Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Healing Bulletin Board material

[Stuart Joseph (stuart]

Rebecca,
You bring up an interesting point that raises some questions for me and 
I hope someone out there in Co-ho land can answer them for me:

What environmental effects are caused by:
1. Cork Bulletin Boards
2. Celotex (which makes a great bulleting board)

Thanks.

Rebecca Reid wrote:
> Please please investigate whether or not this material is recycleable--or at 
> least include that question in your decision making.  It is so easy to find 
> some new material and get excited about it, only to find that it is 
> contributing to the problem in ways the old ones never did.
> Sorry about the rant. Just trying to keep an inhabitable world for my 
> grandson!
> Rebecca
> Pioneer Valley
>   
> > > Lynn, is the bulletin board material linoleum, too?
> > >       
> > The Forbo bulletin board material of which I spoke highly, is made by the
> > same company as makes Marmoleum, but the bulletin board material is not
> > linoleum. I'm not sure how to best describe it. Rubbery, sort of like a
> > super dense foam. Must have been about a quarter inch thick, came on a 
> > roll
> > several feet wide. Many colors available. About the same amount of
> > resistance as cork, or maybe a little bit stiffer. Works fine with
> > thumbtacks, pushpins, staples.
> >
> > Lynn Nadeau
> >
> >
> >
> >     
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Stuart Joseph, 802-463-1954
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Caer Coburn, a traditional village based upon  and intentional communities
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