Old ties into pillows casings, old album covers into artwork or old furniture taking on a low VOC finish, repurposed items are earth friendly, made from that which is still salvageable and still beautiful.

Repurposed Home sells environmentally safe products and processes that provide an earth friendly home, are non-toxic and come in a range of alternative products for the allergic, (removing the problem and replacing it with something healthier).

Repurposed Home is devoted to reducing waste, embellishing style and improving health through earth friendly products that make sense in the homes of the Green Revolution, today.

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The Acadia all-weather geothermal heat pump is greatly effective, functioning incredibly all the way down to minus thirty (-30F), it is environmentally friendly, with eco-friendly R-410a refrigerant, a grid-friendly appliance, no hybrid systems are required, it is a multi-stage heating and cooling system, with superior humidity control, reduced temperature swings and 70% energy savings over traditional heat pumps.

Where progress is not a slow process, Progressive Air Solutions has come out with Acadia; an all-weather geothermal heatpump that will successfully heat or cool the home efficiently without depending on foreign oil; heating and cooling in all seasons, for more comfort, that is sustainable and economically sound at the same time for years and years to come.

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Planet Aid accepts donations from a percentage of your sales made on E-bay as well, be they automotives, kitchenware, collectables, furniture, electronics, toys or any other imaginable items.

Also, if you are looking to donate your outdated laptop (at least 533 Mhz), their program for teacher training colleges, run by Humana People to People in Mozambique, Angola and Malawi, have the goal to equip every student with a computer on a classroom network of 220V.

Planet Aid sells items from their store on E-bay as well as books, music and videos from their store on Amazon, where proceeds from virtual sales of unique items and great bargains, of used clothing, used shoes and laptop donations, benefit all those Planet Aid touches; a non-for-profit, that hails the world market for sustainable solutions of the future.

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Paper made only from managed forests, soy ink, waterless printing, online process and technology information as well as online estimation, all for a “Green Guarantee,” ensures chemistry-free and environmentally friendly printing with responsibility.

Sustainable printing solutions, quick estimates, complex jobs, detailed estimates, custom order, existing order, virtual communications process during printing, informational online weblog, organic substrates and a 90% elimination of all VOC’s, Printing Responsibly is the printing system of the future, one that is concerned for the well-being and quality of life of all creatures of Earth’s planet.

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The administrative and technical team demanufacture in a 55,000 square foot facility with operation efficiency allowing them to continually process equipment, maximizing the companies ability to accept unlimited amounts of equipment.

Recycling the Right Way since 1995 when the company was first started, NewTech Recycling Inc. builds integrity and trust through ethical computer and electronics recycling meeting a high-tech need for a more sustainable demanufacturing economy that values the earth and our relationship with it, on a fundamental level.

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Founded by Susan Colwell and Jim Hueser, those deeply concerned with the environment and looking for green building experts who share the same eco-beliefs and values will find My Green Cottage will not charge more for building smarter, as their team of caring individuals know how to save money and pass that discount onto the consumer.

Massive energy savings, one home at a time across the nation, on-budget guarantee, with volume discounts the local builder cannot match; MyGreenCottage takes all the stress out of homebuilding, believing in a fun process, assisting in your own personal design within budget and exceeding expectations, on time for the green revolution and a more sustainable country that starts with the average homebuilder, today.

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From powerful industrial degreasers and fast acting odor control products to mechanical and chemical remediation of sediments, (be they from polluted water ways, lakes or streams), by chemically composting the polluting elements rather than destroying.

Detergents and microbial cultures wash-away the bad stuff, where as BioGenesis works to augment strong cleaning power with the unique ability to accelerate the breakdown process of organic pollutants in what is more of a composting process that deals with the bad stuff here and now.

BioGenesis creates a useful product that favors remediation of desolate soils and polluted waterways, wiping out ecological footprints by replenishing and cleansing earths most precious natural resources of life (soil and water).

