{"id":4504,"date":"2019-08-13T10:20:55","date_gmt":"2019-08-13T07:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africasustainabilitymatters.com\/?p=4504"},"modified":"2026-01-11T05:30:28","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T05:30:28","slug":"meet-trio-conserving-nature-by-using-alternative-materials-for-furniture-production","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/2019\/08\/13\/meet-trio-conserving-nature-by-using-alternative-materials-for-furniture-production\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Trio Conserving Nature By Using Alternative Materials For Furniture Production"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>By\u00a0Lydia Atieno<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The rapid development and urbanization\nin the country, like elsewhere across the world has seen the increased\ndependence and use of natural resources such as trees to produce furniture\namong other products. This in return has led to environmental degradation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s in this regard that\nthree young entrepreneurs came up with an enterprise to play a role in\nconservation of trees and the environment in general.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eric Nshimiyimana 28,\nTharcisse Ndahimana 26, and Aime Jules Simbi 25 started their journey three\nyears ago while they were still students at IPRC in Musanze District\nundertaking a civil engineering course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After doing their research,\nthey found out that a significant section of products made from trees were\noutdoor furniture like tables, chairs and benches among others\u2026<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newtimes.co.rw\/business\/meet-trio-conserving-nature-using-alternative-materials-furniture-production\">Read more&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By\u00a0Lydia Atieno The rapid development and urbanization in the country, like elsewhere across the world has seen the increased dependence and use of natural resources such as trees to produce&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4505,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[101],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4504"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4504\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}