SUSTAINABILITY

There’s often no place like home, although that sentiment can sometimes fade when a house starts to rack up energy bills and breaks down in places over the course of time.

Furniture made from urban lumber promotes sustainability, job growth in cities Fine wood furniture is a fixture of homes throughout the world, but getting the raw material to make it doesn't have to mean raiding Earth's forests. For some manufacturers, it is now coming from urban areas, where downed trees and old buildings might otherwise end up in landfills. Errol Barnett reports on how this environmentally-friendly business model is also creating jobs in neighborhoods that need them.