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With a goal to salvage and reclaim building materials of historical significance and incorporate them into new and restorative construction, Antique & Vintage Woods of America offers a beautiful way to add old classic to your modern home. Their flooring, which follows their Green Earth Concept, is all salvaged and is classified as old growth (cut 100-300 years ago!), "antique sources" (over 100 years old) and "vintage" wood (less than 50 years old). [Antique & Vintage Woods of America]

Founded by two "Global Surfers, Travelers, Marketers and Lifestyle enthusiasts", Maku Furnishings offers "non traditional furnishings for a modern world." Their surf-inspired aesthetic is tempered by a distinctly modern feeling that yields a pretty unique set of products; Maku calls them "experiential, organic, and relevant to passionate lifestyle participants and design enthusiasts." All of Maku's products are made from sustainably-harvested teak from Indonesia, and they're also proud members of 1% for the Planet. [Maku Furnishings]

Combining sustainable materials with clean, modern design, Viesso's furniture and accessories let you customize every step of the way, and have an eco-friendly option for each choice. Their selection of chairs, sofas, sectionals, beds, tables, benches and more can be customized with sustainable upholstery, built with sustainably-harvested wood or recycled metal, and filled with natural latex instead of polyurethane, and offer a great selection of both styles and customizable options to fit just about any decor. [Viesso]

In the heart of the Tuscan tanning district, master artisans, heirs to centuries of knowledge and experience, still execute with the same patience and skill the Vegetable Tanning of the leathers: a long process based on the use of natural vegetable extracts. This process transforms the raw hides into finished leather, with total respect for the environment. The prime objective of the Genuine Italian Vegetable-Tanned Leather Consortium has always been that to promote throughout the world the special qualities of their artisan work. For example, no animal is killed for its skin, on the contrary, the raw hides are the discarded by product of the meat industry, reclaimed by the tanneries. Learn more at [Verra Pelle Italiana]

At Low Impact Living, they want to help you lower the environmental impact of your home and your daily life. To do that, they help you find the best green products, practices and service providers to help you achieve your environmental goals. And they will also help you understand the environmental benefits and economic trade-offs of your choices. Their primary goal is to make the path from inspiration to implementation as short and as smooth as possible. They offer several services through their website, such as helping you find the best green products and a calculator that will help assess your environmental impact and suggest ways to lower it. [Low Impact Living]

FlexibleLove™ experimental furniture incorporates an ‘accordian-like, honeycomb’ structure to create durable furniture pieces produced from widely-available, low-cost recycled materials. FlexibleLove™ furniture pieces, such as FlexibleLove 16™, are made wholly from recycled paper and wood products, and are produced using pre-existing manufacturing processes in order to reduce their overall impact on the environment. [FlexibleLove™]

The wood used in Madara Designs is harvested from fallen trees or drift wood throughout Central America. They are never extracted for commercial purposes. The raw, natural beauty of this exotic hardwood is fused with the clean, modern lines of handmade metalwork to develop extraordinary, yet functional, pieces of art. Each unique masterpiece, produced by nature and enhanced by Madara Designs, will undoubtedly become incomparable treasures for years to come. [Madara Designs]

Using natural, renewable plant and minerals sources, Green Planet Paints has created a soy based resin to replace the use of petrochemicals in paint, creating an innovative, zero-VOC paint which is better for the planet and the people using it. They have also replaced the harmful dye coloring system with clay color pigments, resulting in a paint built and manufactured by sustainable principles recommended for interior wall surfaces and available in exotic and earthy colors. [Green Planet Paints]

Specializing in the best in 20th century decorative arts, Sputnik Modern Furniture has an ever changing inventory of mid-century seating, tables, lighting, storage and more by the all-stars of the modern movement, including designs by Frank Lloyd Wright, Charles Eames, Frank Gehry and many, many more. There's no reason to buy new furniture when so much fabulous vintage is right at your fingertips, and you know it'll stand the test of time. [Sputnik Modern]

Recycled materials are the principal component of the products offered by S&L Designs; from drapery hardware to coffee & dining tables, seating, accessories, beds & more, their metal furnishings and accessories are available in a multitude of hand-painted finishes. The products are available in showrooms around the country, and they're also happy to do custom work for interiors or patio. [S&L Designs]

The products from Satara are all about feeling good; their line of organic & latex mattresses, beds, sheets and bedding, and natural bath products all promote personal health and reduce environmental impact, but that's just half of the story. They also features an extensive selection of baby products, from cribs & crib mattresses to natural baby bedding and other baby basics, like clothes & toys; their showroom in Madison, WI, showcases it all, and feature a gift registry function on the site. [Satara]

Offering a complete complement of design services Organic Interior Design specializes in creating extraordinary interiors using elegant furnishings that help to protect the environment and its resources. The Venice Beach store and online shop carries a wide selection of products that are both better for the Earth and its people, including bedding, bath, mattresses, sofas, paint, books and more, and it's all pure sustainable beauty. [Organic Interior Design]

Out to change the way we look at modern furniture, Samuel Moyer's work offers an interesting contrast between old and new, minimal modernism and organic warmth. Working with reclaimed wood, he takes the over 100 year-old relics of another time and introduces them to the 21st century. Says Mover, “I love to use wood with a prior life. The wood leads; if you study it long enough, it will reveal what it must become." Each piece is made by hand in downtown Los Angeles. [Samuel Moyer Furniture]

Mixing materials like PaperStone (post consumer paper product), medium-density fiberboard and bamboo, Denver-based Doublebutter & Milkweed have created a fresh, modern, organic line of furniture including coffee and dining tables, seating, and storage. Modern shapes and clean lines abound in the collection, which is available from a few Denver-area retailers and directly from their website. [Doublebutter & Milkweed]

Since their beginning in 1998, this website has grown to become one of the most trusted and comprehensive online resource and store for greening your home. Their offices are still technically in a garage in the Richmond District of San Francisco, though they have gotten upgraded somewhat. It all began in the living room of the founder Lawrence Comras, with a series of discussions among some of the nation's foremost environmental scientists, writers and thinkers, about what "green" really means. [Green Home]