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Natural materials

A product that is made from materials and ingredients found in nature, with little or no human intervention. Natural materials include stone, glass, lime or mud plasters, adobe or rammed earth, bricks, tiles, untreated wood, cork, paper, reeds, bamboo, canes and grasses as well as all natural fibers. From both an aesthetic and health point of view, building with natural materials also helps sustainable development.
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75 million research programme grant from the Leverhulme Trust for a study of natural material innovation.
Study into natural materials
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Natural just ain't natural. (Editor's Page)
The winner, Judith Haase, a designer from Pennsylvania, designed her clock using the whiteness and pliability of paperboard to demonstrate the discreet elegance of this natural material.
"Paper Training" wins Iggesund design award
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Wood, a renewable and natural material, has an important role to play with respect to climate change policy and programmes, since its use helps reduce greenhouse gases: the carbon stored in wooden buildings is kept out of the atmosphere.
Good wood
264) reminded me of the old quote: "A fishing lure is any combination of metal, plastic, wood, feathers, hair, or other manmade or natural material attached to a hook (or hooks) and designed to attract fishermen.
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