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Jonsara Ruth of Q Collection
AT Offline 7.10.08

Q Collection's Environmentally Friendly Baby Collection >> See Slideshow Jonsara Ruth, of Q Collection is the last of our profiles of the 4 presenters/panelists at last Thursday's AT Design Meetup...

Greater Goods
Washington DC

Greater Goods on U Street opened last November and is already the Washington City Paper's #1 Eco Store (2008 reader rankings). Greater Goods specializes in environmentally-friendly products and se...

Build It Green! NYC

Address: 3-17 26th Ave. City: Astoria State: NY Zip: 11102 Phone: 718-777-0132 Website: http://www.bignyc.org/front-page Think BIG. If you are looking to renovate using recycled resources or...

How To... Buy Green Wooden Furnishings

This article at Point Click Home is a good read if you're on the market for wooden furniture and interested in going green with it. Recipe For Green: Wooden Furniture How to evaluate and buy green f...

Grounds For Your Garden from Starbucks

Something free for your garden from Starbucks. Their Grounds For Your Garden program offers up free, used coffee grounds for your use in the garden. Just contact your corner Starbucks to learn more. ...

Look!: Fake Antlers at Pottery Barn

Once upon a time, city folk brought home real antlers from the country. Now country folk bring home fake ones from the city... Apparently there's buzz going around that antlers are the red coral of 2...

How To... Make Paper Logs

There is a product in England that allows you to form recycled paper bricks for burning in the fireplace. See how to make your own right here... ...

Bart Bettencourt: Green Design & Supplies

The Godfather of NYC Green. We met Bart Bettencourt a few years back at Brooklyn Designs and added him to the blog right away. Since then, green has grown and so has his business and reach. Since ...

Lehman's Non-Electric Catalogue

Green by Design. Lehman's Non-Electric Catalog is a source for green goods that has been around for a long time. With over two-hundred new products "for simple self-sufficient living," and temptingly...

Swans Island Blankets

The reds and pinks come from the crushed bodies of dried insects. If you are looking for an ultimate gift or want to add something very special to your home that will last for years, Swans Island bl...

Pure-Rest Organics

Representing the healthy side of the spectrum, Pure Rest is a great, highish-end resource for ALL NATURAL bedding and mattresses. They do it all, specializing in two kinds of mattresses; organic cott...

One Earth One Design

A sustainable lifestyle store, One Earth One Design is located in Seattle, Washington. But don't worry, the green shop has an online branch, too....

Spotless Services

Get greenclean in NYC. There are many cleaning companies in town, all with different rates and cultures, but few offer both cleaning, handyman AND painting services with a "green" slant. Spotless Se...

Solutions

Products that make life easier? Well, we don't know about that. But that's what Solutions claims to offer. On browsing their products, however, we found mostly space-wasting gimmicks. There are some...

Green Demolitions

Seek out showroom samples and nearly new kitchens, appliances, bathroom fixtures, and building materials at Green Demolitions. Or donate your old materials for a tax deduction. Reuse is less expensi...

Vivavi, Inc.

Maxwell first posted Vivavi here back in 2004 regarding the Washington, D.C. boutique. Now, there is a Vivavi showroom in Greenpoint, Brooklyn; brought to you by Josh Dorfman , the founder of Vivavi...

Shimna

Shimna is a lovely mystery. Recently popping up on Lafayette street, they have managed to create a whole new look and feel for the most basic of shapes and materials. They are boxy but feminine, ro...

IF Green

If you are really into sustainable materials and modern design, IF Green should be at the top of your list. The brainchild of a craftsman, a production manager and a marketer, IF Green designs, manu...

Build It Green! NYC

Think BIG. If you are looking to renovate using recycled resources or want to get plugged into the green movement in NYC, Build it Green! is paving the way on the retail front. A division of the Com...

Sustainable Living: Pushing Green Design in Brooklyn - CLOSED

As far as we are aware, this store is now closed. 8/18/08 - CB Another soldier in the eco army. We found Sustainable Living at the Brooklyn Designs show, where they have established themselves as ...

Gaiam: Cleaning, Home, and Healthy Lifestyle Products

Only a few catalogues get through our door. It is true. Last year we looked at every catalogue and magazine that was filling up our mailbox and cancelled 95% of them by calling the companies directly...

Flor: Good Carpet In a Box

Ingenuity said to be a hallmark of New Yorkers, environmentalism not. I heard about Interface (the company behind Flor) years ago, as the CEO and founder, Ray Anderson, had taken it on as a personal m...