Florence Goes Green

Written By Robin Wade

I've been noticing this billboard on the way to work each morning.  It's wonderful to see our city leaning toward/interested in their green efforts.

My optimistic side is pumped.  So cool for the city to be thinking this direction.  Just like probably all cities, Florence has sinned.  Their awareness of the direction and the color to strive for is beautiful.

Florence Goes GreenMy pessimistic side is being xxxxx as I type.  Our dear council continues to be at a stand still on whether to continue using the existing landfill, which is:

•  Only two miles from Historic Downtown Florence.

•  Proven to be pouring toxics into Cypress Creek.

•  Destroying our most precious/most beautiful natural resource.

Florence Goes Green. 

Jeez!  Florence has a ways to go.  I applaud every single effort.  Baby steps will get us there.  Lets all support every effort - certainly including this upcoming Cleanup effort.

Florence Goes Green

http://www.florencegoesgreen.org/

Robin Wade
Robin Wade Furniture is a celebration of nature—a melding of a forward thinking commitment to the environment and a quiet, harmonious design aesthetic. From his "slow studio" in North Alabama, award-winning wood artist Robin Wade designs and crafts one-of-a-kind handmade furniture. Years before a piece is ready to enter a client's home or a gallery, the process begins—naturally—with the tree. Sustainably harvested, each specimen of hardwood is flitch sawn into natural-edge wood slabs, debarked by hand with a draw knife, and stacked to dry, usually for years, before the final cure in the kiln. From here, Wade and his team use both hand and power tools to bring Wade's vision to life, and then finish each piece with a hand-rubbed oil blend. Each organic furniture creation by Robin Wade Furniture balances the raw, natural beauty of environmentally, locally sourced hardwoods with minimally invasive, clean lines—a juxtaposition Wade calls both rustic and modern. “I haven’t yet found a better artist than nature,” he says.
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