Category: Community

Words are unable to describe the feelings that bellow up when viewing photos and videos of the destruction caused by Hurricane Harvey. Our thoughts go out to those people who have lost so much. While we try to get in contact with our resellers in the areas affected by the storm, we want to put notice out there that anyone affected by the storm- please contact us. We would like to help if we can […]

Dapwood Furniture has been a proud member of the B Corporation community for over 5 years. Our goal is to foster and promote a higher standard of business practices and accountability. One of the more rewarding aspects of B Corp membership is that we are linked with like-minded businesses not only throughout the States but around the world. Like the 1970’s Coca Cola jingle “I’d like to teach the world to sing”, B Corp members […]

Long known as “The Land of Enchantment”, New Mexico embodies a blend of tradition, culture, art, history and dramatic landscapes that defines New Mexico as uniquely different among the fifty states that make up our great country. Recent efforts by New Mexico’s tourism department to promote this unique environment to the world has resulted with the successful “New Mexico True” campaign. Companies who produce 100% of their quality products in New Mexico can apply to […]

While cities around the globe grapple with ways to reduce waste through the promotion of recycling, Dapwood Furniture is proud to say that as a long-time certified B-Corporation and members of Green America, the Sustainable Furnishing Council, and the New Mexico Green Chamber of Commerce, we have all along been actively engaged in improving our community and planet through an aggressive recycling program. Recycling must be more than an advertising slogan and/or public relation campaign, […]

As a retiring Baby Boomer, I am increasingly frustrated by the accelerated obsolescence for various products we purchase. I remember the days when you could bring a television or small appliance to a local Mom & Pop repair shop. It was cost-effective, fast and didn’t generate waste. However, over time, small repair shops began to be replaced with national repair service in which you had to send product in for repair. It wasn’t as fast […]

Like the proverbial postal carrier- wind, rain, sleet and hail couldn’t keep us from helping clean up the Rio Grande river and bosque. The weather in the Land of Enchantment for the month of May has been unusually wet and this weekend the trend continued. That didn’t stop more than 100 volunteers and officials from the City of Albuquerque Open Space from having a great morning.   Some Dapwood helpers getting fueled up for the […]

Getting closer to election day, I was getting more and more upset with how our election system works so I wrote a letter to the editor of the Albuquerque Journal which was published. It helped get things off my chest and hopefully planted a seed in the minds of other concerned citizens. Link to site here PDF of Letter to Editor October 2014

An interesting article by David Brooks of the New York Times appeared this week which talks about working together and how B-Corps are having an impact on business today. In case the article is moved in the future, here is a PDF. Dapwood Furniture Co. is excited to be a certified B-Corporation and changing “business as usual”.

Dapwood was interviewed for an article in the Santa Fe New Mexican a few months ago. The article just came out last week so thought we would share….New Mexico Furniture Maker Earns B Corporation Status Just in case the link doesn’t work, here is the PDF Dapwood Furniture Co. is very thankful to the Santa Fe New Mexican for identifying companies working to advance sustainability. Dapwood works toward this goal by making the healthiest furniture […]

Dapwood shed some calories on Sunday for the annual Run for the Zoo. While the time for the 10K was no where near record breaking, it was good to get some exercise and raise money for the Albuquerque zoo, aquarium and botanic gardens. Anyone who visits Albuquerque or lives here knows that the BioPark is a wonderful family get away.