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Posts tagged “Southwest”

Nine Sixty Nine
A Sustainable Development in Austin

Austin is a pretty hip place, if you ask us — and here's something that makes it even hipper. Just a few miles from downtown, there's a new development going up. A team of architectural firms ...

The Natural Gardener

Here's a nursery that is so much more than just a nursery. John Dromgoole's Natural Gardener is chock-full of gorgeous plants, but it's also a place to learn every caveat of organic gardening in Texa...

Austin's Great Outdoors Nursery
Austin

We placed the word "nursery" in this post's title so as to not confuse it with the phrase "the great outdoors," but this South Austin business is so much more than just a nursery. While we can't wa...

Eco-Wise: Your Earth-Friendly-Everything Store

Talk about a one-stop shop for all your green needs: Eco-Wise, Austin Chronicle's winner of "Best Green Business" two years running, runs the green gamut. They've got you covered when it comes to gr...

Green, "Earthquake Proof" Sustainable Town Center in CA

California, earthquakes are a natural occurrence that residence learn to accept; just like hurricanes in the South East; and snow and ice for the those in the North. In Portola Valley, California, the...

Wildflower Organics
Austin

Before the holidays, a colleague asked for a recommendation on where to purchase organic pajamas. Another colleague piped up with "Wildflower Organics!"--a store here in Austin--and it piqued our inte...

The Adorably Green Venice Beach Eco Cottages

Want to visit LA but have no place to stay? Forget the schmancy hotels on the Sunset Strip, and bunk down in style at one of these Venice Beach Eco Cottages. These three beach bungalows were comple...

Livingreen

Yet another local green retailer. Hurrah! Livingreen has two locations: one in the Los Angeles area, and another in Santa Barbara, California. Because the company was founded by an interior design...