This locally-owned, all organic and full-service salon in uptown St. Augustine offers all natural shampoos, conditioners and styling products as well as an ammonia-free color line — a safe alternative to the harsh chemicals usually found in hair color products. Follow this link for recent press on A Hair Off San Marco and to find out more about the services they offer.
AHairOff.comA n J Recycling Service provides pick-up service for individuals that want an easy and more convenient way to recycle in St. John's County. This includes residents in apartment and condominium complexes, local businesses, and anyone that just wants to upgrade their recycling service. The materials collected by A n J Recycling Service are sold to a materials recovery facility and profits are donated to Habitat for Humanity.
AnJRecycling.comThe American Lung Association is 'Fighting for Air' through research, education and advocacy. Now in its second century, the American Lung Association is the leading organization working to save lives, improve lung health and prevent lung disease. Their informative website is rich with information about air quality, dust, allergens, pollutants and ways to improve indoor (and outdoor) air quality.
LungUSA.orgCarbonFund.org is a nonprofit 501(c)3 whose priority is to fight climate change now. Offsetting your carbon footprint through their service supports high quality projects that reduce global warming, pollution and drive down the cost of clean energy. Link to CarbonFund.org and take action on global warming now — we do and offset 35 tons annually. Your contributions are tax-deductible and options are available for individuals and businesses. Check them out!
CarbonFund.orgThe Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems, established in 1975, is a non-profit education, research, and demonstration organization specializing in life cycle planning and design. CMPBS undertake projects based on their potential contribution to site, regional and global sustainability and human health — and actively pursue collaborations with associate organizations, businesses and professional firms.
Projects emphasize regional contexts as bases for responsible resource use relative to materials, energy, water, waste, food, and meaningful employment. Expertise is accessible through green planning and design services, conference presentations, public lectures, and published papers.
For 25 years, Chelsea Green has been the publishing leader for books on the politics and practice of sustainable living. They are a founding member of the Green Press Initiative and have been printing books on recycled paper since 1985. They lead the industry both in terms of content — foundational books on renewable energy, green building, organic agriculture, eco-cuisine, and ethical business — and in terms of environmental practice, printing 95 percent of their books on recycled paper with a minimum 30 percent post-consumer waste and aiming for 100 percent whenever possible. This approach is a perfect example of what is called a ”triple bottom line“ practice, one that benefits people, planet, and profit, and the emerging new model for sustainable business in the 21st century.
Chelseagreen.comCitySprout is a grassroots, community organization working to creating a productive network of community gardens throughout the neighborhoods of St. Augustine to stimulate social interaction and strengthen community sustainability.
CitySprout.orgWe partner with Cleaning For A Reason Foundation because, like so many, we’ve been deeply affected by cancer. We’ve lost our beloved aunt and grandmother, we’ve triumphed with our sister, and we’ve shared countless stories with our friends and community about their loved ones who have battled this disease. Through their organization we offer free cleaning services to women undergoing treatment for cancer. If you or someone you know is interested in this service, visit their website to fill out an application.
CleaningForAReason.orgCo-op America is a not-for-profit membership organization whose mission is to harness economic power — the strength of consumers, investors, businesses, and the marketplace — to create a socially just and environmentally sustainable society. They do this by focusing on economic strategy, mobilizing people in their economic rolls, empowering people to take personal and collective action, working on issues of social justice and environmental responsibility, and working to replace abusive practices with healthy, just and sustainable practices.
CoopAmerica.orgThe best investment you can make at this point is in yourself! Lauren Accurso is a professional organizer based in St. Augustine. Her objective is to help her clients simplify their time, resources, systems and space so they can experience balance and order in every aspect of their lives. She offers free consultations by appointment. Some of the specific services she offers are: space planning for your home or office, customized organizing and maintenance systems, goals & time management, hands-on assistance with de-cluttering, moving and relocation, estates, and re-design. Call 904.540.0045 or email Lauren at for more information.
Dwell: from a perspective that it's possible to live in a house or apartment by a bold modern architect, to own furniture and products that are exceptionally well designed, and still be a regular human being... that good design is an integral part of real life... that real life has been conspicuous by its absence in most design and architecture magazines... that the connections to society, place and human experience — call it context — are exactly what make good architecture great... that it's possible to live in a house or apartment by a bold modern architect, to own furniture and products that are exceptionally well designed, and still be a regular human being... that good design is an integral part of real life... that real life has been conspicuous by its absence in most design and architecture magazines... to demonstrate that a modern house is a comfortable one... that today's best architects are able to fashion environments that are at once of the moment and welcoming... that the only way to demonstrate that a home is truly livable is to show it as it is lived in...
