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Artist

Woodwright Studio Oils, pastels, handmade wood objects, primitive musical instruments, jewellery Founder Bond Head Fine Arts

Meade Helman
meadehelman@rogers.com
www.meadehelman.ca

Compost/Fertilizer

Cathy's Crawly Composters
Environmental worm composting business - red wiggler worms, bins, castings, books, consulting and inspirational workshops. Worms convert paper and food scraps into nature’s finest organic fertilizer. Our goal is to raise awareness about the environment and encourage sustainable practices. Great solution for apartment dwellers!

Cathy Nesbitt (1-888-775-9495)
cathy@cathyscomposters.com
www.cathyscomposters.com

Natural Soil Organic Fertilizer
Manufacturer of a liquid organically certified fertilizer which will enhance the microbial activity of the soil, similar to probiotics in yogurt. Ideal applications would be for lawns, flower beds, sports fields, golf courses and farmers crops. This Product is organic, less expensive than traditional ‘chemical’ fertilizers and most importantly, not harmful to children or pets. If you wish to detoxify your soil then start using Natural Soil NOW!!!

Ron Alfrey (905)-751-1086
ron@naturalsoil.ca
www.naturalsoil.ca

Teeming with Nature
Teeming with Nature promotes healthy, vibrant lawns and gardens without the use of chemical fertilizers. Our soil health restoration service encourages a healthy life cycle within your soil. This life cycle or soil food web naturally feeds and protects your plant life, just as it has been doing since before the beginning of time. Our products and services are customized to create a rich, healthy soil food web.
Teeming with Nature serves residential properties, commercial buildings and recreational areas throughout the communities of York Region.

Paul Cray (905) 715-2139
pcray@sympatico.ca
www.teemingwithnature.com

Computer Services

The Computer Doctor Inc.
Whether your computer or laptop has a virus or spyware, is running slowly, won't turn on, or is just plain acting funny, I can help. Worried about computer security? I can set you up with a safe, wireless network. Have lost data your data? Give me a call. I have over 10 years of experience fixing hardware and software problems.

Ken Mantle (416) 464-1833
www.computerfixit.ca

tmhr consulting
Web Application Development
High Performance
If you want your web presence to excel at getting the right users to the right web page or social media tool and commit to complete the right action – Give us a call!
Performing Presence
tmhr consulting is primarily a web design, development and web marketing company that helps small and medium sized businesses dramatically improve their web presence and performance.
Business Focused
tmhr consulting provides a ‘one stop – full business focused solution’ for the creation and marketing of high quality web sites and applications.
We have also design developed and are now promoting our green directory at: www.ourgreendirectory.com

Terry Lewis
(416) 229-9607
terry.lewis@tmhrconsulting.com www.tmhrconsulting.com

Green Consulting

Doyle Business Solutions
At Doyle Business Solutions we are committed to the following services and outcomes:
· Enabling small and medium sized businesses in reducing costs by identifying and eliminating operational and environmental waste.
· Using our knowledge and expertise to lead and deliver projects which use lean principles, methodologies that focus on reducing waste wherever it occurs in your organization.
· Supporting our commitment to sustainable practices by ensuring our delivery includes the integration of environmental (waste) management into our Lean methodologies.
· Our mission statement drives our delivery methodologies. “Lean Today. Green Tomorrow”. We apply lean practices today to eliminate operational and environmental waste which leads to a “greener” operations tomorrow.
· Lean Your Business ===> Eliminate and Leverage Waste <=== Green Your Business

Sign your business up to our mailing list on our website and we will send you the link to plant a tree.

Marion Doyle (705) 456-7444
marion@greenbylean.com
Skype: medoyley

Lynn Woods (705) 775-7007 lynn@greenbylean.com

www.greenbylean.com

Green for Life serves the local Business community by offering a wide range of consulting services that focus on the value and benefits of Going Green, with support and guidance towards earning Green Business Accreditation.

