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Sales: Marmoleum on Sale $3.00 sq ft! Bioshield, Ecotimber
Customer Spotlight: Inspiring Green Remodel Uses Marmoleum
Product Spotlight: Eco Vintage Stranded Poplar Is Made Of Old Furniture
Green Tip: Do one thing, save 10 gallons a day!
INDIGO Blog Link: Guest Blogger Jason Fults on "Is Florida Going Nuclear?"
Local: Proposed Gainesville Renewable Energy Center
State: State admits violations, seeks more Everglades cleanup time
Nation: It's your chance to tell the EPA to hold big polluters accountable!
Global: United Nations Climate Change Conference
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EcoTimber FSC-Certified White Oak Floating Floors now $2.99 Sq Ft, 100% FSC- Certified Exotics, FSC-Certified Unfinished Exotics, FSC-Certified Hand Scraped & Vintage Oak, and Solid Bamboo All On Sale Now! FREE FREIGHT ON EXOTICS AND FREE MOLDINGS ON ALL SALE ITEMS WHILE SUPPLIES LAST!
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Jellybean Rocks 50% OFF!
Fireclay's Jellybean Rocks are on sale at INDIGO for 50% off the regular price which brings them from $13.00 sq ft to $6.50 sq ft. Quite a deal and quite stunning to boot- these highly versitle mesh-backed tiles are ideal for bathrooms, shower floors and walls, outdoor patios and are available in 12 field colors and three sizes (4"x4", 4"x12" and 12"x12"). Click here to go straight to Fireclay's site.
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Happy New Year from the INDIGOGreen Team!
We want to take a moment to thank you all for the incredible support that you have been to us, we could never of done it without you!
Love,
Liberty, Mike, Heather, Sam and Jason.... | |
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Do one thing, save 10 gallons of water a day!
This month's tip comes to us from thedailygreen.com. The old folk wisdom that says place a brick in your toilet's water tank is partially correct: It's an effortless way to save water, but a brick isn't the best choice of object. Use a plastic bottle filled with water instead.
Don't worry, you don't have to turn hippie and "let it mellow if it's yellow" in order to save clean water - which is an increasingly scarce resource. Most toilets will flush perfectly well with a little less H2O. The average model uses three to seven gallons per flush. A bottle in the tank will displace enough water to save half a gallon to a gallon each use, or up to about 10 gallons a day in a typical home.
All you have to do is drop a little sand or some pebbles into a bottle, fill it with water, and put it in the tank, making sure not to disturb the toilet's working parts.
What's wrong with a brick? They have been known to disintegrate in toilet water over time, leading to damaged plumbing. If you are a mason or otherwise determined to use a brick, wrap it in a sturdy plastic bag first. Interestingly, some utilities in Europe give away special sachets, called Save-A-Flush, which were specifically designed to displace water in toilet tanks.
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Local: Proposed Gainesville Renewable Energy Center (GREC)
There is a proposed 100 megawatt biomass-based energy facility in Gainesville. GREC will have potential emissions greater than 100 tons per year (tpy) of a Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) pollutant and is one of the named major stationary source categories listed in Section 169 of the Clean Air Act. The proposed location is the existing GRU Deerhaven Generation Station which is located off of Highway US 441, approximately 8 miles northwest of downtown Gainesville and 7 miles southeast of the City of Alachua. To find out more, visit the Florida Department of Environmental Protection web page to view the permit application.
Local:Alachua County Seeks Input on Water Conservation
The Alachua County Environmental Protection Department (ACEPD) has launched a new website for providing updates on their current Water Conservation Initiative. This initiative is in response to an Alachua County Commission request for a comprehensive inventory of effective strategies and techniques to achieve more water conservation, and less water consumption. The first drafts of the individual chapters (Introduction, Agricultural Irrigation, Landscape Irrigation, Water Pricing, Industrial/Commercial/Institutional, Homeowner/Indoor water use, and Reuse of Reclaimed Water) can be downloaded by clicking here (http://www.alachuacounty.us/government/depts/epd/waterquality/waterconservation.aspx).
