Following the trend of moving wellness into the home, more architects and designers are using biophilic design in single-family residences
When Marti and Tom Burbeck were designing their new four-bedroom home in Ann Arbor, Mich., they went to extreme measures, spending five years and what contractors estimate was $3.5 million to achieve as natural and healthy an environment as possible.
To make sure none of the materials they used contained toxic chemicals, they hired a consulting firm to check product contents, down to the glazing on tiles, with more than 900 manufacturers. And because the couple couldn’t find shop-made cabinets and doors using wood from sustainably...
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African elephant poaching has declined, but study warns they are still vulnerableIvory demand has fallen, especially from Chinese markets -- the biggest driver behind poaching in Africa, according to a study that appeared in the journal Nature Communications last month. But poverty and corruption in Africa are keeping the illegal trade alive.
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