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INTERIOR & DESIGN
Sustainable Design WORDS
TRACEY ANDREWS Tracey Andrews Interiors
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t's late in the summer, and clearly, we have missed the boat for some wellearned sunshine - the good ole English summers rarely show up these days. For me, it's too late in the year to share some summer interior inspiration and too early to prepare for some Autumn cosiness, so I'm back here to discuss
important issues about sustainability within interior design and how we can practise this. WHAT IS SUSTAINABLE INTERIOR DESIGN? We all understand that sustainability is a state within the environment we need to maintain, allowing us to live how we are accustomed to now and for the future. Sustainability in our interiors involves us as consumers and homeowners making better choices in materials and products.
WHAT CAN WE DO? Keep informed, insist on natural and recyclable materials. Be mindful of the process and journey of products, how they are packaged and transported, buy green, buy local, and buy British where possible to help that carbon boot print! A FEW QUICK FACTS Climate change, global warming and sustainability are vast and intertwined subjects. We don't have to look too far into our news feeds