Dwell.comThe largest hand-picked green directory on the net: Find organic food, cheap solar energy (free daily updated solar panel price survey), sustainable architecture, organic cotton, a vegetarian date, sustainable investments, an organic farm, a sustainable community and much more...
EcoBusinessLinks.comEnvironmental Defense Fund is a leading national nonprofit organization representing more than 500,000 members. Since 1967 they have linked science, economics and law to create innovative, equitable and cost-effective solutions to society's most urgent environmental problems. Environmental Defense Fund is dedicated to protecting the environmental rights of all people, including future generations. Among these rights are access to clean air and water, healthy and nourishing food, and flourishing ecosystems.
Guided by science, Environmental Defense Fund evaluates environmental problems and works to create and advocate solutions that win lasting political, economic and social support because they are nonpartisan, cost-efficient and fair.
Environmental Defense Fund believes that a sustainable environment will require economic and social systems that are equitable and just.
The Environmental Protection Agency leads the nation's environmental science, research, education and assessment efforts. Their mission is to protect human health and the environment. Since 1970, the EPA has been working for a cleaner, healthier environment for the American people.
EPA.govThe mission of the Environmental Working Group is to use the power of public information to protect public health and the environment. They are a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, specializes in providing useful resources to consumers while simultaneously pushing for national policy change.
EWG.orgUse this online tool to communicate, educate and connect. Listings include green news, jobs, events and tips for living more sustainably. The best thing about this site is that you can search for listings by zipcode so you can find local recycling centers, farm markets and people in your community who are living and working green.
GenGreenLife.comGreen Living Ideas provides ideas, tips, and information to help you improve the environmental sustainability of every aspect of your life: home energy, green building and remodeling, cars, food, waste recycling—and everything in between.
GreenLivingIdeas.comFriend and business owner John Green offers Visceral Manipulation, CrainioSacral, Mechanical Link, and Lymph Drainage therapies. His work is effective for people suffering from migraines per month, TMJ, back and neck pain, vertigo, fibromyalgia, arthritis, foot pain/Plantar Fascitis, and other painful conditions.
GreenManualTherapy.comFinally a website that brings the best of the Green Web together — Green Maven is your gateway to the Green Web. They are a search engine that focuses on green and sustainable websites, designed for Mavens that just can't get enough of all things Green. Use it as a research tool, or keep up to date on the latest trends in the Green Revolution. Their mission is to grow the green economy by leveraging the power of the collective internet.
GreenMaven.comGreen journalism with a sense of humor. Edification while snorting your organic green tea across your EnergyStar computer monitor... These guys say it better than I: "Let's face it: reading environmental journalism too often feels like eating your vegetables. Boiled. With no butter. But at Grist, we believe that news about green issues and sustainable living doesn't have to be predictable, demoralizing, or dull. We butter the vegetables! And add salt! And strain metaphors! We exist to tell the untold stories, spotlight trends before they become trendy, and engage the apathetic. We're fiercely independent in our coverage; we throw brickbats when they're needed and bestow kudos when they're warranted. And while we take our work seriously, we don't take ourselves seriously, because of the many things this planet is running out of, sanctimonious tree-huggers ain't one of them."
Grist.orgHealthy Child Healthy World is dedicated to protecting the health and well being of children from harmful environmental exposures. They educate parents, support protective policies, and engage communities to make responsible decisions, simple everyday choices, and well-informed lifestyle improvements to create healthy environments where children and families can flourish.
HealthyChild.orgMake sure to check out this website loaded with tips and ideas for keeping your home tidy. Their advisory board of cleaning experts, professional executive housekeepers and cleaning services, environmental service professionals, doctors and scientists, and organizational and time-management consultants have put together a site full of 'no-nonsense advice and practical wisdom.' They have some great advice on how to get the most from your cleaning service and how to maintain your home between cleanings.
HousekeepingChannel.comOrganic Seed Exchange for the Jacksonville Florida Area... Plus great gardening tips and technique for our area...
Jacksonville Seed ExchangeLocalHarvest is America's #1 organic and local food website. They maintain a definitive and reliable "living" public nationwide directory of small farms, farmers markets, and other local food sources. Use their search to find products from family farms, local sources of sustainably grown food, and to connect directly with local farmers. Use this website to locate the farmers market closest to you.
LocalHarvest.orgLonesome Bert & the Skinny Lizards coalesced out of the musical mythosphere in August 2005 when Chris Clark, freshly relocated from south Florida, hauled his standup bass up to the art gallery where Lonesome Bert Hodge was busking with his drummer friend Steve Mitherz, and suggested a sit-in set. The resulting fusion of Chris' edgy high-temp fingerwork and Lonesome Bert's bouncy folk-style lyrics, propelled by Steve's djembe drum, convinced the three that the future looked good in conjunction, so conjoined they were.
