Seattle Sourcebook

October 9th, 2007

Sourcebook: home

Welcome to the Seattle online sourcebook…where sustainable style happens in Seattle! We constantly survey fifteen style & design industries for products and services that help us all make more sustainable personal lifestyle choices. Nowhere else will you find the amount and breadth of entries gathered in such an easy to navigate format.

So what are you waiting for? Start surfing:


Seattle Sourcebook Sponsors


advertising, marketing, pr
The Bellwether Group | forward thinking communications
egg | creating strong relationships between consumers and responsible brands
les Egoistes | creative services with a focus on fashion
EnTech Public Relations | public relations for a better world
Parsons PR | pr that makes a difference
The Zella Company | add Zella to your mix

architecture
360 Modern | modern architecture and related things
AIA Seattle | seattle chapter of AIA
Bamboo Builders Northwest | custom interior and exterior bamboo design and construction
Callison | creating smarter places
Green Home Remodel | City of Seattle’s remodel resource
Environmental Home Center | a complete source for green building materials
GreenWorks Realty | comfort, health, energy efficiency, durability
International Sustainable Solutions | solutions for a sustainable urban planning
Jones & Jones Architects | your choice, salmon or eels
Lumbermens Building | certified, salvaged, healthy home products
Mithun | architects, designers, planners with a sustainable edge
NBBJ | ideas change everything
Northwest EcoBuilding Guild | “the” directory to find green building professionals
Northwest Solar Center resources for solar living
RE Store | used building materials and more at Seattle’s favorite salvage store
Seattle Sustainable Building | City of Seattle’s Sustainable Building Program
Seattle Green Map | interactive, online map of all things green in Seattle
Solar Washington | local chapter of the American Solar Energy Society
US Green Building Council Cascadia Chapter
Windfall Lumber | use wood that’s good…FSC-certified and Smartwood Rediscovered products

beauty
Aveda | find one of the 20 Seattle area Aveda salons, spas and lifestyle stores here
Etherea Salon & Day Spa | a salon and stylists that get it
Habitute | Salon, spa, gallery

entertainment
911 Media Arts | media tools and training for everyone
Artsports media art on commercial television
Hazel Wolf Environmental Film Network | improving the quality and effective use of environmental media
NW Film Forum | supporting year-round programs of artistic film
SIFF | Seattle International Film Festival

fashion
20Twenty | super-hip collection of vintage for all ages, featuring local designers and artists
Buffalo Exchange | new and recycled galore
Certified Jean Co. | encouraging you to be unconventional, wear certified jeans
Crossroads Trading Co. | rethinking recycled fashion
Le Frock | oh la la, ze resale and consignment boutique
House of Dyrdahl | Andrew Dyrdahl offers inspired corsets, recycled parachute dresses and more
House of Stylez | a house of fashion on a conscious foundation
Isadora’s | coutour vintage clothing and estate jewelry
Red Light | campy, sometimes outrageous vintage
R.E.Load Bags | custom-stitched messenger bags made from scratch from start to finish
Reputation | define yourself with custom-printed t-shirts
Sparqr | in local disigner Qathi’s own words sparqr is “fun, funQy and funQtional”
Take 2 New/Recycled Apparel | recycled and vintage fashions with an edge
Vintage Chick | unique vintage, retro and used clothing

