Green Directory
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Home Builders
Organizations
Products
Renewable Energy
Retail (Online)
Retail (St. Louis)
Transportation / Urban Planning
This page is devoted to indexing the people, places and things that make the world, this country, and St. Louis more sustainable than it would be without them.
* Home Builders *
EcoUrban Homes (St. Louis) - EcoUrban Homes is a premier developer of modern and historic off-site construction homes that combine great design with an unparalleled commitment to health and sustainable construction. All EcoUrban Homes are designed to achieve at least a LEED for Home accreditation and incorporate an environmental program that is among the most comprehensive of any urban, infill home.
Sage (St. Louis) - Sage is a leading GREEN builder, consultant, and developer, with residential and commercial construction projects across the St. Louis region. Whether a home, office, or investment property - let us show you how a green, high-performance building can exceed your expectations.
* Organizations *
Green-e - Green-e is the nation’s leading independent renewable energy certification and verification program. The logo provides an easy way for consumers to quickly identify environmentally superior energy options and is used by businesses to communicate the purchase and/or generation of certified renewable energy. Regardless of income, location, or property ownership, consumers across the U.S. can choose Green-e certified renewable energy to ”green” their home and/or business.
Sierra Club (Eastern Missouri) - The Sierra Club’s mission is to: (1) Explore, enjoy and protect the wild places of the earth, (2) Practice and promote the responsible use of the earth’s ecosystems and resources, (3) Educate and enlist humanity to protect and restore the quality of the natural and human environment, and (4) Use all lawful means to carry out these objectives.
U.S. Department of Energy - The Department of Energy’s overarching mission is to advance the national, economic, and energy security of the United States; to promote scientific and technological innovation in support of that mission; and to ensure the environmental cleanup of the national nuclear weapons complex. The Department’s strategic goals to achieve the mission are designed to deliver results along five strategic themes: (1) Energy Security, (2) Nuclear Security, (3) Scientific Discovery and Innovation, (4) Environmental Responsibility, and (5) Management Excellence.
U.S. DOE Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
U.S. Green Building Council (St. Louis Chapter) - The USGBC-St. Louis Regional Chapter was founded in January 2001. Since then, Chapter programs have reached over 50,000 people, membership has grown to 450+ and over 250 area professionals have earned LEED accreditation. Chapter strategies address our goal of transforming the built environment by:
- Increasing LEED-registered and certified buildings
- Facilitating professional development & accreditation
- Promoting practical green building standards
* Products *
Ecos - There’s clean, and then there’s honest clean. In 1993, John E. Vlahakis founded Earth Friendly Products with a simple mission: To provide high quality cleaning products that are absolutely safe for your family, your pets and the environment, made with replenishable ingredients and that compete with the “majors” in performance, price and convenience. In just 10 short years, Earth Friendly Products has international distribution of a retail line of over 60 household products, an industrial/bulk Pro-Line of over 25 products, and a Natural Pet Care Line of 16 items.
Ecover - Ecover is an international company active in the production of ecological cleaners. Founded in 1980 in Belgium,we have been a trendsetter from the very start: as a pioneering company, marketing a phosphate-free washing powder even before phosphates were branded as a problem. Since then, Ecover, under the ownership of Jørgen Philip Sørensen CBE, has developed into the world’s largest producer of ecological cleaning products. Besides its headquarters outside of Antwerp, Belgium, Ecover has sites in the U.S., the United Kingdom and Switzerland, and our products are marketed in more than 20 countries.
Method - (company information coming soon)
Seventh Generation - Seventh Generation is the nation’s leading brand of non-toxic and environmentally safe household products. With distribution in thousands of natural product and grocery stores nationwide, we’ve become the authority when it comes to products that protect your health and the planet. We’ve also won over 15 major awards that recognize our efforts to preserve the environment.
* Renewable Energy *
3Degrees - 3Degrees delivers customized global climate change solutions to U.S. businesses, utilities and institutions. The company engages customers to develop, execute, and communicate sustainability strategies that add value to their brand. Our expertise in sourcing verified carbon offsets and certified renewable energy certificates enables customers to reduce their carbon footprint.
Renewable Choice - Renewable Choice is a national leader in providing wind energy credits to organizations and individuals around the country. The company’s sole mission is to provide opportunities to help move our society toward a more sustainable future. Renewable Choice is an employee-owned company, headquarted at the foothills of the Rockies in Boulder, Colorado.
* Retail (Online) *
MooShoes - MooShoes, Inc. is a vegan-owned business that sells an assortment of cruelty-free footwear, bags, t-shirts, wallets, books and other accessories. MooShoes offers its services through an online store as well as in its retail store in New York City, the first cruelty-free store of its kind in New York City.
Pangea - When we opened our doors in 1995, we were the very first company to offer a comprehensive selection of high-quality, completely cruelty-free vegan (non-animal-derived) products. We began with a very small storefront and just two employees in Bethesda, Maryland, and about a year later we put together our first mail-order catalog. Since then we’ve grown steadily, but we remain true to our goal: to make it easier for people to follow a vegan lifestyle by offering the widest variety of quality vegan products all in one place. We’re the one-stop vegan shop!
Vegetarian Shoes - Most of our shoes are made-to-order for us, exclusively to our specification in European and English factories, including the oldest co-op in the country, established in 1881! Vegetarian Shoes is still a small business. We still operate out of our Gardner Street Shop and nearby office. We now send shoes all over the world and a growing number of stores carry a selected range.
* Retail (St. Louis) *
Boutique Chartreuse - It is our mission to provide women the opportunity to shop for fashionable, comfortable, wearable apparel produced with respect and care for our planet and those who design and manufacture each garment without sacrificing their personal sense of style.
* Transportation / Urban Planning *
Bus Rapid Transit - BRT offers high quality public transportation that can meet or exceed the performance of most rail systems at a fraction of the cost. BRT is the best public transportation strategy to provide options to personal vehicles, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and promote transit-oriented development. BRT is “Better Rapid Transit.”
Carfree - The industrialized nations made a terrible mistake when they turned to the automobile as an instrument of improved urban mobility. The car brought with it major unanticipated consequences for urban life and has become a serious cause of environmental, social, and aesthetic problems in cities . . . Carfree cities probably must become the norm by the end of the 21st Century, due to energy constraints. We should begin now to prepare for the change, which is an opportunity to build urban environments superior to any ever known.
Urban Review St. Louis - This site is an opportunity for me to share my thoughts on the St. Louis Region from an urban perspective. For the most part I focus on negative aspects - those areas where I believe we could & should do better with our resources. Don’t get me wrong - St. Louis is a great place with wonderful urban neighborhoods and incredible architecture. Our suburbs, like most suburbs, are depressing.
