Please support these environmentally minded businesses
and organizations.
Blessings Project Foundation
By offering a variety of speakers, workshops and presentations on topics from spiritual growth to natural healing and environmental stewardship, by sponsoring celebrations and diverse cultural events, the Blessings Project Foundation will foster individual enrichment and empower a sense of respect and responsibility in the worldwide community. http://blessingsproject.org/blessings.htm
Dry Cleaning Station
Dry Cleaning Station is the ONLY Triad cleaner using the environmentally friendly GreenEarth® Cleaning solvent. GreenEarth is an odorless, non-allergenic, non-toxic, biodegradable solvent. It is gentler on your clothes than other solvents because it is inert – it doesn’t interact with the fabric. It simply passes through the fabric removing dirt and stains so your clothes are left smelling fresher, feeling softer, and looking brighter than with normal dry cleaning methods. Dry Cleaning Station is located in the building with Starbucks across from Thruway Shopping Center. FREE residential and corporate pick-up & delivery service. For more information, wwww.CarolinaGreenClean.com or call 725-3773.
Eagle’s Nest Foundation: Eagle’s Nest Camp, Hante Adventures, and The Outdoor Academy
The Eagle’s Nest mission is experiential education for young people, promoting the natural world and the betterment of human character. Eagle’s Nest Foundation believes in the ideals of equality, honesty, belonging, and self-awareness. The organization provides oversight to a residential co-ed summer camp, a teen service and wilderness adventure program, and an academic Semester School for Tenth Graders. To learn more, call (336) 761-1040 or visit their website: www.enf.org
Eco Everyday
Eco Everyday is an eco-friendly lifestyle store, helping move consumers toward more ecologically sound products and practices. Always adding new items, and focusing on local producers when possible, check out their range of attractive energy-saving devices, water filters, natural cleaning products, organic clothing, baby items and more! You can shop online at: www.ecoeveryday.com. They hope to open their first retail store in Greensboro during 2008! Check back here for updates as plans unfold.
Environmental Solutions Group
ESG provides energy audits and E-Star Energy Ratings for homeowners and Energy Star builders. We also provide indoor air quality assessments and surveys for asbestos, lead, mold and chemicals. ESG has assessed over 1200 properties since we began helping property owners discover ways to have a healthier building environment. ESG's special interest lies in assisting those who have suffered an environmental illness. To learn more, call (336) 373-1538 or visit their website: www.esgtesting.com
Express Graphics
Express Graphics, which specializes in printing large format graphics, has introduced a variety of media, substrates and inks that are great alternatives to the old, toxic vinyl banners that are bad for the environment. EG Green offerings include eco-friendly banner materials, recyclable banners and low-solvent or no-solvent banner inks. They also offer recyclable gatorboard, cardboard and poster board signs printed with solvent-free inks that are outdoor durable and do not require lamination. Express Graphics is continually searching for greener alternatives with the goal of offering a complete line of materials that are better for the environment. In addition to offering eco-friendly sign products, they have instituted sustainable practices into their day to day business, including recycling, using recycled paper products when possible, saving and reusing packaging materials and creating paperless office systems. For more information on Express Graphics earth friendly signs, see their website at www.exgraphics.com or call 336-765-9335.
Flow Honda
Environmentology™ is Honda’s ongoing commitment to environmentally responsible technology. The results include world-changing advances in fuel economy, low emissions and alternative energy sources for the future. For more info: http://corporate.honda.com/environment/index.aspx Locally: 1-800-467-5006 or http://www.flowhonda.com/
Fresh Air Carpet Care
"The Green Cleaners.” Fresh Air Carpet Care specializes in using very low moisture technology to provide rapid drying times and non-toxic cleaning methods for individuals and families concerned with the effects of harsh chemicals. Your carpets will be dry within an hour, with no sticky residue from harsh chemicals. They use environmentally safe bio-based cleaning agents that are safe for you, your children, your pets and our environment. For more information, or to make an appointment, call toll free: 1-866-523-7168. Locally owned and operated. www.freshaircarpetcare.biz
Great Outdoor Provision Company
Gear up. Get out. Give back. As a local outfitter, GOPC is committed to personalized service to help you find the appropriate gear and clothing for all your outdoor adventures. GOPC gives back to its communities by investing in local land trusts and other related non-profit organizations. Thruway Shopping Center, 402 South Stratford Rd., Winston-Salem, NC 27103 (336) 727-0906 http://www.greatoutdoorprovision.com/
greenschemes - Turning Green Dreams into Green Schemes
greenschemes facilitates ecological planning with a whole systems approach. Using integrative and participatory methodology they facilitate the integration of ecological intelligence, design aptitude and human participation in order to restore ecological balance and human connection with places in our landscapes and communities. They assemble teams of allied professionals – planners, architects, landscape architects, and conservation biologists - who have expertise in these three arenas and who want to work collaboratively rather than in the usual hand-me-over process. This approach is efficient and effective, saving both time and money and increasing ownership of the outcome. For more information visit their website, email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or call t 336-605-0143.
Homes by Hamrick
Don Hamrick’s Homes By Hamrick is the Triad’s premier Energy Star certified home builder and the first in North Carolina to build a Mold Resistant Energy Star Home. (336) 595-3631. For more information, visit homesbyhamrick.com.