Today, dozens of gigs and one 12-cut CD later, the group is picking up speed and honing its harmonies. Lonesome Bert writes much of the material himself, drawing on a widely travelled history of airlines, military service and urban living on top of a charmed childhood in small-town Florida. He sings songs about Hastings, and the Rodman Dam, and the way the music sounded on the car radio late at night all the way from Nashville. His lines are quirky and thought-provoking and sometimes poignant, but always lively, served up over what he calls "the bumptime boogie beat" that evolved from Tom Paxton and Merle Travis style fingerpicking. Some of the songs have a crypto-liberal political tinge to them, because Bert likes to skewer "institutional answers to individual questions." Chris also writes and sings songs characterized by high energy and humor, addressing topics like vanishing hippies and the tyranny of the electronic age.
The trio makes a regular appearance every Wednesday, 5:30-9 at the Florida Cracker Cafe in downtown St Augustine. They also entertain monthly for every First Friday Art Walk at the Premier Properties real estate office(88 Riberia St). Other randomized appearances such as the Milltop, the Council on Aging, and the Earth Day Festival are all announced on their web site www.theskinnylizard.com.
Low Impact Living is a useful website offering tools to help you lower the environmental impact of your home and your daily life. The find the best green products, practices and service providers to help you achieve your environmental goals — including the environmental benefits and economic trade-offs of your choices. They try to 'make the path from inspiration to implementation as short and as smooth as possible. Only by taking action will we collectively reduce the damage to our planet and ecosystems.'
LowImpactLiving.comMamasource is a great resource for connecting with other moms in your local area. You'll find advice, referrals and insight 'in a supportive community of moms helping moms.' Use this site to ask other local moms any question you need help with and to share your own advice and practical referrals with other moms who need your help. Check it out!
MamaSource.comMountain Rose Herbs is a company closely aligned with our principles. They deliver exceptional quality certified organic products with a strict emphasis on sustainable agriculture. From bulk organic herbs and spices, to essential oils and herbal teas, the quality and integrity of they offer is unparalleled — 'with smiles guaranteed.'
MountainRoseHerbs.comLiving Green, Living Well... Living "green" doesn't mean giving up quality or style. Natural Home launched in 1999 just ahead of the curve and has built a highly loyal readership as the only shelter publication that is devoted to creating a natural, healthy lifestyle. Natural Home provides practical ideas, inspiring examples, and expert opinions about healthy, ecologically sound, beautiful homes and outdoor living spaces. Since 1999, Natural Home has given eco-conscious homeowners the information they need to live in nurturing, healthy homes. With an up-to-date outlook on current trends in green building and wholesome living, Natural Home remains inspirational to dwellers who want to live wisely and live well.
Naturalhomemagazine.comThis natural pest control company offers safer alternatives to chemical pest control that last longer and work better. Their products are inspired by nature with organic ingredients and essential oils that not only repel pests, but lift your spirits and leave your home smelling fresh and clean. Their products were developed by an entomologist and chemist and are applied by experts.
NaturesWayPest.comThe Organic Consumers Association (OCA) is an online and grassroots non-profit 501(c)3 public interest organization campaigning for health, justice, and sustainability. The OCA deals with crucial issues of food safety, industrial agriculture, genetic engineering, children's health, corporate accountability, Fair Trade, environmental sustainability and other key topics.
OrganicConsumers.orgHow do I make a difference? Can you answer this question? Re-nest.com is trying. Every day they provide answers to this question from all angles by covering the intersection of the “green” movement and the “home decor” movement. Core to their mission is the communication of a general overarching sense of intelligence and optimism. Green, to us, is an amazing design challenge which they believe they can solve.
At Planet Clean, we believe that taking care of your health includes making time for exercise and relaxation... some YOU time! When you have a moment, make sure to check out Sati Yoga and Bodywork. Sati is an Ashtanga and Vinyasa Flow Yoga instructor as well as a Thai Massage Therapist based in Jacksonville. Attend on of her Yoga classes at YogaLife or schedule a therapeutic massage — we truly hope our services help you make this happen.
SatiYogaBodywork.comSlow Food USA seeks to create a dramatic and lasting change in the food system by reconnecting Americans with the people, traditions, plants, animals, fertile soils and waters that produce our food. Through educational projects and community outreach, Slow Food USA inspires transformation on food policy, production practices and market forces ensuring equity, sustainability and pleasure in the food we eat.
