EXCHANGE FOR CHANGE SOFA PROJECT
June 5, 2009 - Environment proudly announces EXCHANGE FOR CHANGE, an innovative program designed to inspire reuse and sustainability. Available to residents and businesses in greater Los Angeles, EXCHANGE FOR CHANGE helps you donate your used sofa to Goodwill Industries when you purchase a sustainable sofa made from reclaimed wood and repurposed canvas or natural linen. June 2009 through September 2009.
ATLANTA SHOWROOM NOW OPEN
June 5, 2009 - Located in the Westside neighborhood of Atlanta, the new Environment showroom will be part of the White Provisions development on 14th and Howell Mill Road. Like New York City's meat packing district, Westside Provisions District gives a nod to Westside's history as Atlanta's stock yard and abattoir center. This urban revitalization project includes a 1910 meatpacking building that elegantly blends historic buildings and new construction. Now home to a true community of retailers and restaurateurs working in harmony with one another, the district defines quality. Environment is proud to be part of it.
Environment Furniture Showroom Atlanta
1170 Howell Mill Road #P-18
Atlanta, GA 30318
phone: 404 815 1488
fax: 404 815 1489
FACTORY STORE NEW LOCATION
May 30, 2009 - Our factory store at HD Buttercup has moved to a new location... across the street! The new factory store is right across the street from the Helms Bakery complex, on Venice Boulevard, Los Angeles.
Environment Furniture Factory Store
3210 Helms Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90034
phone: 310 945 5458
fax: 310 558 9555
LOS ANGELES SHOWROOM OPENING
Our new Los Angeles Showroom has opened, so please come and visit us from Monday to Saturday, 10 to 7 and on Sunday from 11 to 6.
8126 Beverly Boulevard (Corner of Kilkea Avenue)
Los Angeles, CA 90048
T 323.782.0296
F 323.782.0989
TROPICAL FOREST TRUST MEMBERSHIP
Los Angeles, CA Environment Furniture is proud to announce the company's membership to the Tropical Forest Trust (TFT.) The furniture company had been seeking a suitable organization to support it's on-going effort to use responsibly harvested wood material for it's popular home furnishings collection. The TFT works together with members to eliminate illegal and controversial tropical wood from supply chains and replace it with wood from TFT forest projects and from FSC certified forests.
Environment Furniture is committed to using materials with low environmental impact and responsible processes to create aesthetically sophisticated designs with a true organic quality. This membership is another step in supporting the eco-conscious design philosophy that EFI has built it's reputation on in the marketplace.
Some of the initiatives that will accompany the membership are:
- TFT approved Product Labeling and in-store TFT membership display.
- Review process at the source to ensure use of TFT approved wood. Review current wood sources and establish a Chain of Custody (COC) program to secure the wood is only from forests working on a strictly controlled management program with the TFT.
- TFT works with tropical hard-wood sources that Environment Furniture's operations require and work towards becoming FSC certified, which is the end goal of the TFT and EFI.
- Annual membership review to evaluate the progress of a company's commitment to the program. Annual review to evaluate progress towards established membership goals.
- TFT also continues to link forests to Member's supplying factories through robust "Wood Control Systems" that prevent unknown/potentially illegal wood from being introduced into the supply chain.
- TFT trains and implements their established robust "Wood Control Systems" with member's factories.
- TFT and Environment Furniture will work on outreach to educate consumers about protecting the world's tropical rain forests and how supporting TFT achieves that goal.
ABOUT ENVIRONMENT FURNITURE
Environment Furniture is built around a basic idea: Nature Is The Best Designer We Know.
The materials used in Environment's collections are either reclaimed, recycled or repurposed wood and canvas, providing true diversity in both appearance and texture. Environment defines the meaning of - organic contemporary.
ABOUT THE TFT
TFT (www.tropicalforesttrust.com) is a UK registered charity that works throughout the tropics on forest conservation programs. Established in 1999, the TFT works to conserve threatened tropical forests through working towards FSC standards and sustainable management practices within its forests. TFT member companies are committed to sourcing wood from TFT forest projects and Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified forests. The TFT is funded through a combination of member contributions, grants, contracts and donations.