Integrative Life Solutions
Integrative Life Solutions is a rare gem tucked away off the beaten path in Clemmons, NC. Their mission is to offer retail products that are organic and environmentally friendly. They offer a variety of products from organic tees and mother/baby products, to skin care, to food and much more. Stop by and see the many unique gift ideas they offer. The companies they buy from have been carefully researched for quality, fair trade, and concern for the environment. Have a cup of organic green tea or organic coffee and browse the store at 2511 Neudorf Road, Suite G, in Clemmons, NC (directly in front of the skating rink) – just 10 minutes outside of Winston-Salem. For more information, call (336) 778-1950 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
Kirschner Agency
Kirschner Agency has been referred to as a Southeastern pioneer of green marketing, with over a decade of experience working with international companies already pursuing environmental sustainability. The agency foresaw the green tipping point in 2003, long before it happened, and received green business certification from Co-op America in 2006. Kirschner Agency provides responsible advertising and marketing with proven target-strategic methods, offering high-end web design, electronic, and multimedia advertising, print/collateral design and a full range of marketing and PR services. Working with like-minded businesses, they envision a greener today, to better sustain the generations of tomorrow. They offer consulting on the ins and outs of going green, green marketing, and how ecology and economy can be a perfect fit. For more information please visit www.kirschneragency.com.
Leap Realty, LLC
Leap Realty is more then a green-minded real estate brokerage firm. We help and encourage clients to realize the benefits of utilizing technologies and materials that benefit them directly. Leap Realty are experts in the innovative homes that impact our decisions on the earth. Realize the benefits. For more information, email Sarah Olson, Certified EcoBroker, at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or call 336-403-8840.
Moonlight Designs
Offering solutions to your design and print needs. Will help you brand and market your product or business. Services include Logo Design, Brochures, Post Cards, Business Cards, Rack Cards, Door Hangers, Magazines, Books, Print Ads, Menus, Trade Show Booths & Graphics, Outdoor Vinyl Banners, Newspapers and more. Supportive of environmental groups and organizations. Member of the Triad Buying Co-op, World Wildlife Fund, The Nature Conservancy, NC Wildlife Resource, Defenders of Wildlife and Piedmont Environmental Alliance. For more information: http://www.moonlightdesignnc.com
Pamela Stamper-Brandt, CFP®, AIF® - Financial Advisor
Pam is a financial advisor proactively seeking sustainable investment solutions for clients in meeting their financial goals. Sustainable companies stocks and bonds have good environmental, social, and governance performance in addition to good financial performance contributing to their bottom line and the welfare of us all. Examples include investments in clean energy, clean water, healthy foods, sustainable building, and preventative medicine. Financial services include goals planning to meet your retirement, education, income and estate tax savings needs, appropriate asset allocation, and small business planning. For more information, contact Pamela at (336) 946-2018 or This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
Proximity Hotel
Built to use 36% less energy and 30% less water than a comparable hotel, the just opened Proximity Hotel in Greensboro offers a glimpse of the future while celebrating the past. Sustainable practices, custom-designed furnishings, commissioned art and innovative design await guests in every corner of the 147-room luxury hotel and its adjacent restaurant. Proximity Hotel is a "green hotel" and the building's design and construction followed guidelines of the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System,™ the nationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction, and operation of high performance green buildings. For more information or to make a reservation, visit their website at www.proximityhotel.com.
Sharpe Images
Sharpe Images delivers the latest digital construction, color graphic printing services and wide-format printing equipment. Sharpe’s eco savvy NextPlans on-line plan-rooms eliminate unnecessary printing and shipping costs, saving our clients thousands of dollars and the environment hundreds of trees per year. Our KIP equipment has no toner waste and clients are given the option to choose recycled materials for their projects. Sharpe encourages clients to drop off old plans in house to be recycled. We listen closely to determine a positive, proactive approach for the entire scope of our client’s projects to determine the best way to achieve the highest quality product in the most eco friendly and efficient manner. For more information, visit www.sharpeimages.com.
Sierra Club, Foothills Chapter
Inspired by nature, Sierra Club members work together to protect our communities and the planet. The Club is America's oldest, largest and most influential grassroots environmental organization. The local chapter is involved in a number of important environmental initiatives. They also sponsor a variety of outdoor adventures and outings. For more information, visit their website: http://nc.sierraclub.org/foothills/
The Wearable Planet
The Wearable Planet is a clothing, accessories and gift store that sells products that are better for you and better for the planet. They offer a variety of organic, fair trade and environmentally friendly selections. Located in the heart of the Triad, this shop carries spiritual and symbolic jewelry, soft fashionable clothing made from organic or 100% recycled materials, a large selection of books, CD’s and DVD’s, a full line of organic baby clothes, diapers and accessories, and much more. They even sell eco-friendly items for your pets. This shop is a must for all local environmentalists. The Wearable Planet gives a percentage of their gross sales each month to environmental, humanitarian or animal welfare charities. For more information, visit their website, TheWearablePlanet.com.
Triad Buying Co-op
Triad Buying Co-op is a co-operative organization governed and operated by its members, who pool resources of talent, time and money to purchase high quality natural products at prices at or below those available in retail outlets. The co-op operates out of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Winston-Salem and distributes food/products to members once a month. For more information, visit their website: www.tbcoop.org.
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Winston-Salem
The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Winston-Salem is a welcoming community that respects individual freedom of belief. UU's respect the interdependent web of all existence and are involved in programs that protect and value the earth and all it's many natural wonders. Locally we support the Piedmont Earth Day Fair and are currently involved in supporting local Green Transportation initiatives. (336) 659-0331 http://www.uufws.net/
823 Reynolda
With in-town convenience, 823 Reynolda is a delightful space to host your next event. We offer flexible meeting spaces for groups up to 120 guests. Enjoy our intimate and comfortable settings. Formal place settings also available. Handicapped accessible. TV, VCR, DVD & Projector available. (336) 725-8230 http://www.823reynolda.com/