Green Connections  

National Green Links -

•  www.thegreenguide.com - National Geographics green magazine website.  this is one of my personal favorites.  Great information!

• www.treehugger.com - Part of the Discovery Channels sites.  Great information, and resources.

• www.wecansolveit.org - Almost 1.5 million strong, great resource for anyone wanting to green it up - and join the challenge 

• www.usgbc.org - United States Green Building Council; find out how build green, or find those who can - lot of great infomation available 

• www.architecture2030.com - Started by architect Edward Mazria in 2002 - has great ideas for all of us
• www.greenseal.org - Non-profit organization that protects against products harmful to us and the enviroment
• www.energystar.gov - Part of the Enviromental Protecton Agency(EPA) helps create a safer environment
• www.healthhouse.org - American Lung Association's website for healthy building
• www.earthadvantage.com - Homes built for value, comfort, and energy efficiency
• www.earthcrafthouse.org - "created in 1999, is a residential green building program of the Greater Atlanta Home Builders Association in partnership with Southface." (quote from website) 
• www.rehabadvisor.com  - "This Advisor describes the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) guidelines for conducting energy efficient housing rehabilitation." (quote from website)
• www.reduceenergyuse.com - Great discussions on how to reduce your waist a little bit a time.

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 Salvage Stores in Our Area-

• Antiquities & Oddities

                   2045 Broadway Street

                   Kansas City,  MO 64108

                   816.283.3740

                   www.aoarchtectecturalsalvage.com

• Foundation Architectural Reclamation

                   1221 Union Avenue

                   Kansas City, MO 64101

                   816.283.8990

• Seldom Found Architectures

                   1107 Hickory Street

                   Kansas City, MO 64011

                   816.471.2099

                   www.seldomfound.com 

Carbon footprints:

 Green Design:

•  www.usgbc.org - United States Green Building Council; find out how to build green, or find those who can.
• www.greenbuildingcentre.com - A Canadian resource, full of great green building information 
• www.builditgreen.org - Great resource for building a home green.
• www.sustainablefurniturecouncil.org - The Sustainable Furniture Council is a non-profit industry association that was founded in 2006. 

 Local Gardening-

Another way to help our environment is to value our local farmers - by buying fresh and local it helps keep our footprint small:

• Saturdays, 8AM to 12:30 PM
       May 2th to October 17th

                  Our Location:
                   On the grass and under the trees

                   Minor Park
                   Just East of Holmes on Red Bridge Road    

                    (111th Street)

• Community Farmers Market at

                    Brookside

                    Saturdays, 8:00-1:00
                    Starting April 11, 2009
                    at the Border Star Montessori School
                    63rd & Wornal
                    Kansas City, MO

• Overland Park's Downtown Historical

                  Farmers Market

                  Starts April 15th ends in October

                  West Metcalf  on 79th Street