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Seeking to help people live a simple, stylish and sophisticated life while also being in balance with the world, IIKH is the place to go in New York, as well as online, for smart, stylish, sexy and green living products. They've got a good selection of things like linens and towels, as well as some things to make your house a home, like tableware and accessories. Lots of groovy furniture and beauty products round out the selection from the store that combines substance with style. [IIKH]

One of the most complete sustainable online retailers out there, Green Home offers a myriad of products for sustainable home living. Categories from apparel, furniture and kids to kitchen, pets and yard & garden insure that you can green just about any room in your house (and most things outside your house, too). The official store for the World Environment Day Expo is also a good clearinghouse for advice and information on greening your home, business, or event. [Green Home]

Stroll through Ruby Lane's hundreds of individual online shops for antiques, vintage wares, collectibles and local and international artisans. Showcasing a quarter of a million items in over 2,000 categories, if you're looking for antique jewelry or home furnishings, Ruby Lane has probably got it. [Ruby Lane]

IdealsWork helps you find out if the brands you buy pollute the environment, use sweatshop labor, harm animals, support oppressive governments, or engage in other undesirable behaviors. They help you compare the social and environmental records of companies, from appliances and home to computers and electronics to health & beauty to sports & recreation. By giving you information about what companies do, they'll make it easy for you to do something about it. [IdealsWork]

This guide was developed to assist interiors designers who want to integrate sustainable design principles into their firms’ business principles and practices. It encapsulates the knowledge and insights of the 13 designers and team members at Associates III, a residential and hospitality interior design firm in Denver, Colo., that sustainability needed to be not just a part of their design practice but a guiding philosophy underlying their approach to every design project they undertook. This handy guide is the result. [Turning Green] (pdf)

SCRAPILE is the collaborative work of designers Bart Bettencourt and Carlos Salgado. Seeking to create a possitive environmental impact with their work, these two have developed a unique method of collecting and repurposing discarded scraps of wood from New York's woodworking industry. Since it's conception in Fall 2003, this project has continued to yield an ever-evolving line of furniture and product which by its very nature insists each piece be one of a kind. [scrapile]