Cassandra Dass-Pearce
(1-800-401-8199)
Contact Green for Life www.greenforlife.ca

Integra Leadership - Coaching for Sustainability
Integra specializes in people dynamics to support individuals, teams, organizations and communities in creating sustainable, resilient and thriving cultures. Our approach is a customized combination of consulting, coaching, and training to bring out the best in people. We develop local community leadership to create resilient and sustainable communities – perfectly prepared to survive, thrive and excel in the face of unexpected challenges in our volatile world today.

Sue McKee (416) 488-1313
smckee@integra-leadership.com
www.integra-leadership.com

PRM
Creative design is creative thinking! It’s what we do and what we bring to the table. Effective solutions start with an original idea. At PRM, we start from scratch, crafting unique solutions geared toward your business alone. Our approach creates success, and is what keeps our clients coming back. Our designs are strategic business solutions that stimulate, captivate and motivate, supplying a complete experience that fully immerses the consumer into a unique environment. Your vision is safe with us. Our expert designers will bring your vision to life. The PRM Team has proven Strategic Graphic Design Works!

Marsha Field
(416) 410-2285, Ext. 200
mfield@prm-design.com
www.prm-design.com

The Recycle People
The Recycle People provides professional full service recycle collection for all business types and sizes. We are fully insured and permitted for business recycle collection. Please call us for a price quote and to discuss your business' recycle service requirements.
Together, we can make a difference!

Farid Parhami (416) 619-0065
farid@therecyclepeople.ca
www.therecyclepeople.ca

ROCG Consulting
ROCG consultants are Performance Improvement Specialists working with the private public and not for profit sectors. We work alongside our clients to understand the challenges they face, and then support them to implement the right solutions on-time and on-budget. We can provide support in areas such as: strategic planning, process improvement, organizational effectiveness and human resources. Our clients tell us that they value the trusting relationships that are forged along the way.

Leslie Yeates (905) 429-0572
leslie.yeates@rocg.com
www.rocg.com

Timoridge Group Inc.
Timoridge brings to the marketplace a unique combination of comprehensive business leadership and operations skills and also depth and experience across a wide range of sectors. Our strategy is to help our clients minimize or mitigate risk and avoid the common challenges that can slow growth or negatively impact the company’s financial position. We help businesses define, prepare and/or execute their growth story. Whether your needs are simple or complex, our priority is to listen, understand, and bridge your business to a solution. We’re here to share our experience and deliver sustainable results that let you carry on without us.

Tim Leitch (905) 493-3801
tjleitch@timoridge.ca
Doug Leitch
dleitch@timoridge.ca
www.timoridge.ca

Karen Verbeek
Focus is on bringing sustainability and environment, with a special focus on biomimicry and green chemistry, to derive nature-inspired solutions to human problems. Workshops, exhibits and other events. The Natural Step is a program I use as a framework in addressing sustainability issues in organizations and business. The business focuses specifically on using the tools of biomimicry and green chemistry to help organizations solve their challenges.

Karen Verbeek (905) 727-0703
karencv@yahoo.com

Green Contracting/Building

Eco Building Resource
ECO Building Resource is where Builders, Architects and Contractors can find Green LEED compliant building materials. We are a stocking Dealer/Distributor of UltraTouch Natural Cotton Insulation, DuraFoam 0-VOC spray foam, Reflectix radiant barrier, Zero & Low VOC paints and stains, EcoLogo approved sealants & adhesives, LED Lights, Bamboo, Cork and Water recovered plank floors to name just a few. For those who want to build GREEN go to; WWW.ECO-Building.ca

Kevin Royce (905) 841-3535
kroyce@eco-building.ca
www.eco-building.ca
136 Wellington St. East #5, Aurora, ON L4G 1J1

Eco-Pools Inc.
We bring 25 years of expertise in building residential and commercial swimming pools in both Canada and Australia. Our focus is to provide our customers with the most current innovations and environmentally friendly products in the pool industry. We work closely with a professional team of designers and contractors, assuring an enjoyable and unique backyard transformation.

