Meet the Community.
2 Point Perspective specializes in modern, eco-friendly architecture as well as interior and furniture design services for residential and commercial clients. Founders, Lisa and Ron Elkins are LEED accredited architects with more than a decade of experience in Chicago, San Francisco and London. 2 Point Perspective includes the design of Chicago’s vegan restaurant Balanced Kitchen on their resume, as well as many residential properties including a zero-net energy home in the city’s Oak Park neighborhood. They will also count numerous offices and retail showrooms within Green Exchange as part of their portfolio. You can view more of their work at www.2pointperspective.com.
The Centre for Sustainability and Excellence (CSE) is an international advisory, coaching and training organization with offices in Chicago, Athens, Brussels, and Cyprus, specialized in Sustainable Development solutions. CSE works with private and public sector clients for the advancement of Sustainability within their operations and organizational framework. For more information, check out www.cse-northamerica.org
Distant Village Packaging is the leading innovator in sustainable handmade packaging. Their expert design team develops custom branded packaging to improve product awareness. The packaging is hand made by artisans in remote communities around the world, creating employment opportunities and fair trade for talented artisans. Eco-friendly materials and sustainable practices are essential to the company’s mission while reinforcing the quality image of client’s products. Visit www.distantvillage.com for images of innovative and creative packaging designs. Distant Village Packaging will have a showroom and sales office at Green Exchange featuring an exciting range of sustainable packaging.
Evergreen Oak Electric has been supplying the greater Chicagoland area with cost effective and energy efficient lighting and electrical control solutions for over forty-five years. The Performance Lighting Division offers design services, budgeting and bidding services, consulting services, and more. The division has over 50 years of combined experience in Chicago. From residential to commercial to special applications, Evergreen Oak Electric / Crest Lighting’s Performance Lighting Division offers ideas and solutions to meet the challenges of today’s energy sensitive world. Evergreen Oak will have a sales office at Green Exchange. Their lighting products were used throughout the Green Exchange building.
A Fresh Squeeze is an online publication dedicated to making sustainable living more understandable, accessible and affordable for Chicagoans. Chicagoland visitors enjoy local green web features, including rich content, abundant resources and the SqueezeCard™ sustainable savings program.
Greater Than accelerates the growth of businesses and nonprofits that are dedicated to improving the environmental or human condition. We deliver senior-level strategic and tactical marketing expertise to these companies in a variety of capacities. Engagements can range from taking established organizations to new markets, to boosting metrics for existing products, to serving as a fully outsourced marketing department for fledgling companies. No matter the engagement, our clients enjoy “energy-efficient marketing,” where all of our activities directly support clarified goals that are critical to their growth path. For more information, please visit www.greaterthan.net
GreenChoice Bank will be the first "green" community bank in the Midwest when we open our doors in 2009. Our bank was created with sustainability as the driving force behind every aspect of our organization -- from our planned LEED Platinum certification to our back office operations. The core mission of GreenChoice Bank is to support sustainable practices within our local economy, our customer base and among our employees. We will leverage our funds on deposit to invest in local green businesses, offer green banking incentives to our customers, including advantaged loan and deposit products, and benefits to our employees who use public transport or purchase hybrid vehicles. GreenChoice Bank is the right choice for individuals who are looking for the opportunity to make a values-based decision about their banking services. To learn more, visit us at www.GreenChoiceBank.com
Local First Chicago's mission is to educate the public on the importance of choosing locally owned, independent businesses. We work primarily through public education, business support, and advocacy.
Local First Chicago is a network of locally owned, independent businesses and community organizations joined together to keep money and character in our neighborhoods and build a thriving local living economy. In doing so, we hope to promote the overall social, economic, and environmental health of our economy and communities. For more information, please visit www.LocalFirstChicago.org.
Mindful Metropolis is a monthly publication and cross-platform media vehicle that connects the Chicago and the surrounding area’s conscious community with like-minded concepts and fresh ideas. We explore green culture, art and design. We investigate sustainable ways to live in an urban community. We bring conscious living concepts from the kitchen table to the boardroom table and all places in between. We promote businesses, non-profits, local organizations and educational institutions which inspire individuals and communities to act responsibly personally, for their inner circles and for their outer spheres. We think outside the box, yet are practical in our approach to what is maintainable. We attract readers who are actively engaged and who are committed to continually growing and educating themselves. We are low impact and high concept. We never forget that kindness is an environmental mission. We are eco-active, enviro-sensitive and socially involved. Please visit www.mindfulmetropolis.com for more information.
Pivotal Production is a full service event design and production company committed to creating exciting, edgy and innovative celebrations. We pride ourselves on providing our clients with the opportunity to explore the unconventional and host truly awe-inspiring events. Pivotal’s passion for unique celebrations is equaled by our respect for the planet. We go the extra mile to ensure that all our events are absolutely eco-fabulous. Pivotal is a women-owned enterprise and a B corporation. For more information please visit www.pivotalproduction.com.
PURE Labels are designed to enhance the aesthetic of packaging for sophisticated, elegant, stylish, boutique and niche products.
More importantly, PURE Labels are sustainable labels created from high quality plant fiber and recycled materials without using any products from trees.
From start to finish, our company manufactures the world's most environmentally friendly labels with the strictest adherence to socially responsible business practices.
Pure Labels, Inc. is a partnership of Distant Village Packaging. For more information, please visit www.PureLabels.com.
Renewable Resources, LLC offers waste-to-energy solutions utilizing comprehensive recycling management programs to maximize the value of recyclables while simultaneously lowering associated costs. Renewable Resources’ network of pre-approved collection, recycling and processing companies yield highly versatile recycled rubber, which has been used for alternative fuel, landscaping mulch, playground material and rubberized asphalt. To learn more, please visit www.renewable-resourcesllc.com
SLS Enterprises Inc. provides value added Green solutions that utilize Photovoltaic technology, LED Lighting solutions, Solar and Wind Energy generation systems, and state of the art Electronic Components. SLS Enterprises Inc. is committed to delivering solutions that enable clients to reduce their operating expenses and achieve LEED objectives. As a member of the World Trade Council, SLS Enterprises Inc. serves domestic and international markets. To learn how SLS Enterprises Inc. can assist you, please email us or visit our website.
Smithereen is Chicago’s leader in Integrated and Low Environmental Impact Pest Management, also referred to as Green Pest Management. Our service comprises three basic components: INSPECTION, PROBLEM SOLVING and COMMUNICATION.Smithereen offers extensive and effective Green, Low Environmental Impact programs designed to control a wide variety of structural pests. Exclusion, Behavior Modifications and Sanitary Assessments along with green formulations as natural repellents and baits are included in the program.
Sustainability Consultants, Inc. is a company that specializes in helping manufacturing and commercial companies achieve their goals in becoming “green.” Since all of our clients are unique, we offer solutions tailored to the needs of each individual business. Sustainability Consultants, Inc. offers a wide variety of services including energy audits, waste minimization and pollution prevention strategies, sustainability plans, and corporate sustainability reporting.
