Posts Tagged ‘Environmental’

Green Dream Group

Monday, January 25th, 2010

www.greendreamgroup.com
(773) 271-5310
I-GO Member offer: 10% off home energy audit

Green Dream Group is an independent, scientific, building-performance verification firm, specializing in home energy audits, green building certification, financial incentive programs, and training for building professionals. The company, led by Grace and Corbett Lunsford (pictured, right), helps home and building owners lower utility bills, increase the comfort, durability, air quality, and energy efficiency of the living space, and do good for the environment. There is an endless tidal wave of “green” advice being given, with organics, recycling, wind power, and hybrid fuel vehicles getting much of the attention. Green Dream focuses on the most universal element: improving your building performance.

Healthy Green Goods

Monday, January 11th, 2010

www.healthygreengoods.com
702 Main St., Evanston
(847) 864-9098
I-GO Member offer: 10% off entire purchase

Healthy Green Goods carries a wide array of all-natural and organic products made by manufacturers who fully disclose their ingredients. Its knowledgeable staff can help you through the maze of figuring out which products are right for you. The store’s diverse product line includes organic mattresses, bedding, linens, and towels; all-natural wool carpeting; zero-VOC premium paint; all-natural and organic cleaning products; solvent-free nail polish & nail polish remover; and much more. They also provide services such as green house call analyses and measuring and installation for carpet and Earthshades.

Green Home Experts

Monday, January 11th, 2010

www.ghexperts.com
823 S. Oak Park Ave., Oak Park
(708) 660-1GHE (1443)
GoGreen@GHExperts.com
I-GO Member offer: 10% off all in-stock items up to $100

Green Home Experts is a specialty retailer in environmentally friendly building and home supplies. For your next remodel, addition, or renovation check out their competitive prices on flooring, paint, insulation, water fixtures, counter tops, cabinets, mattresses, and more. But you don’t have to wait for your next big project to make your domicile a green home. Green Home Experts carries fluorescent light bulbs, non-toxic cleaning supplies, water saving devices, organic linens, garden supplies, and even rain barrels!

Pivot Boutique

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

www.pivotboutique.com
www.pivotboutique.com
(312) 243-4754
I-GO Member offer: 10% off total order

Pivot Boutique opened as Chicago’s first eco-fashion boutique in September 2007, and quickly became one of the most talked-about boutiques in the city. Owner Jessa Brinkmeyer set out to align fashion and good design with smart living, featuring designers using organic and sustainable materials and processes. Pivot featured lines from more than 50 designers including Lara Miller, Frei Designs, Linda Loudermilk, Loyale, Good Society and She Bible. In October 2009, Jessa closed Pivot’s Chicago storefront to refocus resources and energies on Pivot’s online store while continuing to support eco-fashion, spreading the message that you don’t need to sacrifice style to have a more conscious wardrobe.

Green Depot

Tuesday, December 29th, 2009

www.greendepot.com
2500 N. Pulaski Rd.
(773) 384-7500
I-GO Member offer: 10% off purchase

Green Depot is the nation’s largest green building supplier, offering a broad range of superior-quality, sustainable product lines, including: ceilings, walls, flooring, insulation, janitorial, soundproofing, paint, lawn & garden, lighting & electrical. Founded in 2005, Green Depot’s mission has been to make green building products and services readily accessible so that green building can be easily adopted into standard construction operations. They also pay close attention to factors such as recyclable content, local sourcing, low- or no-toxicity, and energy efficiency.

Pictured: RSVP Stainless Steel Compost Pail

Lush

Tuesday, December 29th, 2009

www.lushusa.com
859 W. Armitage Ave.
(773) 281-5874
I-GO Member offer: Free 1/4-lb. soap with $40 purchase (pre-tax)

Lush, headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, believes in making effective products from fresh, organic fruit and vegetables, the finest essential oils, and safe synthetics. They invent their own products and fragrances. They make them fresh by hand using little or no preservative or packaging, using only vegetarian ingredients, and they tell you when they were made. They believe in buying ingredients only from companies that do not commission tests on animals and in testing our products on humans. They also believe in long candlelit baths, sharing showers, massage, and filling the world with perfume.