BioGenesis Washing System effectively cleans any kind of natural sediment as small as one micron (even the most clayish soils), complying to regulations at a competitive cost with a by-product that can be used as soil amendment (large scale).

This process washes up to 70 tons of sediment per hour, depending on the size of the sediment and the desired percentage of remediation, clayish soils being the hardest to clean while rock the easiest and the more remediation the slower the process will be.

Chlorinated hydrocarbons, pesticides, PCBs metals, many other organic and inorganic pollutants are effectively eliminated within regulated standards through the BioGenesis Washing System and transformed into active soil.

Treatable water and biologically active soil are the only by-products and this process is easily achieved and disposed of onsite, making it cost effective and useable in almost any situation.

Soils with a high clay content, or heavily weathered contaminants will benefit from this process, while the process itself is highly mobile, with noise and air pollution kept to a minimum that is within average city norms.

BioGenesis only uses 100% biodegradable chemicals with low toxicity, the treatment system is extremely flexible; an alternative to expensive industrialized cleaning that is both good for the environment and good for the consumer, building a more sustainable world village that takes pride in doing things for the next generation.

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Self-reliance is not just about doing-it-yourself, its also about energy savings and making the most of the energy from the surrounding environment.

Three fourths of the energy consumed in conventional heating and cooling systems can be saved with the combination offered by Radiant Comfort.

Radiant, geothermal, solar and other energy sources are all taken into consideration while looking at each project as a whole, making your home just that much more sustainable over the course of its life time.

Home owners, contractors and architects alike will find Radiant Comfort has 30 years of experience in the cooling, heating and plumbing industry.

Be it radiant floor heating, geothermal ground source heat pump forheating or cooling, perhaps walls and ceiling using active solar; Radiant Comfort believes this is the most energy efficient way to cool or heat a home for a more self-reliant way of life.

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Investment groups looking for a high-profit asset with a bright future that creates value both morally as well as economically, will find that Global Tree Trust lives up to its name.

Increasing demand for biofuels and hardwoods, also means finding companies that are willing to invest in denuded lands, doing it from scratch, rather than relying on deforestation and other limited resources such as virgin rainforests.

Global Tree Trust is concerned with managing unproductive lands for owners in a way that is both self-reliant and extremely productive financially, for a stable profitability that endures in the long-run, protecting our earths old growths through sustainable land management in forestry and agribusiness.

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The seepage, discharge or runoff of animal wastes directly into surfacewater or groundwater can seriously effect what few drinkable water cash stores still survive on our planet, and North Carolinas hog farms represent a serious threat to the water supplies in the state, effecting the ecosystem, fish and humans all together.

Natures Way soil enrichment is the final product, from a process of bioremediation that looks to currently mend much of the damage done by hog farms (their current focus) as well as other animal farms such as dairy.

This industrial vermicomposting efficiently eliminates ALL the bad news diseases such as fecal coliform, cryptosporidium, E. coli or salmonella, more than 40 diseases that can be between 10 to 100 times more concentrated than in human waste, leaving a 100% safe, 100% clean and most importantly 100% useful soil amendment that provides up to 58% greater yields and 84% more marketable produce in tomatoes alone.

While Nature Works Organics current studies with earthworms on hog farms as an environmentally friendly way of dealing with thousands of pounds of hog refuse as well as other biodegradable nitrogens that work their way into the disposal conduits on animal farms, only takes care of 80% of the total pollutants reaching lagoons, it still marks an incredible turnaround for animal farm industries since the EPA began to put serious restrictions on animal farm expansion in 2000.

Nature Works Organics industrial vermicomposting technique simply uses thousands of pounds of properly maintained earthworms as their tool, producing their weight in a highly desired soil component (worm castings) per day, instead of pollution in a waste elimination process that is energy efficient, effective, economically viable, keeping our rainwater reservoirs healthier and the environment happier, in true stewardship of the planet.

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