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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 Customer Spotlight: Betsy Fischer's Cork Floors
Product Spotlight: AFM Safecoat: High Quality Paints, Stains, Adhesives and Finishes Without Chemicals Of Concern
Green Tip: Buy it In Bulk: Get Your Refills At The Soap Shack
INDIGOgreen Blog Link: New Report From Presidents Cancer Panel: Unregulated Chemicals Have Far-Reaching Consequences On Our Health
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 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 CUSTOMER SPOTLIGHT.
Betsy Fischer's Floors: Quercus Suber!
"WE DECIDED ON CORK FLOORING FOR IT'S BEAUTY, WARMTH AND COMFORT. It was also an easy choice due to its environmentally friendly attributes. One of my husband's favorite parts was its ease of installation! It really expresses our style and it was so nice to have so many choices" -Betsy
What do you think when you hear the phrase "cork floors"? A bulletin board underfoot? A row of discarded wine stoppers? Nice but not for me? The scientific name of the cork oak tree is Quercus Suber- quercus meaning oak and suberin which is the natural insect and rot-resistant substance within it. But consider this: cork floors are floating floors which means they use no glue to install, they are 90% air so they are like walking on a cloud, they are made up of rapidly renewable cork oak bark, and they come in over 50 combined colors and styles.
Exhibit A: Ms Fischer's floor which has an exciting pattern of natural colors, give great comfort underfoot, are naturally sound absorbent on her 2nd floor bedroom, and supply a great combination of design and warmth to the coziest place in her house. Consider prefinished, lifetime warranted cork floors from INDIGO GREEN since it's been used for thousands of years as a durable and proven building material for your bedroom, study, living room and even your kitchen. See pricing and specs here.. |
PRODUCTSPOTLIGHT.
AFM Safecoat: High Quality Paints, Stains, Adhesives and Finishes Without Chemicals Of Concern
A solar The President's Cancer Panel has just released a 200-page landmark report on the cancer-related consequences to our historically lackadaisical approach to chemical regulation in the U.S. The document calls for something that the American Formulating and Manufacturing company (makers of Safecoat paints, adhesives and sealants) has been concerned with for decades: to rethink how chemicals affect our human health in everyday circumstances. In the past we have relied on keeping cancer in check through routine doctors visits but the Cancer Panel's report suggests that we avoid chemicals through deliberate exposure especially during pregnancy when damage seems to be the greatest.
INDIGOGreen has long been a supporter and retailer of AFM Safecoat because of their dedication to creating healthier finishing products that deliver high quality in places that matter: our home and our workplace. AFM has many products that have achieved SCS certification for their removal of toxins including formaldehydes, phthalates, phthalate esters, as well as a host of VOC and SemiVOC causing chemicals. Come see and smell for yourself at INDIGOGreen and make your next simple remodel sustainable for your health as well as for the environment. |
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GREEN TIP.
| Buy it In Bulk: Get Your Refills At The Soap Shack
The Soap Shack still stands proud in the back of INDIGOGreen with 55-gallon drums of toxin-free cleaners at attention and is ready to serve you with whatever container you bring to it. Choose from Apricot Dishsoap, Parsley Plus All Purpose Cleaner, and what little is left this month from Ecos Laundry Soap suitable for HE washing machines, of course. All products are plant-based, not tested on animals, pH neutral, made without dyes or formaldehydes and are made right here in the Sunshine State by Earth Friendly Products. All refills are charged by the ounce so get 1 or get 1,000- every ounce is $0.17, bust just remember to bring your own container! |
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INDIGOgreen BLOGreen.
New Report From Presidents Cancer Panel: Unregulated Chemicals Have Far-Reaching Consequences On Our Health
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COMMUNITY
Certified Green Building Course
Monday- Friday 8am-Noon
May 17th-28th
Seagle Building, 3rd Floor (Downtown Gainesville)
Cost- $1650.00 (Free to FloridaWorks eligible Job Seekers*)
ICBE in conjunction with ClimateSafe and Vibrant Community Development are offering a Certified Green Building course aimed at bringing professionals in design, construction, planning, and development up-to-speed on the latest in Certified Green Building products and methods and giving them the tools they need to communicate with other professionals in the field as well as the background to work effectively within it.
1. Introduction to Sustainability: Context of Certified Green Building with a Glossary of Green Terms (know the talk)
2. Master Builder Model: The Design/Build Mandate and the Integrated Professional Approach
3. Construction Technologies: High Tech/Low Tech approaches to Design, Construction and Development
4. Emerging Materials: Green Materials, Certified Products, and Chain of Custody
5. Emerging Methods: Certifications (USGBC, FGBC, FSEC), Life Cycle Analysis, and Carbon Footprinting.
6. Tax Advantages, Green Financing, Company Goodwill, and Marketing Advantages
Class size is limited so register early!
*FloridaWorks Job Seeker eligibility
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.
Alachua County Master Gardeners Annual Plant Sale
Saturday, May 22, 2010, 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. Extension Office (2800 NE 39 Avenue, Gainesville, corner of Waldo Rd & NE 39 Ave.)
All year Master Gardeners start from seed or propagate their favorite plants for this sale. A variety of herbs, annuals, perennials, natives and more will be available. Master Gardeners will be on site for advice on caring for your plants. This annual plant sale is a fundraiser for the Alachua County Master Gardener Volunteer Program. Admission and parking is free. Bring a box, bag or wagon to carry plants in. For more information on the plant sale or to ask a master gardener for advice, contact the Extension office at 352-955-2402.
Rainwater Harvesting Workshops
Monday June 7th 100-Level Course 8:30-5pm $50; Tuesday-Wednesday June 8-9th 200-Level Course 8:30-5pm both days $295-$445
University Of South Florida, Tampa
100-Level Course is a one-day course for anyone intereseted in general konwledge about rainwater harvesting for non-potable applications.
200-Level course is a two-day course for advanced rainwater harvesting techniques that is required for those seeking ARCSA status. Registration is at www.arcsa.org
The Great Suwannee River Cleanup
August- December
Geaorgia State Line- Gulf of Mexico
Current Problems, the Suwannee River Wilderness Trail Working Group and the Suwannee River Water Management District are coordinating a cleanup of the of the Suwannee River from the Georgia line to the Gulf of Mexico. Be a part of the first ever full length cleanup of the Suwannee within our state. To see what part of the river is already covered go here:http://www.bit.ly/GSRC2010, to join a group that is already cleaning up a section go here: http://www.bit.ly/GSRC2010and for more information, to be a business sponsor , or to be a boat or material supply sponsor please call Fritzi Olsen at 352-264-6827 or e-mail aar@currentproblems.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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