Green Fusion Design Center’s products possess, at a minimum, at least one of the following attributes: recycled, biodegradable, organic, natural, energy efficient, water efficient, exceptionally durable, non-toxic, locally produced, sustainably harvested, and supportive of the global community’s health and well being.

Our environmental building supplies include non-toxic paint, natural carpets, sustainable wood products, energy-efficient insulation and people-friendly cleaning supplies. Few people knew about products like these when we opened our first store near Seattle in 1992. Now more and more people are demanding the extra value they provide. We’re thrilled-and here to help.

In addition to competing on the basis of price, performance and aesthetics, our products must offer additional tangible benefits: They protect health, use energy and other resources sparingly, and are extraordinarily well made.

Since 1996, our principal, Mari Strain, has assisted homeowners and architects alike to satisfy their desires for high-quality, environmentally-friendly, easy-maintenance wood floors. Those searching for green flooring can be assured that the products available from Flooring Alternatives are sustainable, recycled/reclaimed, salvage, or FSC-Certified (SW-COC-1264).

The products that you’ll find both in the 3r Living store and online are carefully selected with the principles of reducing waste, reusing unwanted or discarded materials, and recycling in mind. Reduce. Reuse. Recycle. 3r.

That means we favor manufacturers and artisans who dedicate their talents to creating clever, modern, and earth-affirming products out of unwanted everyday items. In addition, we look for fairly-traded products and those made from organic ingredients. We encourage manufacturers to use environmentally-friendly packaging and sustainable manufacturing techniques.

Greendepot (formerly E.C.O of New York) will only represent products and systems that meet our environment criteria. All products must be of high quality and superior functionality. We will not sell any product or system that we have not tested or field experienced.

All of our products must be environmentally responsible, falling into the categories of hypo-allergenic, natural, sustainable, and recycled. We select products using a cradle to cradle evaluation. Each product is analyzed with respect to its environmental impact on health issues, durability, performance, waste disposal, recyclability, resource depletion, and energy conservation and/or consumption.

Mary Cordaro is the president and Founder of H3Environmental, Corp. specializing in healthy bedroom products, resources for diagnosing and solving “sick building syndrome”, and education. She synthesizes the fields of Bau-Biologie, Building Science, and green building with an overlay of the low consumption, ecological lifestyle.

Cordaro has been working in the field of healthy, ecological building since 1989 having started by extensively researching to correct problems in her own home. She then decided to use this knowledge to help her clients, many of whom, like herself, are either sensitive to conventional building and interior materials, or concerned about the manufacturing, use and disposal of materials and their effect on human and planetary health.

A co-founder of the Natural Building Network of Sonoma County, Rob Hendricksen is a nationally recognized expert in natural flooring products, and installation. He has lectured for audiences learning about green and sustainable building products. He has been a consultant to architects, designers and builders seeking to lead their clients toward use of sustainable materials that are manufactured with respect for our environment. Rob has a personal commitment to working with natural products because of their beauty and quality and because they make the least amount of impact on our natural resources. Because of his installing background, he is also aware of the need to limit the exposure of trades people to toxic products often used in the building industry.

We sell decorative hardware that incorporates natural, renewable or recycled products through our “e-tail” store. We began in 2001 manufacturing cabinet knobs from natural rocks under the name Nature’s Handles LLC and have now expanded to the e-tail store Nature’s Hardware LLC.  Nature’s Hardware LLC is a member of US Green Building Council.

Build It Green! is New York City’s only non-profit retail outlet for salvaged and surplus building materials; it is co-sponsored by Habitat-NYC and the Community Environmental Center (CEC).