South Cone to Address Environmentally Sustainable Furniture at DCOTA - Company is Certified Furniture Manufacturer for Rainforest Protection
South Cone will speak about its environmentally sustainable furniture at DCOTA. The company manufactures furniture that is environmentally responsible and is FSC certified for rainforest protection.
Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) June 7, 2005 -- “We invite the public to hear about
how we manufacture beautiful furniture that is environmentally responsible to
its origin in the rainforest,” stated South Cone CEO Gerry Cooklin. The South
Cone story will be presented during the ‘Think Green, Design Green’ event at
Design Center of the Americas (DCOTA, Dania Beach, Florida), PPM collection,
A-328 on Friday, June 10, and Saturday, June 11, at 2:30 p.m. both days. “This
conference provides a forum for attendees to learn about the relationship
between consumer choice and rainforest preservation.”
Making the
presentation will be Executive Vice President Einar A. Elsner. “We will focus on
the beauty of the product and the process of making it, from harvesting the wood
to the final product. Beauty means more than what you see on the outside,” he
explained. “It also means what’s behind the product - - from gently harvesting
the fine wood in the rainforest to respecting the talented artisans and workers
who make each piece.”
South Cone is a high end furniture manufacturer
with corporate headquarters in California and factories in Peru and Argentina
that are certified by the Rainforest Alliance in accordance to the principles
and criteria of the Forest Stewardship Council. South Cone’s goal is to achieve
90% FSC certification of all its production by the end of 2007.
To
further the goal of preserving the rainforests, South Cone also founded and
funds PaTS, a non-profit organization that helps indigenous communities in the
Peruvian Amazon to achieve prosperity through an ecologically-friendly business
model. PaTS has been working with the Yanesha people of the Palcazu Valley in
Peru’s Central Amazon region since 2001.
“It is possible to produce
beautifully crafted furniture with fine tropical hardwoods and still be
environmentally sustainable,” Cooklin noted. “Any manufacturer can do it. It’s a
matter of choice.”
Design Center of the Americas (DCOTA) is located at
the intersection of I-95 and Griffin Road, Dania Beach, Florida. For more
information about the DCOTA event, contact David Granoff: Broward-954.920.7997;
Dade-305.945.7496; e-mail protected from spam bots
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