Comparing Two Natural Insulation Materials: Thermacork vs. Havelock Wool

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Comparing Two Natural Insulation Materials: Thermacork vs. Havelock Wool

In the field of sustainable building, choosing the right insulation material can significantly impact the environment, the overall performance of a structure and the carbon footprint.

Two standout natural insulation options are available through Small Planet Supply: ThermaCork expanded cork insulation and wool insulation from Havelock Wool. Both offer unique benefits, yet they cater to different needs and preferences. Let's delve into a comparison of these two innovative products to help you make an informed decision.

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Indoor Air Quality During the Holiday Season

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Indoor Air Quality During the Holiday Season

The holiday season is a busy time of activities and excitement as families and friends come together to celebrate. Amidst the merriment, it's easy to overlook a crucial aspect of our surroundings—indoor air quality (IAQ). As you decorate your home and prepare holiday meals, potentially unidentified air quality issues that may catch you by surprise. In this blog post, Small Planet Supply delves into the indoor air quality challenges that the holiday season presents and offer actionable solutions to ensure fresher air for you, your family, and your guests.

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Using ThermaCork Lowers Building Carbon With Style

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Using ThermaCork Lowers Building Carbon With Style

As the evolution of high-performance building evolves, the focus on carbon has increased from not just measuring how much energy a building uses to operate, but also measuring the amount of carbon used in constructing a building as well as end of life carbon cost.  Luckily, a product you may already know can help you manage your carb(on)s. That product is ThermaCork. 

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Earth Day Action: Big and Small Changes to Decrease Your Carbon Footprint at Home

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Earth Day Action: Big and Small Changes to Decrease Your Carbon Footprint at Home

So, while the debate rages on regarding whether there is anything we can do individually to impact climate change, I’m going to write this blog with the assumption that what we do as individuals can help the planet by making changes in our home. Many or our customers are already super committed to reducing their carbon footprint, so I’m mostly singing to the choir. However, since we all eat and need clean clothes, I thought I’d focus on these two areas for this year’s Earth Day blog post.

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Climate, Carbon and Cork: Using ThermaCork to Decrease Embodied Carbon in Your Build

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ThermaCork continues to be a very popular product with Small Planet Supply customers. Between the natural beauty and impressive insulative value, there is certainly a lot to love about this 100% natural product. One great thing not everyone is aware of though is how ThermaCork has a less than zero carbon footprint. This negative carbon footprint is an important part of the fight against climate change and ThermaCork is a great way to help bring down the overall carbon footprint of a building.

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Small Planet Tips for An Environmentally Lighter Holiday Season

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Small Planet Tips for An Environmentally Lighter Holiday Season

December is a time we associate with friends, family and giving. In the pursuit of creating a time of year we’ll always remember, it can be easy to forget about the environmental impact of our celebrations. Did you know that Americans throw away 25% more waste between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day than in the other part of the year? That equates to about one million extra tons of trash per week![1]

In this last month of the year, we thought we’d share some tips to make your holidays easier on the environment and share some photos of the little people and animals who bless our lives. We’re saving our holiday wishes for the very end of the article.

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Trash Talk: Single Stream Recycling's Hidden Costs

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Trash Talk: Single Stream Recycling's Hidden Costs

“Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.” Growing up in the late 80’s and 90’s this felt like it was practically a mantra among the environmentally concerned. Chief among these it seemed was Recycle. I was lucky enough to belong to a household that valued doing our part to keep our planet clean. Having moved between different states it was always interesting to me how different communities handled this monumental task of collection, sorting and recycling, and I’ve seen all the tactics from multi stream to uber convenient single stream, or bafflingly no recycling at all.

Single Stream Recycling: Convenience at What Cost?

These days single stream recycling seems more or less normalized across the US. Single stream recycling is when all of the different recyclable goods are put in the same bin at the source (home, business, etc.). This is arguably the most convenient method for people to follow. In fact, surveys have shown that an overwhelming majority expressed they would not recycle if they had to sort items to different bins

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