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Harmony Haus Custom Painting

Seems that people are always looking for reliable, cost-effective, and eco-conscious painting experts. We found Harmony Haus business cards at Epco Paints in Evanston. With experience in both commer...

Urban Tree Salvage

Elm serving platter, $70 We really enjoyed seeing Jason's Weekend Project with Pittsburgh's Urban Tree Forge. Turns out, there's a similar group in Ontario giving new life to urban wood salvage. They...

Buy Nothing Day at Coop La Maison Verte
Montreal

Heralded as the biggest shopping day of the year, this coming Friday, November 28th is another special day, too: Buy Nothing Day. Founded by artist Ted Dave in Vancouver and later a campaign promote...

Etchpression

Eaton Centre 705 Sainte-Catherine West Montreal, QC H3B 4G5 514.885.8382 It doesn't take much time in Montreal before you notice how much of the city's graffiti is lifted almost to an artform. ...

Green Home Experts

Another one on the green home supply circuit: Green Home Experts in suburban Oak Park. As members of such organizations as the U.S. Green Building Council, Co-op America, and the Chicago Sustainable...

GreenMaid: Chicago Housecleaning Service

We got this tip in our email yesterday from ideal bite. GreenMaid is a family-owned cleaning service in Chicago that uses only Green Seal certified products......

The King of Green Cleaning

So you have made the switch to eco-friendly cleaners in your house. Your laundry is washed with enzymes and your toilets with soy, but how about at the place you spend most of your time during the da...

Salvaged Goods in KC

Habitat for Humanity runs the Re-Store in Kansas City, Mo. It sells goods that have been salvaged out of houses for contractors and homeowners alike to use. Most days of the week it is packed to the...

NearSea Naturals: Organic Cotton by the Yard

If you want to start using organic fabrics in your sewing projects, NearSea Naturals sells organic cotton and wool by the yard. Based in New Mexico, the company uses fabrics milled in the United Sta...

GreenWerks: Green Contractors, Painters, & Designers

Opened by Chris Campbell in January of this year, GreenWerks is a contracting service that provides design, remodeling, painting, and repair services. They use low-VOC paints and energy-efficient sy...

Green Home Chicago Design Center

We just learned about Green Home Chicago via A Fresh Squeeze. From poking around their website, it sounds like the showroom is full of good things for any job coming up (both residential and commerci...

Greenheart

Among Chicagoans' recommended stores list for Domino editor Rita Konig was Greenheart, "Chicago's first eco-fair trade store." So far, the eco-shop does not sell their goods online, but that will soon...

Dual Flush Toilets at Chicago's Greenmaker Building Supply

A great local source for green living, and that includes dual flush toilets, Greenmaker Building Supply is next on our list during our ongoing bungalow upgrade... ...

American Barn Company: Reclaimed Wood and Relics

We haven't yet made it out to the American Barn Company on Clark Street, but after we featured their Vintage Tin Ceiling Tiles on AT, they sent us a nice email letting us know that AT readers had st...

C&M Wilkins and Fieldstone Cabinetry

We met interior designer Maggie Wilkins recently, who specializes in renovation, cabinetry and design. As a distributor of Feldstone Cabinetry: We are an approved participant in the KCMA Environment...

To Market: Alternative Materials for Interior Spaces

Oklahoma City-based To Market was founded in 1998 to bring “Alternative Materials for Interior Spaces” to the marketplace. With an emphasis on flooring, the company partners with manufacturers of ...

Green Glass Company

Drink. Recycle. Drink again. The Green Glass Company is a small glass studio in Wisconsin that specializes in re-purposing discarded wine and beer bottles into glassware. Using specially enginee...

Sparkle Queen: A Green Cleaning Service

File under: Good to Know About. We heard about this green service from one of the better emails we subscribe to, the Chicago edition of A Fresh Squeeze. Started four years ago by Hillary Theiling, he...