Comments on: High Line Project Slammed For Using Rainforest Wood http://www.ecorazzi.com/2009/07/13/high-line-project-slammed-for-using-rainforest-wood/ Causes Entertainment Lifestyle Pop Culture Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:37:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: RemyC http://www.ecorazzi.com/2009/07/13/high-line-project-slammed-for-using-rainforest-wood/comment-page-1/#comment-339505 RemyC Thu, 16 Jul 2009 10:55:54 +0000 http://www.ecorazzi.com/?p=17983#comment-339505 The problem with recycled plastic lumber for benches, is that in the sun, they scorch like a hot stove! If anyone knows a recycled plastic lumber company which has come up with a polymer blend that does not absorb solar heat, please let us know. The problem with recycled plastic lumber for benches, is that in the sun, they scorch like a hot stove! If anyone knows a recycled plastic lumber company which has come up with a polymer blend that does not absorb solar heat, please let us know.

]]> By: s http://www.ecorazzi.com/2009/07/13/high-line-project-slammed-for-using-rainforest-wood/comment-page-1/#comment-338766 s Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:30:15 +0000 http://www.ecorazzi.com/?p=17983#comment-338766 there's a park close to where i live that has beautiful benches, etc. made from recylced milk jugs & car tires. they're beautiful and you'd never guess they weren't wood. there’s a park close to where i live that has beautiful benches, etc. made from recylced milk jugs & car tires. they’re beautiful and you’d never guess they weren’t wood.

]]> By: beforewisdom http://www.ecorazzi.com/2009/07/13/high-line-project-slammed-for-using-rainforest-wood/comment-page-1/#comment-338727 beforewisdom Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:09:07 +0000 http://www.ecorazzi.com/?p=17983#comment-338727 <b><i>Dog-free grass zones found throughout the city draw my ire as it is, but to prohibit dogs from a park in its entirety is just ridiculous!</i></b> I can understand it. There are many negligent dog owners who don't train their dogs well, take care of them, or even obey the leash laws. Those kind of dog owners are a bit like parents of small children. They don't understand why other people don't appreciate the noise, mess, and being in the way of their little darlings. Dog-free grass zones found throughout the city draw my ire as it is, but to prohibit dogs from a park in its entirety is just ridiculous!

I can understand it. There are many negligent dog owners who don’t train their dogs well, take care of them, or even obey the leash laws. Those kind of dog owners are a bit like parents of small children.
They don’t understand why other people don’t appreciate the noise, mess, and being in the way of their little darlings.

]]> By: krissy http://www.ecorazzi.com/2009/07/13/high-line-project-slammed-for-using-rainforest-wood/comment-page-1/#comment-338662 krissy Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:40:17 +0000 http://www.ecorazzi.com/?p=17983#comment-338662 The parks dept has a problem with using rainforest wood. People have been trying to change their practices for years... The parks dept has a problem with using rainforest wood. People have been trying to change their practices for years…

]]> By: beforewisdom http://www.ecorazzi.com/2009/07/13/high-line-project-slammed-for-using-rainforest-wood/comment-page-1/#comment-338338 beforewisdom Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:49:42 +0000 http://www.ecorazzi.com/?p=17983#comment-338338 As far back as 15 years ago I remember seeing *nice* benches made out of post-waste dump plastic in a shopping mall. Somebody should tell the designers it is no longer 1956 and the world is not an inexhaustible resource anymore. It is time for them to build with environmental responsibility. As far back as 15 years ago I remember seeing *nice* benches made out of post-waste dump plastic in a shopping mall.

Somebody should tell the designers it is no longer 1956 and the world is not an inexhaustible resource anymore.

It is time for them to build with environmental responsibility.

]]> By: Christine http://www.ecorazzi.com/2009/07/13/high-line-project-slammed-for-using-rainforest-wood/comment-page-1/#comment-338312 Christine Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:24:57 +0000 http://www.ecorazzi.com/?p=17983#comment-338312 Another Highline Park disappointment: No dogs allowed!?! Dog-free grass zones found throughout the city draw my ire as it is, but to prohibit dogs from a park in its entirety is just ridiculous! Another Highline Park disappointment: No dogs allowed!?!

Dog-free grass zones found throughout the city draw my ire as it is, but to prohibit dogs from a park in its entirety is just ridiculous!

]]> By: Tim Doody http://www.ecorazzi.com/2009/07/13/high-line-project-slammed-for-using-rainforest-wood/comment-page-1/#comment-338199 Tim Doody Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:58:24 +0000 http://www.ecorazzi.com/?p=17983#comment-338199 Thanks Team Ecorazzi, for helping to expose the High Line's needless destruction of the Amazon. As I said in the Villager article, Friends of the High Line has turned one of today's most anticipated public-works projects into a global advertisement for tropical deforestation. We must get them to use alternative materials for Stages 2 and 3 of their project, or risk countless copy-cat designers proposing the use of Amazon wood. More info on how FSC-certified rainforest wood guts old growth tropical forests: http://rainforestsofnewyork.org/alternatives/fsc-wood-guts-rainforests Thanks Team Ecorazzi, for helping to expose the High Line’s needless destruction of the Amazon.

As I said in the Villager article, Friends of the High Line has turned one of today’s most anticipated public-works projects into a global advertisement for tropical deforestation. We must get them to use alternative materials for Stages 2 and 3 of their project, or risk countless copy-cat designers proposing the use of Amazon wood.

More info on how FSC-certified rainforest wood guts old growth tropical forests:
http://rainforestsofnewyork.org/alternatives/fsc-wood-guts-rainforests

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