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Western Heritage Furniture
With so much attention on "green building", it's odd to me that more people aren't focusing an equal amount of energy into their interior furnishing choices. We hear about paint, flooring options and adhesives; though there hasn't been a big hurrah over the places where we hang out the most at home -on our furniture.
The beginning of that "shift" took place just last week when the Las Vegas World Market Center's furniture tradeshow introduced the "Living Green Pavilion." The Pavilion was co-sponsored by the Sustainable Furniture Council and Channel Logic, Inc.
Josh Dorfman, "The Lazy Environmentalist" and Founder/CEO of Vivavi was on hand as the fabulous host of the party on Wednesday afternoon in the Greenhouse Gallery. He is both interesting and charming, and in my opinion far from lazy (though the story of how his book came to be cracked me up.)
I was on hand to answer questions in Western Heritage Furniture's satellite booth in the Green Pavilion. People loved that the furniture is made using reclaimed (mostly barn) wood from the U.S., is hand-made in Jerome, AZ and has available upgrade options for no/low VOC sealants and substrates such as wheatboard or formaldehyde-free MDF.
Western Heritage Furniture in Jerome, AZ
I hung out with the lovely Mr. John Stein from Keiri/Organo who shared some pasta with me on a borrowed table, and admired Zola's wonderful upholstered eco-friendly furniture. The fun and funny Mark Gruman, one the Sustainable Furniture Guru's kept me entertained and thirst quenched by bringing me coffee or cocktails depending on the hour.
I am happy to have been part of the very first Living Green Pavilion as I see it only going up (and big) from here. It's about time!
And remember - what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas. Shhhhh...
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Sounds like a good show. I'm trying to be mindful of the rules about Vegas, but am curious how the green pavilion was perceived. Also, were there a slew of new participants in the green area or was it more of a grouping of companies that are green and were already there in previous years?
- maxmsf
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Okay Max, but only because it's you... Generally I don't like to kiss and tell, but this is too important to keep to myself.
Good questions. There was more interest than I had actually anticipated IMHO. What was fairly glaring to me personally, was that the furniture industry is much farther behind the curve than I think they should be. There was a good amount of press covering the event also.
Many of the companies in the Green Pavillion had not shown at this event before.
I have many more thoughts on the subject - but would have to write a novel!
Hope this answered at least some of your questions.
Stacey Champion, CIE
Owner/Consultant
Champion Indoors, LLC/Champion Indoor Env. Services, LLC
"Dedicated to the mission of assisting in the creation of healthier indoor environments."