Another great convo below with a fellow greenie, Ben Hildebrandt. Ben's founded Sustainable Home Catalyst with the desire to spread the gospel of sustainable home

If you are interested in green interior design (or eco-friendly interior design) but you don’t want the typical green options like bamboo or cork …

New leather is no good for the environment - tanneries leach dyes and chemicals into the environment and ground, not to mention the damage to the workers in this industry who become ill.

You might have heard that cork is an option for flooring, and you might have even heard it's eco-friendly. It's eco-friendly because it is actually just the bark of a Phellodendron