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(4.33 out of 5)Go Green in May!
May 10th, 2008 by markdownmom
This year’s Living Green Expo is going on this weekend (May 3 to 4) at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds in St. Paul. Thousands of fair-goers of all ages walked through the exhibits and demonstrations. This year’s expo was mainly geared towards home-owners with several booths featuring energy-saving ways to power your home such as geothermal, wind, solar, and biofuel, as well as business that use eco-friendly roofing, flooring, and siding products.
Another major type of exhibit was fuel-saving vehicles, hybrid cars and SUVs (e.g. clean-ride.com, hour car, Minnesota Electric Auto Association) and tables supporting alternative travel arrangements. For example, the Minnesota Transit Authority (MTA) displayed a hybrid bus and passed out light -up buttons for those who pledged to car pool or take the bus and train most days of the week.
Educational tables such as the University of Minnesota, the Minnesota Department of Health, and the Minnesota Environmental Partnership were also available. Food, natural products, and re-used or recyclable venues were also present, many of which are listed below.
Birch Clothing
Mission: Provide consumers with fair trade, fair made, eco-friendly clothing.
Description: Birch clothing is made from natural fibers such as organic cotton, help, silk, wool, tencel and soy.
2309 West 50th Street
Minneapolis, MN 55410
Store Hours: Mon, Tues, Wed, Fri (10am to 6pm); Th (10am to 8pm); Sat (10am to 6pm); Sun (1pm to 5pm)
Phone: (612) 436-0776
Website: http://www.birchclothing.com
Northwest Architectural Salvage
Description: Vintage house and furniture hardware.
981 Selby Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55104
Store Hours: Mon, Tues, Th, Fri 12:00 to 6pm; Wed 12:00 to 4pm and Sat 11 to 4pm.
Phone: (651) 644-9270
Pure Fiber
Description: Bamboo towels, sheets and more!
7740 Painter Avenue
Wittier, CA 90602
Phone: (562) 945-5060
Website: http://www.pure-fiber.com
Re-Gifts
Description: Beeswax candles, hemp soap and other all-natural bath and body products, guitars from old cigar boxes, bracelets from bicycle chains, and purses from old license plates.
1832 East 42nd Street
Minneapolis, MN
Phone: (612) 276-0105
The Re-Use Center
2601 21st Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55407
Phone: (612) 724-2608
Website: http://www.thereusecenter.com
Wedge Worldwide
Description: Wedge Worldwide empowers you to make lifestyle choices that support your well-being, your health and the health of the planet. Products are eco-friendly, fair trade, organic, recycled and local.
2105 Lyndale Ave South
Minneapolis, MN 55405
Phone: 651-209-1002, (800) 933-1002
Website: http://www.wedgeworld.coop
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