RAISING SPACES is your Canadian connection to the “green” home improvement movement.  It’s a space to exchange valuable knowledge and experience with neighbours across the country, allowing you to offer and accept a helping hand while building and renovating “green”.  In the real estate profession, we are reminded daily of the interrelationship between our homes, our communities and our planet.  Andrea Jones, editor and community builder for RAISING SPACES, has kindly agreed to contribute regularly to our Blog, so that we can pass along this valuable information to our friends and clients.

Today Andrea writes…
Nature does its daily dealings in cycles.  Water, soil, nutrients – they all go around. Then they come back around again.  These tidy wasteless processes offer the Kermit in me great comfort and satisfaction, like how I feel after harvesting my compost bin, or line-drying my linens in July. Show me a product that cycles waste materials into something useful and I’m over the moon!

Did you know that you can recycle leather?  While my inner vegetarian crosses her arms with reservation, a wave of gentle curiosity takes over. Toronto-based flooring company Torly’s is curently promoting their line of recycled leather flooring. And, based on what I’ve seen so far, the product seems quite promising.  Read the rest of the article and learn more about RAISING SPACES…