Notebaert Nature Museum

Monday, December 28th, 2009

www.naturemuseum.org
2430 N. Cannon Dr.
(773) 775-5100
I-GO Member offer: Buy one adult admission ($9), get one free

The Chicago Academy of Sciences and its Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum inspire people to learn about and care for nature and the environment. The Academy improves quality of life in Chicago and the region by delivering superior environmental and science education programs to students and teachers, by offering museum exhibitions and conducting public programs that foster green living, and by restoring local ecosystems and advancing scientific knowledge through collections and research. The opening of the 6.35-acre museum in 1999 heralded new opportunities to build on the Academy’s legacy of scientific inquiry, offering the public much more than dioramas and taxidermied animals. Complete with permanent exhibitions including a Butterfly Haven, the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum became an interactive experience for adults and children alike.

Uncommon Ground

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009


www.uncommonground.com
3800 N. Clark St., (773) 929-3680
1401 W. Devon Ave., (773) 465-9801
I-GO Member offer: 10% off check

Uncommon Ground is an I-GO fave through and through. Their original Wrigleyville location endures as a cozy café with excellent organic food and drink and a relaxed vibe. The newer Rogers Park location is simply amazing: organic gourmet cuisine and cocktails; a charming, acoustically superb cabaret-size dining room with regular music acts and local artists’ work; and an ultra-green building design from top to bottom. We’re talking extensive rooftop garden, solar panels providing power to the kitchen, furniture made from fallen trees in Jackson Park, and electrical outlets for plug-in vehicles in the lot outside. Add the monthly Green Room Sessions featuring environmental entrepreneurs and the summer’s weekly farmer’s market with its honky tonk music hour, and it’s a package deal hard to top.

Ava Black

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009


shopavablack.com/
Water Tower Place, 845 N. Michigan Ave., (312) 202-0708
3343 N Broadway Ave, (773) 857-6900
5135 N. Clark St., (773) 506-7343
I-GO Member offer: 10% off purchase

Ava Black specializes in environmentally friendly clothing, towels, and spa products. Founded in 2007, they have three locations — in Lakeview, Andersonville, and downtown — and a global mission: to design, manufacture, and sell designer textiles that you can trust as well as touch. Indeed, more than sustainable clothing, they create stylish clothing. Because fashion-forward and environmentally conscious don’t have to be mutually exclusive. Ava Black believes you can be both green and gorgeous.

Pictured: men’s short-sleeve button-down shirt made from bamboo and organic cotton

Green Grocer Chicago

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009


www.greengrocerchicago.com
1402 W. Grand Ave.
(312) 624-9508
I-GO Member offer: 10% off total order

Green Grocer Chicago features organic and locally produced foods, as well as some unique specialty items. Through extensive research, they’ve gathered the most delicious, healthiest, and indulgent foods possible. They work closely with Midwestern farmers and producers to provide their customers with the freshest food available while supporting the local economy. By choosing primarily to work with Midwestern sources, they get to know their food providers, their food tastes better, and they’re able to reduce harmful CO2 emissions by eliminating the need for long-distance transportation. With locally produced foods everyone wins, especially you, their customers!

Greener Cleaner

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009



www.greenercleaner.net
255 E Grand Ave. (inside Dominick’s)
1 N. Halsted St. (inside Dominick’s)
2021 W Chicago Ave. (inside Dominick’s)
1552 N. Damen Ave.
5312 N. Broadway
(773) 784-8429
I-GO Member offer: 10% off all services

The Greener Cleaner provides premium dry cleaning services without using the toxic chemicals that traditional dry cleaners use. As the nationally recognized leader in professional wet-cleaning technology, Greener Cleaner’s mission is simple: to provide the highest quality garment care by using methods and materials that are healthy for its customers, workers, and the environment. Your clothes come back cleaner, fresher, and more comfortable than dry cleaned clothes. They also offer pick-up from homes or offices in an eco-friendly bio diesel van. Their delivery service area extends from the Hyde Park neighborhood in Chicago to Wilmette, and from Oak Park to Naperville.

