For those of you in the market for a built-in storage solution and you're considering companies like California Closets, you might want to check out the new eco kid on the block in the world of custom closets. The Green Closet Company is the first bamboo closet company in Massachusetts...
Granted, custom closet solutions are NOT cheap and they aren't something we typically recommend to our organizing clients. (For less money AND a customizable but more flexible system than built-ins, something like The Container Store's Elfa system is usually a good option.) But for those of you who are certain you want to go the custom, built-in storage route, it's exciting that you now have a greener option through The Green Closet Company.
We haven't yet seen these systems in person but apparently you can check them out in Braintree, MA at Terrene, one of the Boston area's green building supply stores. The Green Closet Company is a division of Kustom Klosets. The Green Closet Company is planning to install displays of their bamboo closest in Terrene's Newton and Acton stores sometime soon.
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It's good looking too - I hope this spreads...
...maybe we'll be seeing Bamboo farms here in the US soon!
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There is nothing Green about shipping bamboo across the world that footprint alone is not green and not knowing how it is actually harvested with or without pesticides and endangering the critters habitat in those areas. I also don't think it is Green to have children and women basically slaved labor to work in the fields.
Greenwash!
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I understand why having children work in the fields is morally wrong, but how is not "green"?
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The labled "Green" materials do not always come from Green sources. if they are not being socially responsible towards their employees or workers and the third party calls their materials that come from these sources that have human rights issues its not considered "Green". Green is being socially responsible.
Part of the LEED certification criteria for products and materials is how these companies treat their employees or workers.
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