1. Bios
(Community/Commentary)

John Steinbach, consultant, speaker, writer, and trainer, is Co-founder of Grassroots Green, LLC, and publisher of this organization’s Green Living Guide for Northeast Indiana. He presents n

2. Lugar To Visit Fort Wayne
(Community/Commentary)

Don’t Miss the Local Environmental Event of the Year! Need to Go Green Conference It’s all about progress, solutions, and forward movement. Join us to see what a greener northeast Indiana—a

3. Buying Locally5
(GLG-1 Sidebar/tg-buy-local)

The less you need to travel to get goods and services, the greener the purchase, because you can save fuel.

4. Advertise with Grassroots Green
(General Information/FAQs)

The annual Grassroots Green Living Guide for Northeast Indiana celebrates the region’s natural beauty and resources while encouraging energy saving and environmentally friendly practices. The publicat

5. Green Organizational Challenge
(Community/News)

...Boys & Girls Clubs of Fort Wayne Initial funding for it came from the City of Fort Wayne as part of its Green City campaign. One facet of this challenge involves a free audit by an industry professi...

6. Green Links on the Web
(Community/Resources & Links)

... Links Green Building buildinggreen.com greenhomebuilding.com greenhomeguide.com http://neigbc...

7. Wal-Mart CFL Efforts
(Community/News)

... portion of these will be tracked for energy savings, and we will publish the savings in our 2008 – 2009 Green Living Guide for Northeast Indiana. Our thanks to Wal-Mart for making this CFL effort pos...

8. Commentary
(Community/Commentary)

Site Navigation Links Entire Calendar Today's Events Link 2 Link 3 Simple List

9. The Steinbachs
(General Information/About Us)

... to mention a newfound energy, began to flow. In a few months, we saw very real and wonderful results: a Green Living Guide, a Green Organization Challenge and a fantastic website came into the world....

10. Indiana Congressional Delegation
(Growing GrassRoots/Supporters)

...foreign oil. I’m pleased to learn about the work you are doing locally in Fort Wayne and feel Grassroots Green can serve as a model for other local communities around the country working to meet the c...

11. A Green Update
(General Information/About Us)

From Fort Wayne Mayor Graham Richard a green update I am excited that you are reading this message on the website for the Green Living Guide for Northeast Indiana. Fort Wayne is taking actions to red

12. Green Jewel
(General Information/About Us)

by John Steinbach As we initiated the Grassroots Green projects, we often heard, “You really think this area is ready for green?” Our answer is YES! One day, in a conversation about greening For

13. Q&A with Bayh
(Growing GrassRoots/Supporters)

...bout his position on various environmental issues. Here are the questions and his responses. Grassroots Green: In implementing a Declaration of Energy Independence, what specific actions do you recom...

14. Green Web Resources
(Community/Resources & Links)

Below is an interesting collection of dynamic links to various green subjects on the web. Move your mouse over particular terms of interest and watch the search cloud refine the list of results to foc

15. Contact Us
(General Information/About Us)

Get involved locally with Grassroots Green Let us know if you would like email bulletins from us. Pamela Steinbach Pamela@grassrootsgreen.us 260-744-2122

16. Press
(Growing GrassRoots/Press)

CELEBRATORY KICKOFF EVENT Get Your ‘Green’ On! Wednesday Evening, December 5, 2007 6 – 9pm At: Sweetwater Sound, 5501 US Hwy 30, Fort Wayne, IN Announcing the debut of Grassroots Green, a new, locall

17. Supporters
(Growing GrassRoots/Supporters)

... portion of these will be tracked for energy savings, and we will publish the savings in our 2008 & 2009 Green Living Guide for Northeast Indiana. Our thanks to Wal-Mart for making this CFL effort pos...

18. Results
(General Information/Results)

...fit represents $10 in revenue for the non profit (they make $10 on each $15 dollar sale). Delivered 400 Green Living Guides to ACRES Land Trust who purchased the guides with a grant from Verizon. Tha...

