MANILA, Philippines - While everyone talks about going green, embracing an environmentally friendly lifestyle is certainly not a walk in the park. But you can take baby steps towards an eco-friendly future by shopping green.
This means knowing more about the products you are buying for your home, and making sure that these help save the environment. Our Home, the lifestyle store where one can get great designs at great prices, has innovative products that celebrate the wisdom in going natural as well as reducing, reusing and recycling. You’ll be amazed at how you can help the environment by shopping for the right stuff. Here’s how:
Go Natural. Select furniture and décor for your home from natural materials like bamboo and rattan. Bamboo is a highly renewable material that’s very useful and versatile, and has many creative applications like the stylish and elegant Umbra Boomba bath accessories. Like bamboo, vine-like rattan also grows much faster than tropical wood. Lightweight, flexible, and durable, rattan can be fashioned into baskets and furniture like Our Home’s Cicero Ottoman with storage.
Eco-Plastic Fun. Our Home’s biodegradable plastic collection from Umbra does not cause much damage to the environment while maintaining a great sense of style. Made of corn plastic, the hip Umbra Garbini Mini Can requires less fossil fuel, reduces greenhouse gas emissions, and does not contain toxic chemicals found in fuel-based resins.
Recycle Finds. Glass recycling is an ancient practice as old as people have been blowing glass. Our Home has top-class decorative glassware from Spanish-based Vidrio Ecologico, S.L., the oldest and largest manufacturer of recycled glass in Europe. Graceful curves and breezy ocean blue and orange colors bring elegance and great style to your home.
Get a glimpse of nature inspired items from Our Home as it launches its Naturals Collection on April 24 at 3 to 5 p.m. at the Mega Atrium, SM Megamall.
Shop green at selected Our Home branches, including its flagship store at the lower ground floor of Building A at SM Megamall. Other stores are located at V-Mall, SM Southmall, SM City Fairview, the Block at SM City North EDSA, and the SM Mall of Asia. In the provincial areas, Our Home stores are located at the SM Supermalls in Bacoor, Pampanga, Baguio, Clark, Sta. Rosa, Lucena, Marilao, Dasmarinas, Batangas, Iloilo, Cagayan de Oro, and the Northwing of SM City Cebu.