Posted July 9, 2009 10:11 AM by Allyson Wendt
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One of the biggest hurtles in designing to Living Building Challenge standards is finding local materials, as we discuss here.

The folks at Cascadia Green Building Council have found a website that may help: www.stillmadeinusa.com.

It's not perfect, but it's a start. Now, if only we could figure out how to incorporate manufacturing locating information into product listings in all of the various databases out there.

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Instead of solely worrying about the origin of your new materials (which still take natural resources to create), a true green perspective would be to source from antique, vintage and contemporary dealers. Reusing is much greener than local sourcing.

Our site, http://VandM.com, has over one hundred dealers from around the world of vintage furniture, antique furniture, contemporary furniture, lighting, and home accessories
Posted 7/24/09 11:19 AM by Talis
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