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| − | [[CEC Demo House]] | + | *[[CEC Demo House]] |
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| − | == Energy Use Monitioring ==
| + | *[[Living Green]] |
| − | This is what we need to do to monitor our power use.
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| − | === Monitoring Hardware ===
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| − | ==== Whole House ====
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| − | *[[http://www.energymonitor.com/ EUM-2000]]<br>Energy Monitoring Technologies, Inc. - Miami, FL | |
| − | *http://www.seanadams.com/pge/<br>MRTG
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| − | *http://www.micrometer.com/
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| − | *http://offog.org/code/electricity.html
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| − | *http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/07/16/1626241&tid=232&tid=222&tid=126&tid=159&tid=1
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| − | *http://www.duncaninstr.com/di-lst.htm
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| − | *http://www.powermeterstore.com/
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| − | ==== Outlet Devices ====
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| − | *[[http://www.p3international.com/products/special/P4400/P4400-CE.html Kill-a-Watt]]<br> P3 International - New York, NY | |
| − | *[[https://www.doubleed.com/products.html Watt's Up?]]<br>PC interface and logging capability<br>Electronic Educational Devices, Inc. - Denver, Colorado
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| − | ==== Cool Product Sites ====
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| − | *[[http://www.treehugger.com/ http://www.treehugger.com/]]
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| − | *[[http://www.gotoreviews.com/ http://www.gotoreviews.com/]]
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| − | *[[http://www.strawsticksandbricks.com/]] <br>
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| − | (building supplies and other products such as fabrics and cleaning supplies)<br>
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| − | *[[http://www.thriftyplanet.com/]]
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| − | *[[http://oikos.com/]] <br>
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| − | (Green Building Source)<br>
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| − | *[[http://www.environmentalhomecenter.com/home.shtml]] <br>
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| − | (home building products)<br>
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| − | == Home Design Ideas ==
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| − | *[[http://homeenergy.org/consumerinfo/index.html Do-It-Yourself]]<br>Home Energy Online
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| − | == Landscaping ==
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| − | ====General====
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| − | Notes from "Green Remodeling":<br>
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| − | -kentucky bluegrass-conventional grass planted, need lots of water and chemicals to thrive in our area<br>
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| − | -"xeriscaping": landscaping that minimizes water demand -->proper soil prep, drought-tolerant plants, rainwater harvesting, mulching-costs half as much as standard landscaped yards<br>
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| − | http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/garden/07225.html<br>
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| − | (landscaping for energy conservation)
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| − | ====Wind Landscaping====
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| − | Thoughts:<br>
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| − | -might be a concern for us because we are working with an older and leakier house<br>
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| − | -could reduce our energy use by 10-40 percent, depending on how windy it is in our area and how much draft gets in<br>
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| − | -most effective windbreaks are trees or shrubs with low crowns and dense foliage<br>
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| − | -where to place them?<br>
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| − | -page 180 in "Green Remodeling" has placement of trees around hypothetical house<br>
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| − | -evergreens for wind, deciduous for sun<br>
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| − | -we want the evergreen upwind from house.-rows of trees, one or more<br>
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| − | -the optimum distance for reducing wind velocity is about one to three times tree height<br>
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| − | ====Solar Landscaping====
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| − | Notes from "Green Remodeling": <br>
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| − | -trees can assist in cooling by the shade they produce and by the process of evapotranspiration<br>
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| − | -deciduous trees on east and west sides of the house, only in areas that are more than 60 degrees e or w of due south from the house<br>
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| − | -don't place on south side where winter sun will be blocked from providing energy (even bare branches can block a lot of sunlight)
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| − | http://oikos.com/library/energy_outlet/landscaping.html <br>
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| − | (website with info. about landscaping)
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| − | http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/garden/07831.html <br>
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| − | (information about tree placement)
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| − | http://www.bobvila.com/ArticleLibrary/Subject/Energy_Efficiency/PlantSun.html <br>
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| − | (Bob Vila's own website on how to use plants for sun control!)
