Rubberwood

Remodeling a kitchen can be challenging. There are a lot of energy efficient refrigerators and stoves available. Many healthy choices exist for healthy flooring--tile, cork, linoleum, recycled glass and recycled wood for example.
One alternative for floors and cabinets is plantation wood. I just got cabinets made from lumber harvested from rubber trees---no, they are not rubber cabinets! The trees produce latex for 20 to 30 years and then they are cut down and new trees planted. Until recently they felled trees were just trashed. Now they are milled into lumber. The wood has a beautiful grain and is quite strong, resistant to warping and inexpensive.