REUSE INDUSTRY RESOURCES,
NETWORKS & INFORMATION

OTHER REUSE RETAIL CENTERS
AND BUSINESSES

SUSTAINABILITY GROUPS

EXCHANGE NETWORKS
CHEAP OR FREE STUFF!

CONSTRUCTION, REMODEL,
& ARCHITECTURE RESOURCES

FASCINATING AND UNUSUAL
REUSABLE LINKS

RESOURCES, NETWORKS & INFORMATION

Northwest Building Salvage Network
People and businesses whose common commitment is towards reusing used building materials
Downloadable Guide to Northwest Used Building Materials for contractors, businesses, and homeowners

Northwest Ecobuilding Guild
Association of builders, designers, homeowners, tradespeople, manufacturers, suppliers and others interested in ecologically sustainable building

Washington State Dept. of Ecology Sustainable Building Toolbox
A great collection of resources and links on reuse, green building and architecture, links to Sustainable Architecture Compendium from U.of Michigan's Center for Sustainable Systems

Sustainable Connections - Green Building and Sustainable Design Program
Dont miss their NW Regional Green Building Products Matrix to see what and where green building products are available.

Seattle Sustainable Building
City Government Resource

Build Green Northwest
Lots of information and many links to further green building resources

U.S. Green Building Council
National L.E.E.D. Green Building Certification and more

Deconstruction Institute
A great organization that is practicing and researching Deconstruction and Salvage in Florida. We gratefully cite their statistics section

Powell Center for Construction and Environment
Informative studies and analyses on Deconstruction and used building material

Greenhomebuilding.com
A wide range of information about sustainable architecture and natural building

OTHER REUSE RETAIL CENTERS AND BUSINESSES

Puget Sound Region

Earthwise
Seattle 206-624-4510

Reharvest Center
Tacoma 253-531-5845

Reuse Resources - resources for teachers, schools, and community programs
Seattle206-938-1809

Seattle Building Salvage
Seattle 206-624-4510     Everett 425-303-8500

Second Use
Seattle 206-763-6929

Waste Not, Want Not
Port Townshend 360-379-6838     Port Angeles 360-417-3016

Beyond Puget Sound

Rebuilding Center
Portland, Oregon 503-331-1877

Brown Building Materials
Spokane, Washington (509) 535-0112

Gorge Rebuild-It Center
Hood River, Oregon 541-387-4387

Spokane Builders Surplus Store
509-535-9517

Yakima Valley Habitat for Humanity
509-453-8077

Local Sustainability Groups

Sustainable Connections
http://www.sconnect.org/
Sustainable Connections is a non-profit membership organization of well over 500 businesses and community leaders working to transform and model an economy built on sustainable practices.

Sustainable Seattle
http://www.sustainableseattle.org
Sustainable Seattle is a resource and a catalyst for urban sustainability

Northwest Environmental Education Council
http://www.nweec.org/index.html
Advancing Environmental Education in the Pacific Northwest

Groundswell NW
http://www.groundswellnw.org
Creating community parks and habitat

14th Ave NW Visioning Project
http://www.14avenw.org
The goal of the 14th Ave NW Visioning Project is to engage the entire community in the immediate vicinity of the boulevard in order to develop a consensus vision for safety, aesthetic, and functional improvements to the avenue.

Northwest EcoBuilding Guild
http://www.ecobuilding.org
Building practices that foster health, conservation, health and long-term economic vitality.

Phinney EcoVillage
http://www.phinneyecovillage.net
Building Sustainable Lives for People and the Planet

Phinney Neighborhood Association
http://www.phinneycenter.org

Seattle City Repair
http://www.cityrepair.info
Educating and inspiring people to build community by creatively transforming public

National Sustainability Groups

EarthdayNetwork
http://www.earthday.net
everyday for everybody

Redefining Progress
http://www.rprogress.org
http://www.myfootprint.org
www.kidsfootprint.org
Redefining Progress (RP) works with a broad array of partners to shift the economy and public policy towards sustainability

Village Homes (article)
http://www.rmi.org/sitepages/pid209.php

City Repair
http://www.cityrepair.org
an all-volunteer grassroots organization helping people reclaim their urban spaces to create community-oriented places

http://www.carfree.com
Carfree Cities proposes a delightful solution to the vexing problem of urban automobiles

Ecocity Cleveland
http://www.ecocitycleveland.org/ecologicaldesign/whatcities/guresources.html

National Center for Appropriate Technology
http://www.ncat.org
Local solutions for a sustainable future

Smart Communities Network
http://www.smartcommunities.ncat.org/welcome.shtml
Creating energy smart communities

Sustainable Measures
http://www.sustainablemeasures.com/index.html

Good to be Green
Guide to Green Building Products and Pros
http://www.goodtobegreen.com/

EXCHANGE NETWORKS - CHEAP AND FREE STUFF!

Industrial Materials Exchange (IMEX)
Classified advertisements for business industrial waste,
matching up waste generators with waste users

2Good2Toss
Exchange for small or large quantities of used or surplus building materials and large household items

Freecycle Network
Great way to get and give things - Check it out

Building Materials Reuse Association
National organization - conference and used building materials network

CONSTRUCTION, REMODEL, & ARCHITECTURE RESOURCES

Construction Glossary from Home Building Manual.com

Glossary of Architectural Terms from Archiseek.com

Western Wood Products Association
Wood Grading Trade Association - good information on different Northwest tree species, wood character and attributes for construction use

FASCINATING AND UNUSUAL REUSABLE LINKS

Antique Appliances.com
They just don't make them like they used to... RE Store does find fine old appliances but these are amazing!

Predicta Televisions
RE Store and RE Sources discourage television watching, but these are pretty fun unique reproductions of the past

Funky Junk Farms
Historical and Vintage Trailers - From the days when cars were steel and gas was cheap

Whatcom Links
Whatcom Links is a local link directory for Bellingham and Whatcom County web sites.

Button Generator.com
This helpful site creates menus and buttons for websites

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