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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: Love To The Mamma: Florida School of Traditional Midwifery
Product Spotlight: Why Noritz Tankless Hot Water Heaters?
Green Tip: Fuse It Or Loose It: This Is Forida's Energy Star Appliance Rebate Week
INDIGOgreen Blog Link: Earth Day Roundup: Koppers Is Closed
Community Events |
 ...NEEDS YOUR HELP! Barrels of Hope is catching on but we still need your support. Thank you to everyone in the community that has donated or helped thus far. Please tell 2 friends about Barrels of Hope, friend us on facebook and "friend a family" by sponsoring a permanent shelter for Haitian earthquake vicitms for just $300. This is a non-profit, all-volunteer run initiative and all proceeds go directly to material and transportation costs.
Please visit www.barrelsofhope.org for more information or search "barrels of hope" on facebook. |
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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.
Love To The Mamma: Florida School of Traditional Midwifery
When you were born whose hands held you first? The loving hands of midwives are the first to touch so many babies in Gainesville and we are honored to have such a wonderful resource here. This week we'd like to honor the work of a local business that just keeps on giving every day. The mission of the Florida School of Traditional Midwifery is to offer the finest in direct-entry midwifery education in an environment that encourages students to reach their full potential. They believe that it is their responsibility to promote awareness of and access to midwifery services. The graduates of FSTM are community builders who use midwifery as their tool and have been doing so in Gainesville since 1993.
Beyond being the more well-known Cinco De Mayo, May 5th is also International Midwifery Day. If you would like to honor this great resource by attending their silent auction, with music, heavy hors d'oeuvres, dance and spirits please contact 338.0766 or email: u2areloved@aol.com |
 Why Noritz Tankless Hot Water Heaters?
Since the heat exchanger is where most of the strain and stress can occur in the tankless system, along with the dual burner flame technology, this is where Noritz outperforms other tankless water heaters. By having commercial grade copper in the heat exchanger and burning the escaped gas in the dual flame burner, Noritz has made a highly efficient tankless hot water heater. What's more, Noritz tankless energy star water heaters at INDIGOGreen will qualify for this weeks' appliance rebate in Florida. We're exicted enough about it ourselves that we'll give you an additional 10% off the Noritz through the month of April. Click here for more information about Noritz. |
GREEN TIP.
Fuse It Or Loose It: This Is Forida's Energy Star Appliance Rebate Week
The State of Florida is distributing approximately $17.5 million on a first-come, first-served basis to Florida residents participating in the ENERGY STARŪ Appliance Rebate Program. Floridians can begin obtaining priority numbers at 11:00 a.m. EDT on Friday, April 16, 2010, and continue until all $17.5 million in rebate funds are disbursed.
To help ensure that your ENERGY STAR appliance purchase qualifies for a rebate, you should take the following steps:
Step 1 - Purchase Qualifying ENERGY STAR Appliance(s): refrigerators, freezers, clothes washers, dishwashers, gas water heaters (tankless) , and room air conditioners.
Step 2 - Create an account and apply for a Priority Number at www.rebates.com/florida
Priority Numbers are not required to apply for a rebate. However, rebate applications with a Priority Number will receive preferential processing, ahead of applications without a Priority Number. REBATES ARE SUBJECT TO AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS; THEREFORE, SUBMITTING A REBATE APPLICATION FORM DOES NOT GUARANTEE YOU WILL RECEIVE A REBATE.
Step 3 - Print and Complete the Rebate Application Form
Step 4 - Mail Page 2 of your Rebate Application Form and Required Documentation As Soon As Possible. Be sure to include:
1. Rebate Application Form, including model number(s) and serial number(s) for ENERGY STAR appliance(s) and Priority Number
2. Original Sales Receipt(s), showing purchase(s) of qualifying product(s)
Sales receipts must show retailer name and location, date purchased, price paid, model purchased, taxes paid, and be machine generated.
3. Proof of Recycling (if applicable)
4. Keep copies of all materials sent
5. Make sure all items are postmarked on or before Monday, May 10, 2010.
Please see www.rebates.com/florida for complete information and documents.
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INDIGOgreen BLOGreen.
Earth Day Roundup: Koppers Is Closed
The Alachua County Environmental Protection Department (ACEPD) continues to provide local technical oversight of the investigation and clean-up actitivies associated with the Cabot-Kopppers Superfund site and provide local technical support to United State Environmental Protection Agency Region 4 (USEPA) through a Cooperative Assistance Grant.
Upcoming and recent major milestones for the site include:
Koppers plant has ceased operations and...
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COMMUNITY
CREATING VALUE THROUGH SUSTAINABILITY
A worldwide satellite broadcast & webcast
Tuesday, April 20th, 2010
CH2M Hill, 3011 Southwest Williston Road, Gainesville
6:30 p.m. General Reception and Networking
7-8:30 p.m. Program airs live
While 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.
Campus Earth Day Celebration
Wed Apr 21 10am - 3pm
Plaza of the Americas UF Campus
The event will include activities such as a clothing exchange, a plant giveaway, a household hazardous waste roundup and interactive opportunities to learn more about UF's commitment to sustainability.
Green Career Panel- 11am
President Machen's State of Sustainability speech- 1pm
Earth Days Movie at Hippodrome
Thu Apr 22 7pm - 9pm
Hippodrome, 25 SE 2nd Place Gainesville
It is now all the rage in the Age of Al Gore and Obama, but can you remember when everyone in America was not "Going Green"? Visually stunning, vastly entertaining and awe-inspiring, Earth Days' secret weapon is a one-two punch of personal testimony and rare archival media. The extraordinary stories of the era's pioneers-among them Former Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall; biologist/Population Bomb author Paul Ehrlich; Whole Earth Catalog founder Stewart Brand; Apollo Nine astronaut Rusty Schweickart; and renewable energy pioneer Hunter Lovins-are beautifully illustrated with an incredible array of footage from candy-colored Eisenhower-era tableaux to classic tear-jerking 1970s anti-litterbug PSAs. Directed by acclaimed documentarian Robert Stone, Earth Days is both a poetic meditation on humanity's complex relationship with nature and an engaging history of the revolutionary achievements-and missed opportunities-of groundbreaking eco-activism.
Nominated for Best Documentary Screenplay Award, Writers Guild of America.
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!
Farm and Forest Festival
Sat Apr 24 10am - 4pm
Morningside Nature Center, 3540 East University Avenue Gainesville, FL
The City of Gainesville's Nature Operations Division of the Department of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs is proud to announce the return of the Farm and Forest Festival at Morningside Nature Center, April 24, 2010 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Guests will experience life in North Central Florida during the mid to late 1800s at Morningside Nature Center's Living History Farm.
The festival is full of fun for the whole family! Activities will include:
Old-time string band on-stage and strolling the grounds
Horse-drawn wagon rides
Traditional craft activities
Historic-breed farm animals
Costumed demonstrators making baskets, spinning, weaving and woodworking
Admission to the festival is $5 for adults and $3 for children ages 3 to 12. Admission is free for children under three.
Morningside Nature Center is located at 3540 E. University Ave., three miles east of downtown Gainesville. For more information about this event, call Morningside Nature Center at 334-3326 or visit www.natureoperations.org.
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
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