19. About Us
(General Information/About Us)

...than founded or started it just seems the right way to describe what happened." We discovered Grassroots Green in late 2006 and early 2007. It came about as we discussed the possibility of doing a fu...

20. The Reconomy
(GLG-1/Living)

...it? If you answered yes to any of the above questions, congratulations — you are a charter member of the Green Reconomy! The Reconomy is that secondary, grassroots, environmentally friendly economy t...

21. Sweet Sound of Building Green
(GLG-1/Building)

...twater Sound, Inc., it will be the first Gold-Level Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building in northeast Indiana. When our ancestors imagined the future, they pictured fly...

22. Learn
(Community/Book Reviews)

...rally by Sandy Maine Recipes for cleaning your body and home without harm to yourself or the planet The Green Book by Elizabeth Rogers and Thomas Kostigen One of many new books on practical steps to ...

23. Coming to NE Indiana
(GLG-1/Building)

by Pamela Steinbach Terry Thornsbury is going to build green homes, but he’s no greenhorn: he has 13-plus years in residential and commercial design and construction. He also has 14-years’ experience

24. Green Bus Tour
(GLG-1/Living)

...ected if a bunch of us simply loaded into one big vehicle and shared the transport. Thanks to Grassroots Green’s partnership with Citilink, we can travel smarter and in style: aboard buses. On-bus mov...

25. Heating and Cooling by the Earth
(GLG-1/Economics)

... they’ve knocked out fossil almost entirely. The countries that have signed the Kyoto Protocol to reduce greenhouse gases from burning fossil fuels have found geothermal to be a great way to drastical...

26. Strategies
(General Information/About Us)

• Create a Northeast Indiana Green Living Guide that includes a variety of products and services with direct environmental benefits along with providing

27. Living With A Smaller Footprint
(GLG-1/Living)

... someone who has, let us know so we can share stories like this with our readers in future issues of the Green Living Guide. *Seasonal Energy Efficiency Rating ...

28. Going Organic
(GLG-1/Living)

...n he decided organic farming was for him. Since then, he’s treated his five-acre parcel of land and four greenhouses not with chemicals but with kelp, fish and worm castings. Those are the soil-enrich...

29. Star for the Planet
(GLG-1/Building)

..., “Energy-efficient choices can save families about a third on their energy bill with similar savings of greenhouse gas emissions.” When it’s time to replace your refrigerator, washer or other applia...

30. Wind and Solar Energy
(GLG-1/Living)

...s. Maybe the thought of hanging out every sock for a family of six is a little daunting. Okay, go “part green.” Start with items like t-shirts and sheets, which are easy to hang. You’ll appreciate th...

31. Leafing Out
(GLG-1/Living)

... could plant trees, pull weeds, move trees, prune and more. The organization also is involved with the green Habitat for Humanity house to help students and volunteers identify existing trees on the...

32. CFL
(GLG-1/Living)

...ning coal to generate the extra electricity required to power an incandescent bulb. By using CFLs, other greenhouse gases also are reduced, so the net impact on the environment is very positive. The t...

33. BYOB
(GLG-1/Living)

...utes it takes to get your groceries home. But there it is. You must decide. Paper or plastic? Grassroots Green has some thoughts that may make your choice a little easier. Let’s start with a look at ...

34. Bob Hess
(GLG-1/Living)

...lebrate the holidays in their 500-square-foot, highly efficient passive solar addition, which includes a greenhouse that contributed lettuce to the holiday feast. “The whole project cost $12,000, an...

35. Special Report - Initial Green Org Challenge
(GLG-1/Energy)

By Dick Schwartz Initial Green Organization Challenge: An Energy Audit of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Fort Wayne The Green Organization Challenge is an initiative of Grassroots Green. Initial funding

36. Wal-Mart
(GLG-1/Affiliates)

... portion of these will be tracked for energy savings, and we will publish the savings in our 2008 – 2009 Green Living Guide for Northeast Indiana. Our thanks to Wal-Mart for making this CFL effort pos...