ACEPD would like citizen input on the chapters and is specifically hoping to receive the following feedback:
1) Are there additional practices and references that should be included?
2) Do you know of local examples of entities demonstrating good water conservation practices?
3) Are there specific practices that citizens feel strongly in favor of or against?
Each chapter has an associated email address where comments can be sent.
For more information, contact Gus Olmos with ACEPD at 352-264-6806 or Gus@alachuacounty.us.
Local:Rebuilding Together gets something when you do nothing... nothing different, that is.
Do you shop online throughout the year? Just keep doing that, but add the GoodShop Toolbar to your regular browser and Rebuilding Together will get a donation every time you shop! Nothing changes for you. Over 1000 merchants participate like Amazon, Walmart, Ebay and BestBuy. The best part... the donation comes from the merchant!
Here's how to get started:
1. Go to http://www.goodsearch.com/toolbar/mode.
2. Type "Rebuilding Together North Central Florida" in as the charity.
Click verify and GoodShop will remember your charity of choice.
3. Click Download Toolbar and install.
With the GoodShop toolbar, you will never have to think about it again. Everytime you shop online, the toolbar will light up and show that you have made a donation to Rebuilding Together. It's that easy!
So quit reading and start shopping!!
State:State admits violations, seeks more Everglades cleanup time
Water managers and environmental regulators have acknowledged the state is in violation of a landmark legal agreement requiring Florida to halt the flow of polluted water into the Everglades. But, in the past eight months there have been two "exceedences" of damaging nutrient in a national wildlife refuge. Click here to read more.
Nation: It's your chance to tell the EPA to hold big polluters accountable!
Right now only a handful of sources, the largest being coal-fired power plants, are responsible for more than half of all the global warming pollution in the United States. It's time to hold these mega-polluters responsible for their share of the dirty air. EPA has a proposed new Big Polluters Rule that would require coal plants and other dirty industries to clean up their act. For the first time ever, new and expanding power plants would be required to meet modern standards for curbing global warming pollution.
Earlier this week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency also issued a final ruling that global warming pollutants are dangerous to human health and constitute a public health risk -- making it all the more important that polluters be held responsible for their pollution.
WE NEED TO HOLD THESE POLLUTERS ACCOUNTABLE! Click here to urge the EPA to crack down on the country's biggest polluters.
Global: The United Nations Climate Change Conference
The United Nations Climate Change Conference was held in Copenhagen from December 7th to December 18th. The outcome? The U.S. led initiative called the Copenhagen Accord. The Copenhagen Accord had no legally binding agreement, as some developing countries and climate activists wanted.
Neither is there a deadline for transforming it into a binding deal, though UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said it needed to be turned into a legally binding treaty next year. Weighing in on the conference was Gainesville's own Mayor Pegeen Hanrahan, invited by the White House as a small representative of progressive leaders from around the US.
The text recognizes the need to limit global temperatures rising no more than 2C (3.6F) above pre-industrial levels. Countries are asked to spell out by 1 February next year their pledges for curbing carbon emissions by 2020. The deal does not spell out penalties for any country that fails to meet its promise.The deal promises to deliver $30bn (£18.5bn) of aid for developing nations over the next three years. It outlines a goal of providing $100bn a year by 2020 to help poor countries cope with the impacts of climate change. A green climate fund will also be established under the deal. It will support projects in developing countries related to mitigation, adaptation, "capacity building" and technology transfer.
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Eco Vintage Stranded Poplar Is Made Of Old Furniture
Come check out Eco Timber's new flooring on display at Indigo. A new Eco Timber line, Eco Vintage, features Strandwoven Poplar made from 100% post-industrial veneer waste from furniture factories. Eco Timber then presses this veneer together with no-added urea-formaldehyde adhesive resulting in an incredibly hard plank of flooring very much like their highly recognized strandwoven bamboo. The result is a very unique wood with striking grain and interesting color variation. INvitation not necssary, but come on down to INDIGO to check it out for yourself along with all the rest of Eco Timber's new line of flooring including their new floating, solid-ply strandwoven bamboo.
