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Henry Calvin Fabrics
Photo courtesy of Calvin Fabrics
CONSIDER THE SOURCE
Sustainability and Environmental Impacts of the Furniture you Buy
KRISSY MILLNER
s I write my quarterly article for Southern Oregon Magazine, I that night, as we talked more about the world and the environment, I
Amust admit I am on a bit of a tangent. Both of my kids are organic felt compelled to share with her that her mom and pop really do care
farmers and they do their best to live without making much of a foot- about the environment. It’s one of the main reasons we founded our
print in this world. My daughter was home the other day and repri- home store 17 years ago.We wanted handmade, sustainable, envi-
manded me for putting the Brussel sprouts in a plastic bag, “Mom! ronmentally conscious furniture for our own home, thus our store
It’s not necessary. Single use plastic is destroying our world.” Later was born.
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