they are formaldehyde free. >> is that the corn based stuff? >> it's an agricultural biproduct. and of the fabrics are corn based fabric fiber. at the end of the life cycle they will be composted >> sometimes people say it's hard to find them. >> i think our specifiers were getting in touch with that. these products had been around and had been advertised a fair bit. people have seen them and we noticed our workers were keen to kind them. some of the challenges of making this leed. where were they manufacture exclude what went into them. some of the manufactures didn't know where to find their answers >> we made an effort to be as innovative as possible >> what do we have here? >> this is a great example of a green product because this came from your old office. this is one of the 3 r's. this was reuse. there is credit in leed available for reusing furniture products and taking existing building stock >> how about the table? >> this is reused. beverly prior brought this and made it into a new conference table >> i see new chairs? >> those are all recycled as well. >> how about t

this all happened in may, by august the company announced they were taking out formaldehyde and now advertising all of their products are free of those chemicals. >> [applause]. >> that was a huge victory and it show that is we can change the industry, they are responsive and they can change on a dime relatively quickly. we have products and they work wonderfully and the prices didn't go. there is an initial resistance, we see it is possible to change this industry and happening very quickly. so i want to commend everybody that has worked on that and everybody who has chosen to think about the research and what they are using. one last reading from the book, this theme and what is possible to do together. this is the- chapter of my book, extreme make over, we need to give the beauty industry, u.s. government and economy a make over. this is a story about 2 of my favorite she ras. the women went to a share holding meeting and carrying 5,000 brooms. in india a broom is a woman's power. by delivering brooms, we are telling them to clean up their mess. chemical melt down spent 20 tons of gas into t

the emissions from the smoke stacks pollute the air with heavy metals, formaldehyde, and sulfur dioxide. the official statistics are devastating. more than 5,000 tons of pollutants are released into the air every day, a world record. hardly anything grows from the ground anymore. let alone in the forest. it was not destroyed by fire, but by acid rain. apocalyptic images, it is considered one of the world's most 10 the most contaminated places. to live here, is to put your life at risk. >> she cannot -- he can not go to the playground with his parents dairy often. his bronchial passages are damaged. the young family went outdoors because the wind is favorable and that means the air is relatively clear. the emphasis is on relatively. >> due to the industrial emissions, we have to stay home a lot, especially in the winter or when the acid rain comes. if you are lucky, there are merit -- there may be a clear summer day. >> of life and a constant state of emergency. we doing nikolai as they take a bus to town. they moved a few kilometers out for the sake of the boy. they live here because th