Shop Sustainable Buttons

General News

Furniture fabric discards find good use

ORLANDO, Fla.-Furniture industry fabrics that may have once gone to a landfill are finding a better use at the Arnold Palmer Children's Hospital here.  Quilts produced from discarded industry fabrics were first delivered to young patients three weeks ago through the Green Initiative for Furniture and Textiles, or GIFFT, program.  The furniture fabric quilt program was created by SWIFT, the Sample Waste Initiative for Furniture and Textiles, and by Houston-based recycling company Avangard Innovative and Yardle

High Point Map of SFC Members exhibiting

High Point Market Map of Exhibiting Members More >>

Lacey Act Enforcement Delayed

Furniture importers must comply in July 
Read More>>

The Stolen Forests

Inside the covert war on illegal logging. Read More>>

Winners of "One Good Chair" Competition Announced at Las Vegas Market

Jessica Konawicz of Raleigh, N.C., and Jittasak Narknisorn of Woodland Hills, Calif., won the top prizes in the inaugural One Good Chair International Design Awards held at the July Las Vegas Market.

Read More...

Updated Lacey Act becomes world’s first ban on illegal logging

New amendments added to the Lacey Act aim to cut down on illegal logging.  Read More>>

FAQ's about Living Green Pavilion

World Market Center is working with the Sustainable Furniture Council to make the Living Green Pavilion at the July 2008
market the largest, most successful green furniture venue in the world.

Read More...

One Good Chair Design Competition

We invite designers everywhere to contribute their vision for a new kind of eco-chair, one that focuses first and foremost on form.  Visit the One Good Chair Website!

Map of Exhibiting SFC Members at Spring High Point Market

Visit the EcoStyle Pavilion on the top floor of Suites at Market Center and all the SFC members on the map.

SFC Newsletter - Your Application Questions Answered

Many of our members have contacted us with questions about the application process.  Thank YOU!!!

Syndicate content