Refitting the Sustainable Bedroom

When making a slow and steady sustainable replacement of the wasteful and toxic items in your home, pay special attention to the bedroom. While most bathrooms are hotbeds of water waste and some downright frightening thing in tubes, you actually spend far more time in the bedroom.

The first step is to replace any incandescent light bulbs if you haven’t already. They are far more useful as room heaters than light sources. If you have an old carpet in the bedroom still installed, you may want to very seriously consider ripping it up to reveal hardwood floors beneath. If there’s no treasure to be found under your toxic, moldering carpets, you may want to consider having renewable and strong bamboo flooring installed.

Your pillow is also another cost effective change you can quickly make. The foam that most pillows are made out of is little more than oil nougat cut to a shape. Feather and grain pillows provide a far more sustainable and less toxic sleeping experience.