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Sales: VAST Pavers; 10% off BambooCountertops
Local Business Spotlight: Echowood: Making Furniture From Reclaimed Pallets
Product Spotlight: Noritz Tankless Hot Water Systems Eligible For Florida State Rebate in April
Cleaning With Green: By The Ounce Still Available at INDIGOGreen
INDIGOgreen Blog Link: Barrels of Hope Builds Demonstration Shelter at GEFAF
This Weeks' Events |
Welcome to our now-weekly e-newsletter DIG (Do It Green). We hope that this minor intrusion on your inbox a few more times a month will not be too much of an imposition but rather, an inspriation to your green home projects and ideas. Thanks to all our customers for allowing us to spotlight your remodels and publish your words on how it was working with these materials. I think everyone will find it very helpful.
Also note our new store hours- we are now happy to have our weekends off and have gone mainstream with the rest of the working world and are open Mondays 10AM-3PM and Tuesday- Friday 10AM-5PM.
Please visit www.indigogreenstore.com for more updates.
BEWARE SOME PAGES ARE STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION!
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VAST Paver
100% recycled, permeable, and availabe in a variety of colors and depths, VAST pavers are unique and easy to install. Enjoy 10% off through March.
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10% Off All Bamboo Countertops!
16% harder thBamboo countertops are all that and more. Rapidly renewable bamboo is layered into an amazing countertop that is beautiful and enduring. Great for kitchens, we have sizes especially made for islands.
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 LOCAL BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT.
Echo Wood
Every other week we will be featuring a local sustainble business in hopes that we can all support each other's ventures. This week we are featuring Echo Wood. Relatively new to Gainesville's business scene, Echo Wood Productions offers conscience shoppers upcycled furnishings made from reclaimed wood that would have otherwise been needlessly wasted. Consumers can keep usable materials out of the landfills and furnish the home with unique chairs, bookcases, coffee tables, and more. Echo Wood uses all Green Guard Certified finishes, a responsible option for the environment, craftsman, and consumer. We want everyone to have access to responsible handcrafted furniture so we make every effort to bring you affordable yet high quality furnishings for your home or business environment. On a side note, Caleb and Michelle at Echo Wood are currently looking into using INDIGOGreen's line of Safecoat Poly BP as their finish of choice. |
PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT.
Noritz Tankless Hot Water Systems Eligible For Florida State Rebate in April
Energy Star Appliance Rebate Program in Florida starts in April. the deal is 20% off all supplies for energy star rated appliances which includes the best tankless system out there, the Noritz. With dual burner technology, 93% efficiency due to using exhaust to preheat the water, and commercial grade heat-exchangers, the Noritz has something pretty amazing out there in the tankless market. Come by INDIGOGreen to see it for your self, and click here for more information on the upcoming state rebate. |
GREEN TIP.
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Earth Friendly Products Cleaning Products Still Available In Bulk At INDIGOGreen
A most Green Cleaning products have caught on and people are really seeing the health benefits of it. Earth Friendly Products are ph neutral, don't contian any solvents or formaldehydes, are plant-based, not tested on animals and are locally made in Opa Locka, FL. Get Dishmate, Ecos Laundry and Parsley Plus by the ounce still at INDIGOGreen while supplies last. Bring your own container! | |
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INDIGOgreen BLOGreen.
This Weekend's Earth Bag Demonstration Project for Barrels of Hope a Success!
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COMMUNITY
Earthbag Dome Workshop
Apr 3 - 4, 2010 Welcome to a weekend of hands-on building with the most abundant, renewable material around: Earth. Jeff Bousquet will lead participants in the 2-day construction and plastering of a dome to be built in the greater Gainesville area, using local soil and ready-made plasters. Want to be a part of this lasting project and gain relevant knowledge for building durable structures? If you're a kinesthetic and/or visual learner interested in sustainable living, this one-time workshop will be a premium experience. Cost will be a sliding free scale $35-$100 which will indclude lunch. Contact educationdept@indigogreenstore.com for sign-up and inquiries. Biography: Jeff grew up in Gainesville as a student of the sustainable movement. He has spent the past 2 years creating Earthbag buldings and living a life dedicated to finding natural remedies for common ailments like poor water management and unsustainable systems. He helped design and build two code approved homes: one each in California and Kentucky. He is a certified permaculture designer. He also has experience with rain capture, water filtration, composting toilets, natural plaster, and solar energy.
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!
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 Living Economies.org. | |
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A special THANK YOU to all of the teachers and businesses who have donated to the cause of community education! We will no longer be having workshops at INDIGOGreen but please check our calendar or Sustainable Alachua County's website for workshop updates at www.sustainablealachua.org
Hours: Mon 10am-3pm; Tues-Fri 10am-5pm CLOSED Saturday and Sunday
322 SW 4th Ave, Gainesville, FL 32601 352.378.2285 Store 352.378.2289 Fax
www.indigogreenstore.com
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