together and the National Trust for Historic Preservation on energy upgrades, open space improvements, home repairs and more.

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New Orleans owns a pretty big piece of my heart and, post-Katrina, my thoughts often turn to the city and the area. I first fell in love with the region on a 2004 trip to the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. Then again on a two week field study trip up and down the Mississippi River where I learned about Environmental Justice, met community activists fighting for their communities and reaffirmed my love affair with the sights, sounds and smells of the Big Easy.

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Scott has some great projects coming up in the next few months, including becoming a dad for the second time! While he’s getting the nursery ready and getting plans in place for a renovation with a repeat-repeat customer we thought that posting a couple of projects from last year (pre-Green Redux) would be interesting for readers to check out.

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Tropical Salvage is one of those business models that just makes sense. This company salvages wood in Indonesia, including reclaimed demolition salvage and mining “entombed wood”, and uses it to do business that creates positive economic, social and environmental change.

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Habitat for Humanity Portland, Evergreen, Willamette West, and Mount Hood join forces at Habitat ReStore creating a recycled building materials re-sale center. The center sells recycled overstock materials, seconds, used, discontinued or salvaged building materials to keep them out of landfills and to raise money for Habitat for Humanity.

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Mid-century modern furniture and accessories have found shelter at Reside in Cambridge, Massachusetts, while looking for a new home. The pieces are gently used and in excellent condition (read: affordable style). Reside picks from private collections and auctions to bring together an ever-evolving stock of original designs, including rare and hard to find pieces. The store also showcases original artwork and photography by local and emerging artists. Online at www.resideinc.com.