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Here is a list of things we like, are inspired by, and buy great products from (in no particular order) -
EcoSafetyProducts - sells green building and maintenance supplies Washington Square CSA - where we get our weekly locally grown organic veggie rations from as well as our fruit Animal Care & Control of New York City - the city animal shelter where Hanna volunteers as the dog behaviorist's assistant and who she makes cat toys and beds for. Vipassana Meditation - David's meditation practice where he takes courses as well as helps as a server Treehugger - feeding the green revolution - daily load of information Rolling Press - eco-friendly printer in Brooklyn we use to print our cards ConEdSolutions - our green energy supplier Grist - daily environmental news CFL Tipping Point/Tru Light - a Junior Achievement business selling CFL bulbs that we buy our bulbs from. They are cheap and you get to help entrepreneurial kids while saving energy. You can find them through Solar1 Lower East Side Ecology Center - where we bring our raw waste to compost Seventh Generation, What Matters Most , Inspired Protagonist - the company, the book , the blog from Jeffrey Hollender who Hanna admires very much Manhattan Country School - a visionary school based on the teachings of Martin Luther King, Jr. that Hanna attended as a child Neighborhood Cats - a group that promotes TNR (trap-neuter-return) for solving feral cat problems 6B Garden - our community garden that we are members of where Hanna's attempting her first TNR Lazy Environmentalist - radio show interviewing all sorts of environmental guests Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary - a place for farm animals to live out their lives in peace Method - eco-friendly cleaning products in cute and colorful packaging that Hanna is now addicted to MetaEfficient - a guide to the most efficient things in the world Animal Rescue Kansai - a wonderful rescue in Osaka, Japan that Hanna has done an art benefit for The Maura Clarke Ita Ford (MCIF) Center - a place that helps empower immigrant woman in through education and job training. Friends who are small independent designers have used their factory to produce small runs of clothing and they seem very happy with their prices and quality Inhabitat - future forward design for thw world you inhabit Satya - a free print magazine (within NYC) of vegetarianism, environmentalism, animal advocacy, and social justice You Grow Girl - gardening for the people Hanna & Little Cakes are also a part of the SAPLING Society which doesn't have a website yet. SAPLING stands for Society for the Advancement of People Loving Independently Nurtured Goods and is made up of a group of women working in art, design, and fashion. When we get a site going I will post the link. |
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