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Make conscious choices for your home with West Elm Organic designs. They use certified organic cotton, grown without herbicides, pesticides and all dyes are earth friendly. Their organic line sells bedding and bath linens. [West Elm Organic]

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]

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]

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]

Combining a premium, zero-VOC paint with a user-friendly designer's palette, YOLO's 40 hues are specifically designed for interiors and inspired by the natural world. Green Seal Certified, their paints qualify for LEED certification, and are better for you and the planet. Based in Portland, OR, their paint is available across the west coast, from Seattle to Los Angeles (and many more) and online as well. [YOLO Colorhouse]

Creating breathtaking, environmentally sustainable furniture, Environment Furniture takes reclaimed and responsibly-harvested wood and fashions original, timeless pieces that achieve the highest standards of production quality and create value, while striving to discover new and better ways to respect the environment. See how their furniture can improve your life at their flagship retail store in Los Angeles. [Environment Furniture]

With collections of furniture, lighting and pottery, Jonathan Adler makes life witty, sophisticated and simply delicious. His pottery is internationally renowned for its sleek, modern sensibility, and he employs the help of Aid for Artisans in Peru, a non-profit that helps artisans in developing countries to make products for the American market. [Jonathan Adler]

Making extensive use of vintage furnishings and sustainable fabrics, Peter Dunham showcases interior designs as an art form. Based in LA, his work can be seen in showrooms across the country, from New York to LA and everywhere in between. For personalalized, individual design with a sustainable twist, Peter Dunham has you covered. [Peter Dunham Design]