wine, food and sustainability April 28, 2008

For those of you who live anywhere in the Northern Arizona or feel like taking a road trip on Saturday, May 3rd., Sustainable Arizona is having their annual meeting and a wine, food and sustainability event at Alcantara Winery this Saturday, May 3rd, from 11:00am to 3:00pm.

there will be wine tastings, food, products on sustainability, music, and river float trips on the Verde River around the winery, along with vineyard tours.

Barbara Predmore, winery owner and visionary extraordinaire, will be hosting this event with Sustainable Arizona, a non-profit organization that promotes, education, communication and relationship development in sustainability, green and Eco-friendly alternatives. The relationship with SAZ and Alcantara is very symbiotic and supports the vision that those of us in the region want and see and support in our community.

you can visit www.sustainablearizona.org for more information, directions and times for the event.

“we’ve come along way baby”…going green April 7, 2008

I can remember more than ten years ago, when looking for eco-friendly, green, sustainable products for a client, who had multiple chemical sensitivities was next to impossible. I would call companies and ask how their products were made, what were the glues, adhesives, finishes and dyes used and they would ask me “why do you want to know” ?

It was their legal department that was asking me the question, thinking I was an industry spy, looking to steal their magic potions. When I told them the reason for the inquiry, they would pause and say,

“Well, we aren’t sure what the answer is to your question, so we will have to research it and get back to you”, and of course, that would be the last conversation I would have with that company. Bottom line is, they had no unearthly idea what the hell was in their products. So if they didn’t know, do you think the rest of the population that was buying this stuff knew?

Nope.

That’s what makes this such an exciting time to be on the planet, at least for me as a designer. Now, we are starting to see accountability and people demanding to know, what exactly are they getting when they go to purchase furnishings, decorative accessories, paints, fabrics, etc.

Of course, we still have millions of items out there that are only green perhaps because that’s the color of the paint on them, but at least, we have choices in almost every category of product, as to what we choose to put in our environment, our mouths, on our bodies and in our bodies. So when you shop and are looking for a new item to bring home and decorate your home with, ask yourself, ” how will this work in my environment and support an eco-friendly interior. See you don’t have to have multiple chemical sensitivities to want or have a healthy environment, you should just naturally want it because you are worth it!

Hello world! April 3, 2008

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