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5 Sustainable and Eco Friendly Furniture Brands
The sustainability of furniture often gets forgotten about when choosing pieces for the home. When you shop for furniture, like mattresses or chairs, choose pieces that last. This means selecting items made to endure, not those that wear out fast. The best choice for sustainability is to buy second-hand, vintage, or antique items. This way, you can give an item many lives instead of just one. It saves on extra energy usage, plus you can find one-of-a-kind pieces! Yet, this can often be a time-consuming process and it is so important to support local craftsmen. Here’s a list of the most sustainable and eco friendly furniture brands. These brands focus on sustainability, ethical practices, and socially responsible design. Many of which use of non toxic materials and are Greenguard Certified.
The Citizenry
The Citizenry is a wonderful platform to shop from if you want to support artisans and craft from all over the world. By personally traveling to each country and using only local materials, the Citizenry establish sustainable relationships with their artisans. All items are handmade with time honed traditions and craftsmanship. Each item is handcrafted, hand numbered, and available only in limited quantities to ensure it’s as extraordinary as the culture that inspired it. They provide good wages and working conditions, as well as sustainable grants for artisans to grow their work. The pieces are beautiful and reflective of the countries the come from.
Avocado
Not only does Avocado make some of the most comfortable mattresses out there but they are totally environmentally conscious and ethical. Handmade in California, their mattresses are non-toxic and made from certified organic materials, sourced from Avocado’s own farms. Now you can really sleep soundly. They are only one of three mattress brands globally that have a Made Safe certification. Avocado is the first mattress brand to be Climate Neutral Certified as they achieve net-zero carbon emissions. They even offset more carbon then they generate. Plus, they make sustainable sheets, pillows, and beautiful eco wooden furniture. Explore the brands eco friendly furniture options below.
Cisco Home
Cisco is truly a sustainable furniture brand. They follow every guideline and certification out there to ensure they operate as sustainably as possible. They make sure all of their materials are FSC-certified, from their wood to stains, to natural fabrics. Plus, they only work with vendors who are Certified Fair Trade. Cisco’s furniture is all timeless, classic staples, and they don’t work to fit into trends, but rather make pieces to last multiple lifetimes. Each piece is made by skilled craftsman, not a machine, who work intending to make as little waste as possible. They ensure each maker is supported, made a livable wage, and provided with health insurance – a standard that shouldn’t be unique. They even have a garden in their Los Angeles factory, for each of their makers to take seasonal produce home with them at the end of the day.
Medley
This LA based company was founded by two brothers in 2005, who have always been committed to sustainability when creating furniture. Medley only use materials that are nontoxic and certified as clean and sustainable from organizations such as Global Organic Latex Standard, Forest Stewardship Council, and Global Organic Textile Standard. They never use fire retardants, ozone depleters, heavy metals, pesticides, phlalates, or known carcinogens like formaldehyde. Sadly, most industrially made furniture is full of chemicals, which are bad for us and the environment. Luckily with Medley you can shop beautiful, timeless and long-lasting pieces that are made with everyone’s health in mind.
Kalon
For almost 20 years, Kalon has made heirloom-quality pieces. These sustainably crafted items are designed to last and be cherished for generations. Their pieces are designed to become more beautiful through age and use. They are also free from non-toxic materials that don’t emit harmful VOCs or odors. Every Kalon piece meets an extremely high standard of 90% material efficiency or more. Their production model makes it just as efficient and cost-effective to produce one item as it is to make 1,000. This allows them to break free from the harmful cycles of mass production. Avoiding overusing resources and wasteful production.
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