food & restaurant
Ballet | Asian, pan-Asian fusion and Pacific Rim yummies, specializing in delicately prepared vegetables & vegetarian dishes
Austin Cantina | sustainable Texas grubb in Ballard
Boulangerie Nantaise | your local French bakery | all-organic breads, conceived in France and delivered in Belltown
Bleu Bistro | Fine cocktails and food
Capitol Club | seasonal, local fare with a killer organic Kobe beer burger
Chapel | sophisticated, organic pub food and a killer martini
China Bend | organic & unsulfited wines
Cyber Dogs Cafe | Frisky Internet Cafe
Essential Baking Co. | the best bread around
Fish Brewing Company | organic ales in Olympia and a store near you
Full Circle Farm | home-delivering certified organic produce, year-round!
Globe | vegan delight and home of Red Sky Poetry Theater
Larry’s Market | Energy Star-rated, largely-organic, local supermarket, six Seattle-area locations
Madison Market | Capitol Hill’s neighborhood natural foods market
Metropolitan Market | originally Queen Anne Thriftway with large local & organic selections | in Queen Anne & West Seattle
Mighty-O Donuts | can you believe it?! Yummy organic, vegan donuts
Nell’s | seasonal, local food like porcini mushrooms & shaved black truffles in delicious, unpretentious food
The Oceanaire Seafood Room | serving up fresh, Marine Stewardship Council-certified seafood
PCC Natural Markets | seven Seattle-area locations bringing you fresh flavors with local roots
Pioneer Organics | delivering certified organic produce, groceries and products to your home
PizzaPi | tasty vegan pizza with many meat alternatives
Q Cafe and Community Center | cafe, culture, community
Rosebud | fine dining from locally sourced, organic ingredients with a great happy hour
SeattleVegan.com |find everything vegan
Serafina | delicious, fresh Italian-inspired dishes with local, hormone-free, organic meat
Snoose Junction Pizzeria | sustainable pizza in Ballard
Snoqualmie Valley Honey Farm | the best local honey | Pike Place Market
Sterling Cafe | tasty meals, everything organic
Whole Foods Market | the original (and still the best) for natural, organic foods
WiFi Cafes in Seattle
Wild Mountain Cafe | a whimsical, women-owned restaurant with a social consience

gardening & landscape design
Bamboo Gardener | custom garden and landscape design, specializing in bamboo
Earth Steward | design and installation of quality, organic landscaping and professional pruning
The Palm Room | Seattle’s hippest plant shop and garden-design studio, full of plants, succulents and nature-inspired art
WE-Design | low-maintenance, stable, diverse, and healthy landscapes, just like natural ecosystems
Seattle Tilth |Seattle’s best organic gardening resource
WSU’s native plant guide | Master Gardener advice on going local

graphic and media design
KittenChops | graphic design treats
Rooland Design | unique storytelling + strong branding

industrial design & consumer products
Industrial Designer’s Society of America
Earth Friendly Products |essential oils and plant-based components to keep your house clean and healthy
Goods for the Planet | earth friendly products for home and garden
Lucky Crow Gift Bags | stylish and reusable fabric gift wrap and bags

interior design
Bamboo Hardwoods | specialists in bamboo flooring, furniture, fences and bamboo building materials
Enlighten | home decor handcrafted from bamboo
Goods for the Planet | earth friendly products for home and garden
Greener Lifestyles | greener feels better
henrybuilt | modern natural and sustainable furniture and cabinets
International Interior Design Association
MetaMorf Design | furniture for any place on Earth
Tamarack Woodworks | quality custom cabinetry & furniture

mobility
Buy Biodiesel | map of all Washington state biodiesel refueling stations
Dr. Dan’s Alternative Fuelwerks | providing biodiesel and compressed natural gas for the Seattle area
Flexcar | car-sharing program whenever you need one, wherever you need to go
Country Metro | everything you need to ride the bus around town
Puget Sound Clean Cities | promoting alternative fuel use around the sound
Propel Fuels | local biodiesel distribution and consulting
Seattle Biofuels | info, news and resources for everything biofuels in Seattle

music
Eco Encore | transforming yesterday’s pleasures into today’s treasures
KEXP | 90.3 KEXP…music and Mind over Matters
KMTT | 103.7 The Mountain’s Green Guide
SubPop Records | greenest grooves around
The Trading Musician | new, used and vintage musical equipment

sports
Second Ascent | new and used outdoor gear

travel
Watertown Hotel | a unique urban hotel – with loaner bicycles

urban planning


nonprofits
Art With Heart | healing kids through creativity
SCALLOPS | Sustainable Communities all over Puget Sound
Sustainable Ballard | a sustainable blueprint for EveryTown, USA
Sustainable Seattle | ecology, economy, community

youth
Northwest Environmental Education Council | advancing environmental education in the Pacific Northwest
Seattle Youth Garden Works | planting the seeds of tomorrow
Youthcare | serving homeless and runaway youth

other local resources
Find It In Fremont | a searchable database of locally-owned, independent, sustainable businesses
EnviroStars | guiding the way to environmentally sound businesses in the Puget Sound area

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