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| − | Thoughts:<br>
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| − | -what is our "solar window"? how much sunlight do we get per day based on our placement?<br>
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| − | -we need to think about how much space we have above and below ground for the vegetation to grow--tree roots can be very wide spread<br>
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| − | -vines on an arbor is another idea that could be cool<br>
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| − | -solar screens<br>
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| − | -awnings<br>
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| − | ====Native Plants====
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| − | [[Gardening With Native Plants]]
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| − | http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/rdsduse/in.htm <br>
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| − | (lists of native plants of all sorts, also has potential resources)
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| − | http://www.inpaws.org/landscaping.html
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| − | (lists of suppliers and information about landscaping with native plants)
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| − | =====Local Native Plant Suppliers=====
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| − | Dean Hill, ASLA<br>
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| − | 9677 Amber Glow Court<br>
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| − | Fishers, IN 46038<br>
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| − | Tel. 317-577-1360<br>
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| − | (Registered Landscape Architect; services include residential / commercial landscape architecture design and habitat restoration)
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| − | C. M. Hobbs & Sons, Inc.<br>
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| − | P.O. Box 31227<br>
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| − | Indianapolis, IN 46321-0227<br>
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| − | Tel. 317-247-4478<br>
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| − | Fax: 317-241-9253<br>
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| − | (Percentage of product that is native plant material: 15%<br>
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| − | Product includes trees& shrubs; catalog available)
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| − | Madeline F. Elder Greenhouse of the Indianapolis Museum of Art<br>
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| − | 1200 W. 38th Street<br>
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| − | Indianapolis, IN 46208<br>
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| − | Tel. 317-920-2652<br>
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| − | Fax: 317-920-2672<br>
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| − | (retail nursery; native and non-native plants available; many native species may be viewed growing on the grounds of the Indianapolis Museum of Art)
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| − | Mark M. Holeman, Inc.<br>
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| − | 7871 Hague Road<br>
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| − | Indianapolis, IN 46256<br>
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| − | Tel. 317-849-3120<br>
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| − | Fax: 317-578-0439<br>
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| − | mmholeman@aol.com<br>
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| − | (Percentage of product that is native plant material: 20%<br>
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| − | retail nursery; product includes prairie, woodland, wetland plants, native grasses, trees & shrubs;services include residential and commercial landscape design)
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| − | Marvin's Organic Gardens<br>
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| − | Main Office: 3989 US Route 42<br>
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| − | Lebanon, Ohio 45036<br>
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| − | Phone:513-398-5753<br>
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| − | Fax: 513-398-6015<br>
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| − | Garden Center: 2055 US Route 42<br>
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| − | Lebanon, OH 45036<br>
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| − | Phone: 513-932-3319<br>
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| − | http://www.marvinsorganicgardens.com<br>
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| − | (Marvin's Organic Gardens is a full service nursery, landscape design company and garden center located 25 miles north of downtown Cincinnati, in Lebanon, Ohio. Organic, natural and safe gardening practices are the heart of our company. Our goal is to provide plant material that is garden worthy, tough and durable, and not over-used. High percentage of native plant material with some plants available that are not available elsewhere.)
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| − | Mary's Plant Farm<br>
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| − | 2410 Lanes Mill Road<br>
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| − | Hamilton, OH 45013-9181<br>
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| − | Tel. 513-894-0022<br>
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| − | Fax: 513-892-2053<br>
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| − | sales@Marysplantfarm.com<br>
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| − | http://www.Marysplantfarm.com/<br>
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| − | (Percentage of product that is native plant material: 80%<br>
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| − | retail nursery; product includes prairie, woodland, wetland plants, native grasses, trees & shrubs; mail order catalog available)
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| − | Spence Restoration Nursery<br>
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| − | 2220 E. Fuson Road<br>
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| − | P.O. Box 546<br>
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| − | Muncie IN 47308<br>
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| − | Tel. 765-286-7154<br>
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| − | Fax: 765-286-0264<br>
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| − | native@iquest.net<br>
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| − | http://www.spencenursery.com<br>
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| − | (Percentage of product that is native plant material: 100%<br>
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| − | wholesale / retail nursery; product includes prairie, woodland, wetland plants and native grasses; floral inventories, retention basin / pond planting and design)
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| − | Springbrook Farms<br>
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| − | 7300 W. 88th Street<br>
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| − | Indianapolis, IN 46278<br>
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| − | Tel. 317-873-4300<br>
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| − | Fax: 317-873-4596<br>
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| − | (woodland perennial gardens; some native species)
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| − | Water Resources Design Inc.<br>
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| − | 551 Teton Trail<br>
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| − | Indianapolis, IN 46217<br>
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| − | Phone: 317-786-7529<br>
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| − | Email: oskay@surf-ici.com<br>
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| − | ==Local Resources==
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| − | ====Local Food Suppliers====
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| − | * [[http://www.clearcreekcoop.org/ Clear Creek Food Cooperative]]
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| − | Oxford Natural Foods<br>
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| − | (on 9th st.)<br>
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| − | Richmond, IN
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| − | Elkhorn Farms<br>
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| − | 6451 Greenmount Pike<br>
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| − | Richmond, IN 47374<br>
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| − | (765) 966-0097
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| − | Nature's Nook<br>
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| − | 1601 Chester Blvd.<br>
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| − | Richmond, IN
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| − | http://www.tpforganics.com/index.htm <br>
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| − | (Organic dairy farm in Zionsville, IN)
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| − | Good Earth Natural Foods<br>
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| − | 6350 Guilford Ave (at Broadripple Ave)<br>
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| − | Indianapolis, IN
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| − | Wild Oats<br>
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| − | 1300 E. 86th St<br>
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| − | Indianapolis, IN
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| − | ====Local Furniture Suppliers====
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| − | Harmon's a-1 Used Appliances & New & Used Furniture<br>
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| − | (on W Main between 2nd and 3rd)\
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| − | Gloria's Used Furniture<br>
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| − | 2440 Lafayette Rd Ste 2<br>
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| − | Indianapolis, IN 46222
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| − | Salvation Army The Citadel Corp<br>
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| − | Po Box 1485<br>
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| − | Richmond, IN 47375
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| − | Goodwill Industries Of Central In<br>
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| − | 3791 National Rd E<br>
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| − | Richmond, IN 47374
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| − | ==Living Green==
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| − | http://www.nuvo.net/archive/2005/04/20/recycling_made_simple.html <br>
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| − | (information about recycling in Indiana)
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| − | http://www.coopamerica.org/programs/livinggreen/ <br>
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| − | (great website with lots of information including info. about green household products such as detergents and cleaning supplies)
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| − | ==Map of Indiana== <br>
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| − | http://www.learnaboutmovieposters.com/NewSite/INDEX/COUNTRIES/US/indiana-map.jpg
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