The full potential for ecological wall finishes has by no means been anywhere near realised. The demand to by a discerning customer for wall finishes with a natural earthy charm, an escape from the manufactured landscape we exist in. As the markets for organic food and clothing expands, so does the huge markets of interior design and wall finishes with rustic sophistication and a low pollution footprint.
Many of us know what we like as soon as we see it, we are drawn and connect with natural products of beauty. We have in our minds eye of places we have visited or seen in pictures of far away places where the backdrop of decoration sets the theme of tranquility and peace with ones surroundings. Also too as many of us know the rigors of coping with allergies, not just from the foods we eat but the products which make up our everyday living space.
Introducing Green or eco friendly products through interior design projects in developing countries should enhance and develop environmental conditions and preserve natural resources. National housing projects could be an ideal access to implement and apply green methodologies. People are not yet familiar with eco friendly labels; they sort it as a minor issue. Simply they do not care due to lake of environmental awareness provided by local media.
Focusing on its economical advantages – environment friendly products can be easily promoted as low-priced solutions yet with same effectiveness. For instance power saving lighting fixtures and water saving faucets should be seriously implemented through national housing projects and will save a great deal of energy and a vital natural resource such as water. Solutions concerning window treatments will prevent heat exchange between interior and exterior environments thus indirectly saving energy consumption required for warming up or cooling surroundings.
An ecological resource is anything required by an organism for normal maintenance growth, and reproduction. Examples include habitat, food, water and shelter. And economic resource is anything obtained from the environment (the earth’s life support system) to meet human needs and wants. Examples include food, water, shelter, manufactured goods, transportation’s, communication, and recreation. On our short human time scale, we classify the material resources we get from the environment as renewable, potentially renewable, or nonrenewable.
Some resources, such as solar energy, fresh air, winds, fresh surface water, fertile soil, and wild edible plants, are directly available for use by us and other organisms. Other resources, such a petroleum, iron, groundwater, and modern crops, aren’t directly available. They become useful to us only with some effort and technological ingenuity. Petroleum, for example, was a mysterious fluid until we learned how to find, extract, and convert it into gasoline, heating oil, and other products that could be sold at affordable prices.