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U.S. Green Building Council, Heart of Florida Chapter, Information Session
on the LEED-AP Credentialing Maintenance Program
Weds, Jan. 13, 2010
6-8pm
The Long Gallery @ The Thomas Center. 302 NE 6th Ave., Gainesville The USGBC Heart of Florida Chapter's mission is to promote the design, construction and operation of buildings that are environmentally responsible, profitable and healthy places to live, learn, work and play. Join us at this information session and learn about the LEED AP requirements for continuing education known as the "Credentialing Maintenance Program." Find out how to keep your LEED AP status. Presented by Jim Sullivan. Admission is $30 for members, and $40 for non-members, and includes snacks and beverages. For more information, visit our website (http://www.usgbcheartfl.org/) or contact us at info@usgbcheartfl.org or 352-328-3121.
WGOT 2nd Anniversary Benefit Show
Saturday, Jan. 23rd
The Atlantic, 15 N. Main St.
WGOT is a non-profit, listener-supported community radio station. Check all things WGOT @ www.wgot.org.
Celebrate Solar Cycle Week with UF's Smathers Library
Jan. 25-31, 2010
The Libraries have partnered with the University of Florida Office of Sustainability to bring you this week, which is aimed at promoting solar energy and cycling. The centerpiece of SolarCycle Week will be a presentation given by the Solar Cyclists; three cyclists who have been cycling around the world in an attempt to raise awareness of the potential for solar energy to provide a sustainable solution to global energy needs. Here is a link to their website, the SolarCycle Diaries http://www.thesolarcyclediaries.com/. For more information on the events that will be taking place during Solar Cycle Week, visit http://uflib.ufl.edu/solarcycle/. So come check it out so we can cycle our way to a better tomorrow!
Harvest of Hope Fest 2010
March 12-14
St. Johns County Fairgrounds, St. Augustine, FL
Proceeds from the festival will benefit Harvest of Hope Foundation, a non-profit organization that provides emergency and educational aid to some of the hardest working and often overlooked people keeping our agricultural economy moving - migrant farm workers. Harvest of Hope distributes funds to migrant farm workers and their families to help pay for food, medical services, clothing, rent, educational scholarships, and more. It is an honor to have such a large group of musicians donating their time and performances to the cause. For more details, including festival line-up, visit:http://www.harvestofhopefest.com/.
National Rebuilding Day
Saturday, April 24, 2010
National Rebuilding Day is the culmination of months of planning, evaluating, training, organizing, and mobilizing of volunteers. It is embraced by faith-based groups, civic organizations and corporate sponsors as a way of bringing an immediate impact to our community in a single day. The purpose of that one incredible day is to improve the homes and lives of homeowners in need. Last year, we had five remarkable project sponsors (corporations, groups or individuals who paid for the projects). This April, we need ten sponsors. If you can't be a sponsor, help us get one. Tell your employer - tell your church - tell your club or organization that we will come and explain the mission of Rebuilding Together. Last year, we had over a hundred tireless volunteers. This April, we need two hundred volunteers. Start spreading the word in every way you can think of.
What are you doing on April 24th, 2010? Join us as we make a difference in a day! Contact(352)692-4973 or e-mail
mail@rebuildingtogetherncf.org for more information.
8th Annual Business Conference of the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies
(BALLE): Lighting the Way to a New Economy
May 21-23, 2010
Charleston, South Carolina. BALLE is North America's fastest growing network of socially responsible businesses, comprised of over 75 community networks with more than 20,000 independent business members. BALLE networks are creating local living economies in their hometowns and cities by connecting the dots between independent retail, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, green building, local manufacturing, and community capital. Join hundreds of entrepreneurs and business owners, BALLE network leaders, economic developers, local government representatives and community connectors, as we explore innovative best practices in growing community wealth and advancing the new economy. Learn more and register at livingeconomies.org.
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