37. LEED
(GLG-1/Tips)

...asses traditional buildings in efficiency and sustainability. These standards were developed by the U.S. Green Building Council and are rigorous. But achieving LEED certification should inspire confid...

38. Energy To Move
(GLG-1/Living)

...rce and save your health, your money, your national security and your planet. Burning fat stores puts no greenhouse gases (okay, a little methane) into the atmosphere and doesn’t rely on depleting sou...

39. Fort Wayne Clean Air Force
(GLG-1/Living)

...k & Roll: All fixed-route buses have bike racks, and we have produced a brochure that co-markets bus and Greenway bike trails. Transit passengers are encouraged to extend their trip with their bikes. ...

40. Wheels On The Bus
(GLG-1/Economics)

...could easily be calculated in a third-grade math class. That should lead any school system to get on the green bus. ...

41. How Much Is That Doggie In The Window
(GLG-1/Economics)

By John Steinbach An Essential Double-Green Concept: First Costs vs. Life-cycle Costs The price tag on that doggie in the window is a first-cost question. How much that pup will cost you over its lif

42. Bike Racks
(GLG-1/Tips)

In our next issue of the Green Living Guide, we’ll show some really great-looking bike racks in and around Fort Wayne. (They'll also be posted on this website.) Bike racks encourage clean, cheap tran

43. An Almost Good Gardener
(GLG-1/Living)

...water what she grows. Proper timing has its rewards, too. For instance, Diane is able to open her little greenhouse early in the spring and harvest a salad, long before she’d be able to buy fresh gree...

44. Special Report - Initial Green Org Challenge
(Community/Green Org Challenge)

By Dick Schwartz Initial Green Organization Challenge: An Energy Audit of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Fort Wayne The Green Organization Challenge is an initiative of Grassroots Green. Initial fun

45. Meeting the Green Challenge
(GLG-1/Energy)

...mpact on the atmosphere that far exceeds the natural activity of the earth. Terms like “ozone hole” and “greenhouse gasses” came into general use as the experts acknowledged that humans were having an...

46. Happening in Indy
(GLG-1/Economics)

by John Steinbach A green approach can and will transform homebuilding, and the transformation is starting to happen in Indianapolis. That’s where architect Mac Williams, founder of Inverde Design,

47. CANI Help
(GLG-1/Economics)

... efficiency are both extremely important services provided by CANI and others, efficiency is clearly the greener and more intelligent choice. “How we use funds is in accordance with government guidel...

48. Making a House a Home
(GLG-1/Building)

...ciate professor of Construction. Her passion is for environmental sustainability … for Northeast Indiana Green Build Coalition (NEIGBC), an organization she established in 1995 … and for helping solve...

49. Collaborating to Build Green
(GLG-1/Building)

...d so forth, to decipher whether an item met LEED standards.” In many ways, she found it easier to build green than she first anticipated, and it became easier with experience. “We worked together to ...

50. Downsizing to a Green Piece
(GLG-1/Building)

by Eric Fisher Our family has chosen to live in about one-quarter of the space we used to occupy, and we don’t regret it at all. Selling our 4,000-square-foot home, we moved into a 1,100-square-foot

51. Green Org Challenge
(Category)

52. Resources & Links
(Category)

The web is a great source of information regarding all sorts of green initiatives.

53. MyBlog
(Section)

Name: John Steinbach Hometown: Fort Wayne, IN Work: Co-founder of Grassroots Green, publisher, writer, speaker, consultant, green advocate and networker Purpose: Help people wake up and get movi

54. GLG-1
(Section)

Green Living Guide - Volume 1 The inaugural issue of the Grassroots Green Green Living Guide for Northeast Indiana - a book that celebrates and supports the region's natural beauty and resources while

55. Green Building
(News Feeds / Building)

http://www.enn.com/feeds/green_building.rss