Urban Worm Girl

Tuesday, December 15th, 2009


www.urbanwormgirl.com
(773) 355-4804
info@urbanwormgirl.com
I-GO Member offer: $5 off purchase of a worm bin or package offer

Urban Worm Girl’s calling is to educate the community on composting with worms, also known as vermiculture. Basically, it’s recycling kitchen waste using the wisdom and efficiency of red worms — simple, clean, and odorless. Whether it’s in your house or apartment, worm composting is a reminder of our interconnectedness to the earth and all of its living beings. Throw a worm party with your friends, donate a worm bin to your children’s school, order in-home set up and instruction, or order your equipment here. Urban Worm Girl will provide you with all the education, hands-on instruction, set-up and supplies needed to begin your adventures in worm composting.

The Green Maid

Friday, August 21st, 2009

www.greenmaidinc.com
(877) 677-MAID
info@greenmaidinc.com
I-GO Member offer: 10% off first cleaning

The Green Maid is a family-owned and -operated green cleaning company serving homes and businesses of all sizes throughout Chicago and the surrounding suburbs. As a family-owned business they protect your home as they would their own, ridding it of harmful pollutants and toxins which affect not only your lives but the global community as well. Each of their products is completely toxin-free, and has no heavy metals or volatile organic chemicals. The biodegradable solutions they use can be absorbed without causing harm to the water, soil, or atmosphere. Service includes all the basics and more: carpets are vacuumed, windows and glass doors are cleaned, and even the walls are wiped down for dust. Green Maid also provides green office cleaning packages for businesses. And their post-construction cleaning can prepare your office to be a healthy and pleasant workplace.

GreenWerks

Friday, August 21st, 2009

www.greenwerkspro.com
(877) 4-G-WERKS
info@greenwerkspro.com
I-GO Member offer: 10% off any construction, remodeling, or painting project

GreenWerks specializes in developing eco-friendly new construction and green remodeling solutions for Chicago homeowners and businesses. Their clients rely on Chicago’s green contractor to reduce their carbon footprint and live a greener lifestyle in measurable, manageable, and practical ways. Whether you are in the design stages or ready to begin your home addition, remodeling, or new construction project, GreenWerks is ready to assist you every step of the way. Their knowledgeable project managers and expert craftsmen will delight you with their level of service and impress you with their attention to detail for your remodeling project. Contact them today for a consultation.

Clean Air Lawn Care

Thursday, August 20th, 2009

www.cleanairlawncare.com
(847) 421-6500
I-GO Member offer: 10% off a yearly contract

Clean Air Lawn Care is the nation’s leading full-service sustainable lawn care company, offering weekly service for residential and commercial lawns. Services include mowing, trimming, blowing, and grass removal to an organic waste recycling center. They offer spring and fall clean-ups and basic landscaping assistance. Customers can also sign up for their organic fertilization program.

Clean Air Lawn Care uses clean electric and biodiesel powered equipment for lawn mowing and landscape maintenance that is run on renewable energy. Electric equipment is charged during the day by solar panels mounted on trucks and overnight with wind power. Any emissions associated with powering biodiesel equipment or driving trucks are offset with verified vehicle emissions offsets purchased from Carbonfund.org. This reduces the company’s mowing services net emissions to zero. They’ve also taken their commitment to being green a step further by offsetting their emissions company-wide, making them a carbon-neutral company from top to bottom.

Chicago Energy Consultants

Thursday, August 20th, 2009

chicagoenergyconsultants.com
(773) 969-6697
I-GO Member offer: 10% off home energy audit

Chicago Energy Consultants offers a wide range of energy efficiency and sustainability consulting services to home and small business owners in Northeast Illinois.They use the latest technologies to help diagnose problems in your home that can cause uncomfortable drafts, unusable rooms, and high energy bills. Interested in saving money on utility bills and reducing your carbon footprint? Inquire about a home energy audit today.

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