Green Up Your Office

— filed under: Green Living

Interested in updating a home or work office?

If you're looking to refurnish your home or work office, your purchasing choices can demonstrate your environmental ethic.

Purchase secondhand furniture. You may have secondhand furniture stores in your area, as well as the thrift stores. Boise has a great secondhand furniture store, Renewal. Prices are often right, and you may be amazed by the finds.
If you must buy new, buy sustainable. We can do better than a landfill. If you want new furniture, purchase from a company that has a recycling plan—that is, they take back furniture and reuse parts to make new items. Herman Miller is the best example I have found of a complete holistic sustainable model. This company uses Cradle to Cradle products and follows a philosophy of transforming human industry through ecologically intelligent design.

Sara Cohn, Community Conservation Associate