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Sales: Save UpTo 30% on Noritz Tankless Hot Water Heaters; 10% Off American Clay; Save Over 50%-$4 Sq Ft on Click-Lock Edge Grain Amber Bamboo Floors From Plyboo
Local Business Spotlight: Citizens Co-Op Community Owned Market
Product Spotlight: Sideways" Click-Lock Floors From Smith and Fong is FSC Certified, 100% Formaldehyde Free
Green Tip: Find Green Jobs, Get LEED Training and Certification Through FloridaWorks
INDIGOgreen Blog Link: Florida Food Summit Starts Today
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WE NEED YOUR HELP!
Barrels of Hope- a local Haitian Relief Effort - is being featured by TV20 next weekend and we would like to show them how easily Earth Bag Shelters are constructed. We need volunteers to help fill and lay bags next Saturday during the Spring Planting Festival at INDIGOgreen. Please contact Mike at 378.2285 if you would like to help with this vital publicity effort! Thank you!
Please visit www.barrelsofhope.org for more information. |
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Save UpTo 30% on Noritz Tankless Hot Water Heaters
Noritz tankless energy star water heaters at INDIGOGreen will qualify for this month's Florida's appliance rebate. We're excited enough about it ourselves that we'll give you an additional 10% off the Noritz through the month of April.
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Save Over 50%! $4 Sq Ft on Click-Lock Edge Grain Amber Bamboo Floors From Plyboo-
While supplies last, INDIGOgreen is selling the only remaining stock of Plyboo's click-lock floating bamboo edge-grain flooring. Although this sale only applies for the amber flooring, it is a one-of-a-kind deal since this flooring normally sells at $9.50 sq ft. Easy to install, and beautiful to walk on, if you've been considering bamboo flooring but wanted proof of quality sourcing, these floors have a story. Click here for more information on this flooring deal. |
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10% Off American Clay Through April
Bring the appealing finishes of Nature to your Home, Office, School, Business, or anywhere you want to add healthful beauty to your interior walls and ceilings.
Manufactured in and using materials from the United States, American Clay uses natural clays, recycled and reclaimed aggregates, and vibrant natural pigments in each of our four beautiful finishes: Loma, Marttimo, Enjarre and Porcelina.
American Clay Earth Plasters surround your family or workplace with the warm beauty of soothing texture and rich color - far exceeding the interior surfaces produced by traditional paint, stucco, or other finishes. Earth Plasters are non-dusting, mold and fade resistant, repairable and moisture controlling. Click Here for more information on American Clay. |
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LOCAL BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT.
Our Local Community Owned Market
This week we proudly feature Citizens Co-Op our local community owned marketplace that has just found their new home on 435 S. Main St. Perfectly located amidst the South Main St. revitalization of Gainesville, Citizens Co-Op enhances the local food movement by supporting local growers, food producers and community projects like the Kitchen Incubator Project which will make a certified community kitchen available to the public soon.
Citizens' next event is the 1st Annual Garden Bike Tour on the 23rd of April which will feature workshops, classes, and garden visits around the greater Gainesville area. $20 gets you an event t-shirt, a bike tour map, sponsor gifts, and entrance to their music festival at Citizens Co-op new storefront, 435 South Main. The Music Festival takes place from 5-12pm at the Co-op store to kick-off the opening of Citizens Co-op and help raise funds to further the Local Food Movement. Click here to go directly to Citizens Co-Op's website and join as a member today! |
 PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT.
Sideways Click-Lock Floors From Smith and Fong is FSC Certified, 100% Formaldehyde Free
All the wood for the Sideways line is domestically sourced, FSC-certified and the flooring is made right here in America. The manufacturing processes use 100% formaldehyde-free adhesives to ensure indoor air quality. The deep, rich tone and luster of Sideways engineered hardwood flooring comes from a proprietary thermal treatment process that requires no added stains, dyes or toxic chemicals to achieve its signature look. And with an easy-install, click-lock system that ensures a faster, lower cost installation, you could always do it yourself. Click here for more information on Sideways |
 GREEN TIP.
| Find Green Jobs, Get LEED Training and Certification Through FloridaWorks
FloridaWorks, a job training and employment partnership between Alachua and Bradford counties is now ready to assist you with Green Job training if you would like it. The federal stimulus money has trickled down to cover costs for training for energy auditors, weatherization technicians, green construction, plumbing and more.
If you have been considering getting your LEED certification, now is the time because FloridaWorks will also pay for that. To find out how you can become trained, find employees for your business, or find employers looking for those with green job training, click here. |
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INDIGOgreen BLOGreen.
Florida Food Summit Starts Today
click here to read the entire blog |
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Abundant Edible Landscapes Inc. will be holding itsannual spring planting festival at INDIGOGreen Store on Saturday April 17th from 10 am- 3pm. The sale will feature fruit trees, berry bushes, perennial vegetable and herb plants, shiitake mushroom logs, organic soil amendments and more.
Demonstrations will include organic planting tips, fruit tree grafting and a presentation on edible landscaping.
Plants for sale include: Citrus, Figs, Cold Hardy Avocados, Pears, Pomegranates, Blueberries, Thornless Blackberries, Mulberries, Asian Persimmons, and more. |
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COMMUNITY
CREATING VALUE THROUGH SUSTAINABILITY
A worldwide satellite broadcast & webcast
Tuesday, April 20th, 2010
C H2M Hill, 3011 Southwest Williston Road, Gainesville6:30 p.m. General Reception and Networking
7-8:30 p.m. Program airs liveWhile many organizations are struggling to differentiate among the myriad of products and services that promise a path to "sustainability", a number of leading companies are creating real, tangible value by integrating environmentally and socially sensitive considerations into key business practices.
Join a live studio audience in Atlanta as the keynote speaker and panelists address how to:Successfully integrate sustainability strategy in everyday business decisions, create financial value while meeting societal and environmental needs...the "triple bottom line", determine the key sustainability drivers impacting business, increase business success through an effective sustainability strategy and more. Keynote Speaker will be
Matt Kistler, Senior Vice President, Sustainability, Walmart
Panelists will include:
Eric Hespenheide, Global Leader, Climate Change and Sustainability, Audit and Enterprise Risk Services, Deloitte & Touche, LLP
Paul Murray, Director of Environmental Safety & Sustainability, Herman Miller, Inc.
James M. Modak, Chief Financial Officer, Suniva, Inc.
1st Annual Garden Bike Tour
Saturday, Apr 24, 2010
From Downtown Plaza throughout Gainesville, Fl ()
Registration is 9-11am at Downtown Plaza in Gainesville to receive Bike Tour Map, including workshops, classes, and garden visits around the greater Gainesville area. Pay a $20 fee to enter, receive event t-shirt, bike tour map, sponsor gifts, and entrance to music festival at Citizens Co-op new storefront, 435 South Main. Music Festival takes place from 5-12pm at the Co-op store to kick-off the opening of Citizens Co-op and help raise funds to further the Local Food Movement. Tickets are $10 if not attending the bike tour. Featuring Swamphead Brewery and Local Gainesville Musicians. http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=341152442082&index=1
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
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