If you are (like us) fans of green style-guru Danny Seo, you'll find this little tid-bit of green news kind of exciting: Seo, who had put his Delaware River bungalow up for sale, has decided to keep his former home and purchase a cool mid-century modern pad.
Now, this doesn't sound all that green on the surface (who needs two homes?) -- but it gets better.
Seo is keeping the bungalow because he intends to use it as a workshop for his new line of environmentally-friendly home products. We admire his sense of play and creative way of reusing the most unlikely items (like Method soap containers!), so we really look forward to seeing what this new line looks like!
Get a sneak peek of the new place, as well as a little more info on Seo's new line of home products here.
Image via Simply Green
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Oh yes, this is "green," alright. Greenwashing!
There is nothing environmentally responsible about having two homes, located in a location accessible only by automobile, and located in a northern climate that necessitates the release of carbon to heat the spaces. And let's not forget about all of this so-called "renovation," which, again requires more materials, energy and carbon; the truly "green" thing would be to leave well enough alone. And lo and behold, that new place has baseboard heat, which is terribly inefficient!
It's pathetic that he justifies annexing a new space under the guise of creating a laboratory for creating more THINGS. Yes, just what the world needs- more THINGS. If he was truly noble in his pursuits, he would try to find ways to minimize his OWN environmental footprint. I'm sick of hearing from this hypocrite. Please refrain from mentioning him again.
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phew that was heart felt!
Have to say that re-nest & apartment therapy really are "design first." This is not a hard core environmentalist site by any means, and while point for point herjiranyc is correct in un-greenness of this project with the information currently available, I think showing more a green bias/awareness in design in general is the useful contribution here.
As a side note, "located in a northern climate that necessitates the release of carbon to heat the spaces" is a bit much, I think we have one or two methods to create a comfortable living environment without carbon release, or maybe I missed the point of the whole renewable energy thing?
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