**Poured Earth Wall by Green Builders
of Marin - located at the Institute of Noetic Sciences**
Our company supports
many different
organizations in their efforts to preserve the environment and contribute to
the community. Listed below are a
few links we recommend be visited.
Alameda County Waste Management Authority
Creator of Home Remodeling GREEN BUILDING GUIDELINES
Build
It Green
Build It Green's vision is a world where people thrive in buildings and
communities sustained by a healthy connection between the natural and
built environment.
Bay
Area Green Business Program
EECoM
EECoM is a coalition of more than 130 businesses,
schools, and non-profit organizations devoted to implementing sound
ecological practices and promoting environmental education in Marin.
Members meet regularly to exchange information, share skills and develop
new projects that can be addressed collaboratively.
ADPSR
-Architects, Designers and Planners for Social Responsibility
A non-profit organization of
architects, designers and planners
and related professionals who are
committed to correcting the
imbalance between the need to
provide for the common defense and
the need to promote the well being
of all citizens. ADPSR's
efforts are directed towards arms
reduction, protection of the natural
and built environment and socially
responsible development.
US Green
Building Council (local chapter:
Redwood
Empire)
The mission of this unprecedented
coalition is to accelerate the
adoption of green building
practices, technologies, policies,
and standards.
Rainforest Action
Network
Rainforest Action Network works to protect the Earth's rainforests and support the rights of their inhabitants through education, grassroots organizing, and
non-violent direct action.
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GREENPEACE
- Greenpeace is an independent
campaigning organization that uses
non-violent, creative confrontation
to expose global environmental
problems, and to force solutions
that are essential to a green and
peaceful future.
National Audubon Society
Audubon Society is dedicated to conserving and restoring natural ecosystems.
SURFRIDER
FOUNDATION
The Surfrider Foundation is a non-profit environmental organization dedicated to
the protection and enjoyment of the world's oceans, waves and beaches for all
people, through conservation, activism, research and education.
Email:
info@surfrider.org
Sierra Club
Environmental Building News
Ecological
Building Network
The
Green Resource Center
The Green Resource Center is the central hub for information on green
building in the San Francisco Bay Area. The Green Resource Center is
located in downtown Berkeley.
MARIN
HEADSTART
Local branch of the national organization committed to "providing comprehensive educational, social, medical, dental, nutritional and mental health services to low-income children and their families."
WWW.MARINGREENBUILDING.ORG
Supplies visitors with a list of green building resources
Habitat for Humanity
Habitat for Humanity International works
to eliminate substandard housing through
affiliates around the world.
SUSTAINABLE WOOD AND ENERGY
SOURCES & MORE:
Green
Fusion Design Center
The mission of Green
Fusion is to promote the understanding and use of green building
practices by connecting homeowners, design professionals, builders and the
general public with natural, eco-friendly, healthy products and services.
GreenSage.com
Sustainable building materials and
furnishings
Eco Timber International
Quality hardwoods from environmentally sound sources.
Environmental Home Center
EnviroSource.com is designed for
professionals involved in environmental
investigation, remediation, emergency
response, and industrial management
for environmental media of air,
water, waste, toxics, and personal
health & safety. Our vision is
to be a complete source of information,
products, and services in the
environmental industry.
- forestworld.com
- Provides detailed descriptions
including: company type, certifier,
species information, products
carried, forest type & acreage,
etc. Also includes:
information on certifying
organizations & certification
systems.
ACQ
A provider of arsenic free
pressure-treated wood.
- Blacks
Farmwood
- Exquisite time crafted woods.
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- SOLAR
DEPOT, INC.
Sun
Power & Geothermal Energy -
- SUN,
LIGHT & POWER
- Photovoltaic systems, solar
heating and hydronic radiant heating
Home
Energy Magazine
Disseminates objective information on residential energy
conservation.
What's
Working
An
environmental construction consulting firm.
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