"What is a house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on?" - Henry David Thoreau


Green design - often referred to as "sustainable design", or "eco-design"- is not just a trend, it is a fundamental change in the way interior design and architecture are approached. The aim is to create dwellings, and other man-made environments, which reduce or eliminate the use of unhealthy materials, minimize ecological impact, and relate people with the natural world around them.

Contrary to many people's perceptions, green design doesn't mean decorating with burlap and macramé. In fact, it is possible to be quite green and use lovely, sumptuous materials such as wild silk, recycled glass tile and FSC certified Brazilian Teak. Sustainable design can also be adapted to any style from elegantly traditional to sleekly modern, and it fits into all types of budgets.

The way we create the places we live and work is coming close to a tipping point, where the question will no longer be, "Why design green?" and will instead become, "why not design green?".