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How to Build and Retrofit a Sustainable Home

Green Business Bureau

Not only does reclaimed lumber give that rustic, farmhouse look and possess some unique history within its grain, but it also helps preserve our carbon-sequestering forests and rejects monoculture tree farms that do not support biodiversity or ecological health. BIO-BASED AND RECYCLED INSULATION. Sustainable Interior Design.

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Tires are saving us — and killing us, too

The Verge: Energy

Bridgestone’s goal is also 2050 but is introducing models now with an increased focus on sustainability, like the Turanza EV , made of 50 percent renewable and recycled materials. Dunlop is promising 40 percent of its tires will be renewable by the end of this decade and 100 percent by 2050. When it rains, it is carried away.