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like-minded links
www.arboretum.umn.edu
The University of Minnesota's Landscape Arboretum is a nationally celebrated
public display garden with more than 1,000 acres and 5,000 varieties of
plants. From formal gardens and plant collections to wildflower gardens
and reconstructed prairies, the Arboretum showcases northern-hardy plant
introductions, ideas for home gardeners, and the native beauty of the
Upper Midwest. Highlights include gardens that engage all five senses,
model landscapes created to demonstrate garden design and techniques,
and 'living-museum' quality collections that inspire with their natural
beauty.
www.coopamerica.org
Co-op America’s mission is to harness economic power – the
strength of consumers, businesses, and the marketplace – to create
a socially just and environmentally sustainable society. We ask people
to rethink their consumption practices; shift their purchases to just
and sustainable companies; invest in more responsible companies; and use
their power as consumers, businesses, and investors to demand change.
www.Conservatree.org
Conservatree is a nonprofit catalyst and advocate for ecologically sustainable
paper markets, combining environmental commitment with paper industry
and technical savvy. We provide practical tools and realistic strategies
for successful conversion to environmentally sound papers.
www.landstewardshipproject.org
To foster an ethic of stewardship for America’s farmland, Land Stewardship Project works for a food and farming system that protects the environment, promotes fairness and economic opportunities for family-sized farms and rural communities, and provides safe and healthful food for all people. Land Stewardship Project programs all support a major organizational goal to get more successful farmers raising both livestock and crops on the land in using practices that produce healthful food while protecting the soil and water.
www.Newleafpaper.com
New Leaf Paper leads the paper industry in the development and distribution
of environmentally superior printing and office papers. We focus on producing
paper using high post-consumer recycled content and most of our papers
are whitened without chlorine or chlorine compounds.
www.rethinkpaper.org
As a trailbreaker, ReThink Paper has been in the business of charting
a precise course of action towards the solutions for wood use reduction.
In order for ReThink Paper to be successful in charting this course, it
is necessary for the American people to engage in the environmental impacts
that surround the disjointed subject of paper.
www.themightyodo.com
ODO (Organic Design Operatives) is a diverse collective of creative people brought together by the common mission of reconnecting people with nature by design. ODO recently launched a website that is, essentially, a forum to examine and experience the relationship of people to nature.
The site includes an online magazine with periodic features by ODO operatives and a place for the operatives to feature their work (whether it be writing, photography, philosophy, scientific theory, architecture, graphic design, fashion design or film making).
www.sustainablegroup.net
Offers recycled binders, recycled folders and green office supplies.
Contact:
Samantha Lawton
Sustainable Group
Account Executive
844 NW 49th St.
Seattle, WA 98107
206.706.0966
sam@sustainablegroup.net
www.Woodwise.org |