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Sales: Bamboo Floor Sale Continues: Save Over 50%-$4 Sq Ft on Amber Click-Lock Edge Grain Amber Bamboo Floors From Plyboo; Shaw's Anything Goes Green Carpet 10% OFF through Month of May
Local Business Spotlight: Swallowtail Farms CSA
Product Spotlight: Cemented Designs Locally Made Countertops
Green Tip: Dual Flush Retrofits: Do They Really Work?
INDIGOgreen Blog Link:
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 ...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 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 Shaw Carpet Through May
Shaw out of Georgia has been an industry leader in producing a more sustainable carpet by adding recycled content and making it cradle to cradle recylclable. Although not cradle to cradle certified, Shaw's Anything Goes Green! carpet has the potential to be cradle to cradle by turning old nylon-6 carpets into new Anso crush-resistant carpet keeping 100 million lbs of carpet out of landfills each year.
Shaw can also put quite a few warranites on their carpet because the reclyced nylon-6 has inherent crush resistant properties as well as stain resistance:
- 10-Year Anything Goes! No Mat / No Crush Warranty - covers stairs and hallways, is transferable to a new owner, and is not prorated
- 15-Year Soil and Stain Resistance Warranty
- 15-Year Texture Retention Warranty
- 15-Year Quality Assurance Warranty
- 15-Year SoftBac Platinum Warranty
- 15-Year Abrasive WearWarranty
- 60-day Consumer Satisfaction Guarantee - for 60 days after installation, if you want to change your new Anything Goes! carpet for any reason, you may do so; Shaw will replace the carpet at their expense (customer is responsible for labor charges)
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LOCAL BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT.
 Swallowtail Farms CSA Digs Into The Land and The Community
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Noah Shitama and Zach Mclean are farmers. Relatively new to the age-old practice of cultivation, both Zach and Noah have taken it up with great vision and great results. Although Community Sponsored Agriculture has been around for many years, it seems that the two have set a standard that encompasses a strong connection with organic farming, education, and strengthening the connection of not only local producers to local consumers, but local producers to each other. Located north of Alachua on a fertile little piece of earth, they have as they put it: crafted the farm as a model of sustainability and fine land stewardship, with a focus on appropriate scale, conservation of resources, and nature-produced fertility. No synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides or other chemicals will ever touch our fields or your food.
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 Cemented Designs Locally Made Countertops...and More
Cemented Designs can create custom countertops, sinks, vanities, floors, mantles, concrete overlays, and even furniture that incorporates the natural look of stone and concrete with your own personal design ideas.
Located in quaint Crystal River, Bryan Brooks currently teaches concrete engineering as well as design, mold and install beautiful custom concrete creations through his business Cemented Designs. Choose from any imaginable color for your concrete as well as options for staining or adding recycled glass aggregate to creata unique, sustainable countertop material for you next remodel. Come to INDIGOGreen to check out any of his samples on display or click here for more information on Cemented Designs or concrete countertops through INDIGOGreen click here. |
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GREEN TIP.
 Dual Flush Retrofits: Do They Really Work?
Now we get this question from time to time about dual flush retrofits for older toilets. Do they really work? Honestly there have been some clumsy attempts in the past to retrofit toilets so that they can flush less water. If you have a current code-approved model that flushes 1.6 gallons, any retrofits may not be effective.However, those older toilets that flush 3-5 gallons per flush are ripe for retrofitting. Our own tests at INDIGOGreen have proven to us that the Flush Choice can do the job and it only took a few hours to install. Flush choice has an internal replacement parts as well as lever replacements that indicate a green dot for half flush and a red dot for full flush. For a mere $69.95 you can have a water-saving toilet beyond the "if it's yellow let it mellow" routine. Check out the flush choice here and the large array of water efficiencies available at INDIGOGreen here. |
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COMMUNITY
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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