Japan has always been considered to be a country that would rank high among those that are most environmentally conscious. Their products as well as manufacturing processes are attuned to the global standards in sustainability and environment protection.
Leaving Nature’s Legacy
Eco-entrepreneurs Pete and Catherine Delantar, the husband and wife tandem behind Nature’s Legacy Eximport Inc., have come up with an innovative line of home and garden furniture and accessories as well as architectural components, fashion complements, and footwear made out of “forest castaways.”
This patented material innovation, which took two years to perfect, was borne during a clean up drive in their community where mounds of dried twigs, leaves, and forest wastes gave Catherine the idea of making use of these agro-forest debris as raw material. “These twigs are not endangered. [They] die after a certain number of months because the top soil has no more nutrients,” explains Pete Delantar, the company’s President.
Called Naturescast, these scraps are shredded and bonded together using odorless water-based binder and then fashioned into functional, decorative pieces which are 100% biodegradable. “We don’t just gather [the scraps], we rescue them; give them a second life. We call it regeneration…from being wastes, we put [them] to good use and extend [its] life.
Nature’s Legacy is highly recognized and awarded for its pioneering innovations and efforts as well as its green practices. Among its recognitions is the prestigious Golden Shell Award for excellence in design and manufacturing in 2004.
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