Piling It On
Commercial carpeting can off-gas lots of chemicals so buyer beware. Luckily there are starting to be more and more healthy options that are also easier on the environment out there.
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Greening Habitat for Humanity
In the fall of 1995, a group of architects, environmentalists and builders converged on Atlanta for a symposium on encouraging low-cost green home design in the non-profit sector. "There’s nobody out there really focusing on affordable green housing," says Global Green USA Executive Director Matt Petersen, whose group co-sponsored the conference with Habitat for Humanity, the Department of Energy (DOE) and several private foundations.