There’s not much in the so-called “Green Building” movement that will shock us at Carpentry Collective, ideals like durability, reusing salvaged woods and selecting locally available mater ials have ALWAYS made sense to craftspeople. If you look through the work of the most influential woodworkers, you’ll find many who were green well before their time.
        That said, with the green movement building steam there’s a massive amount of green materials on the market these days and an increasing demand from home owners for green building practices. Its often cheaper to use recycled materials which helps us lower our rates and bids. Being green doesn't have to be painful, if it's done right, it'll feel amazing....

How can you make sure  that you’re actually making the “greenest”  decisions for your projects while still staying on budget?     ......The answer begins with education.

What Does Green Mean?
      ....Our working definition of green is “building practices that emphasize the use of sustainable, environmentally and personally healthy materials.”

What are Green Materials?
      ....Green materials are finishes, wood or wood alternatives, veneers, adhesives etc, that have one or more of the following characteristics:

1) recycled content
2) renewable – from sources managed with sustainability in mind
3) efficient manufacturing process – minimal waste
4) locally available to reduce transportation costs
5) salvaged, refurbished, or remanufactured
6) durable

                At Carpentry Collective we also use bio-diesel in our Sprinter Van with gets 25+ Mpg.
       We use recycled paper on all our business cards, paper invoices, blueprints and advertising. We recycle job materials and even re-finish older furniture with eco-friendly products. Even our website's servers are powered by wind. We are not only great carpenters, we feel the materials given us by our planet are sacred and should not be squandered for the sake of commerce, join us in changing the way we build the things around us....
                
                        Let's make caring cool again...