You know those leaves you rake up and throw away? Would you be impressed if I told you could make cool products including furniture from those leaves? I know you would! Naturecast is doing just that. They are gathering dry leaves, barks, and dead twigs from the city of Compostela in the Phillipines, shredding them through a special machine and then using a natural process to bond them together to form functional art and beautiful furniture. Pete and Catherine Delantar, the founders of Naturecast, are not only cleaning up the forest litter to prevent forest fires in Compostela, they are also helping the people of this poor community by providing jobs and giving back a share of their sales to help the local area.
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on Oct 5th, 2008 at 5:22 pm
This is an interesting business model. I would be curious to know what kind of market exists for these products…
on Oct 12th, 2008 at 7:44 pm
If these products are durable and are reasonably well priced for your average green buyer, I believe they have a huge market. This is a manufacturing concept that can be applied to many different products.