SlowFoodUSA.orgSlow Money's mission is to support small food enterprises that preserve and restore soil fertility, appropriate-scale organic farming and local food communities; to catalyze increases in foundation grant-making and mission-related investing in support of sustainable and local economies; and, to incubate next-generation socially responsible investment strategies, integrating principles of carrying capacity, care of the commons, sense of place, cultural and biological diversity, and non-violence. Central to Slow Money's mission is the building of regional stakeholder networks — consisting of food entrepreneurs, NGO leaders, farmers, and investors committed to financing local food systems. Slow Money institutes bring together 50 to 100 of these individuals in each region to assess strategies for investing in local food systems in their communities. In 2008 the first Slow Money institutes were held in Vermont and northern California.
Slowmoneyalliance.orgPublished by the Natural Living Alliance, pick up this guide and find businesses, organizations and individuals in St. Johns County that are leading the way towards a natural and sustainable future.
NaturalLivingAlliance.orgOur mission is to address the long-term goal of local food security in our community through creating educational programs for children and adults, connecting farmers to consumers, and building community and school gardens.
The Beaches Local Food Network consists of two main projects, the Beaches Green Market and the Beaches Community Garden, as well as hands-on educational programs offered through these venues. BLFN aims to create healthy community spaces, where people of all ages and backgrounds can come together in order to share knowledge, seeds, resources, and passions that ultimately lead to nutritious food on the table.
The National Geographic GREEN GUIDE makes living an environmentally aware life more personal, practical and positive. Their useful online guide shows people how to make small changes that add up to big benefits for their wallets, for their health, and for the health of the planet. Their website is full of simple, useful ideas broken down into achievable steps that make going green a gradual and affordable process rather than an all-or-nothing plunge. Check it out!
TheGreenGuide.comThis is a landmark health effort and will form the basis of child health guidance, interventions, and policy for generations to come. Conducted by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) and a consortium of federal agencies including the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), this nationwide study examines the effects of environmental influences on the health and development of 100,000 children across the United States, following them from before birth until age 21. The goal of the Study is to improve the health and well-being of children. A key piece of this study will address how exposure to indoor and outdoor air pollution, aeroallergens, and other environmental agents are associated with increased risk of asthma onset and progression in children. Planet Clean will follow this study closely as it impacts the housecleaning industry.
NationalChildrensStudy.govUtne is a publication that for many, many years has been part of our solution to processing and assimilating the vast universe of humanity's creative and progressive activities on our planet. For efficacy in terms of distilling some of the best that humanity is capable of, it's hard to beat. It was a portal before portals went digital with the advent of the internet...
Utne Reader and Utne.com are digests of independent ideas and alternative culture. Not right, not left, but forward thinking — creating a conversation about everything from the environment to the economy, politics to pop culture.
Utne functions as a guide to the alternative and independent press — taking in 1,500 magazines, newsletters, journals, weeklies, zines, and other lively dispatches from the cultural front — cutting-edge publications not found at the average bookstore or newsstand. Editors glean this material for compelling, delightfully written stories, interviews, and cultural criticism, then edit and reprint the most essential. Instead of buying dozens of magazines to find a few good articles, you can buy one packed with the best of the best.
Their mission is to facilitate the success of sustainable businesses and communities internationally. What's Working, Inc. is a pioneering company that is transforming the planning, design and construction marketplace by assisting developers, builders, architects, public agencies, planners and non-profits incorporate green building methods, materials and technologies into workplaces, homes and communities. What's Working, Inc. also helps business incorporate sustainability by offering customized leadership training and by providing socially and ecologically responsible guidance to businesses and communities nationally and globally.
Whatsworking.comWilliam McDonough is a world-renowned architect and designer and winner of three U.S. presidential awards: the Presidential Award for Sustainable Development (1996), the National Design Award (2004); and the Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award (2003). Time magazine recognized him as a "Hero for the Planet" in 1999, stating that "his utopianism is grounded in a unified philosophy that—in demonstrable and practical ways—is changing the design of the world."
Mr. McDonough is the founding principal of William McDonough + Partners, Architecture and Community Design, an internationally recognized design firm practicing ecologically, socially, and economically intelligent architecture and planning in the U.S. and abroad. He is also the cofounder and principal, with German chemist Michael Braungart, of McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry (MBDC), which employs a comprehensive Cradle to Cradle design protocol to chemical benchmarking, supply-chain integration, energy and materials assessment, clean-production qualification, and sustainability issue management and optimization.
Women’s Voices for the Earth (WVE) is a national organization that engages women to advocate for the right to live in a healthy environment. WVE seeks to reduce and ultimately eliminate environmental pollutants that cause health problems for women, their families and communities. Their study, Household Hazards: Potential Hazards of Home Cleaning Products is an thorough investigation of commonly used household cleaners and the health risks associated with them.
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