Since 1981, White Lotus has been reducing air, water and land pollution nationwide by handcrafting natural fiber mattresses, pillows and accessories without toxic chemicals. The company's products are found in massage schools, homes and offices across the country, furniture stores, the World Wide Web and Whole Foods new flagship store in Austin, Texas. The company began with the simple idea of desiring to offer people a safe and comfortable, quality sleep environment.

Several characteristics set apart a White Lotus mattress from traditional spring mattresses. The first is the obvious - no springs. The use of steel in mattresses is responsible for enormous amounts of air and water pollution every year, not to mention the devastation that strip mining has on the land where coal and iron ore are extracted. In addition, a handcrafted, natural fiber mattress from White Lotus contains no PBDEs (polybrominated biphenyl ethers) - a toxin now being found in high concentrations in the fatty tissue of Americans - nor any of the toxins linked to sudden infant death syndrome. Rather than layers of chemical pads and springs, an all cotton White Lotus futon mattress is pure layers of green cotton, providing the support and comfort and the peace of mind that conventional mattresses don't.