Chris Gregory (1-855-326-7665)
chris@eco-pools.ca
www.eco-pools.ca

soma earth ARCHITECT
Located in Udora, Ontario, soma earth ARCHITECT is a pioneering architectural firm emphasizing HEALTHY, EMF-FREE, NON-TOXIC, ENERGY EFFICIENT, NATURAL building materials & systems for GREEN, SUSTAINABLE, ECO-ARCHITECTURE - new buildings as well as renovation projects. We are also passionate about designing spaced that are ALIVE and full of SOUL through the use of innovative design.
Ingrid Cryns, BES, B. Arch, OAA, CBT has a diverse background that has informed her great love for living, green, buildings. Whether you want to design a straw bale, straw clay or earth bag house or renovate your existing home with the most healthiest, environmentally ethical & sustainable choices, Ingrid can help you sort through the vast complexity of choices of what would match your budget as well as what would be the most optimal building you could live in on all levels.

Ingrid Cryns (1-866-888-7662)
info@somaearth.com
www.somaearth.com
General Delivery Udora, Ontario L0C 1L0

Green Energy

New Dawn Energy Solutions
New Dawn Energy Solutions is an energy auditor, custom designer and systems integrator of Solar Power Systems for residential and commercial customers. We help our clients find an energy solution that is best suited to our clients' specific needs. Our energy solutions range from small portable systems to turnkey off-grid and grid-tied solar electric systems. We have the tools to accurately determine your savings and payback. We use our own crews or very carefully chosen contractors.

Nani Pradeepan, P.Eng.
(416) 855-9377
info@NewDawn-es.com
www.newdawn-es.com

Ontario Energy Matrix
We are a full-service energy integrator. Our aim is to provide a complete energy assessment for your specific situation. Our specialty is Solar PV. We supply and install complete solar systems. We offer full-service and maintenance packages at competitive rates. We also recommend other sustainable energy sources to compliment your solar choices. We provide complete navigation of Ontario's FIT (Feed-in tariff) Program as part of our service. We make meaning by taking the guesswork out of sustainable energy production.

Cameron Aiken (905) 830-5010
caiken@ontarioenergymatrix.com
www.ontarioenergymatrix.com/

Renewable Watts Canada
We are committed to providing the best of the best in residential and commercial solar energy products. We provide everything from start to finish for whatever project you have in mind. With offices in Kitchener, Newmarket and Guelph Ontario, we are able to provide services to all of Southern Ontario.

Grant Watt (1-800-664-9909)
gwatt@renewablewatts.ca
www.renewablewatts.ca

Education

York U. - Environmental Studies
Co-op Internship Program
The Environmental Studies Co-op Internship Program (ESCIP) is an optional experiential education program that provides Environmental Studies students with the opportunity to engage in four, eight, twelve or sixteen month paid internships. While on internship, students apply their classroom learning in a work environment, explore potential career options, and build relationships with colleagues and employers in their field of study.

Nancy Umphrey (416) 736-2100 ext. 44860
numphrey@yorku.ca
www.yorku.ca/careers/internships/environmental

Executive Services

PME Management Solutions
Accounting services specializing in small business needs.

Patty Ella (905) 939-9105
patty.ella@routcom.com

Attractive Brand Management & Copywriting
If you need writing that will sell your product or service, or communication that will make you the company of choice for current and prospective customers then Vanessa can help you. Trained by some of the top names in North American direct sales and web copywriting, her ongoing professional affiliation with AWAI ensures that she is on top of the latest emerging trends and technologies for communicating with your market. Whether you need help writing your promotional materials, websites, newsletters, video or audio scripts, internal documents or direct-mail pieces, Vanessa will your marketing and advertising dollars are well invested in building revenue and selling your message.

Vanessa Long (905)751-6158
vanessa@attractivecopy.ca
www.attractivecopy.ca

Food & Beverage

Dagmar's Juice Plus (The Reconnection Centre)
Juice Plus+ is concentrated whole fruits and vegetables that have been juiced, dried, and made into either a capsule or gummie form. It is a simple, convenient, and affordable way to add more vine-ripened, nutrient-dense fruits and vegetables to your daily diet. Juice Plus+ is the perfect solution to bridge the gap between what you do eat and the 10-13 daily servings of raw fruits and vegetables recommended that we should eat. Juice Plus+ : Inspiring Healthy Living Around the World!

Dagmar Schoenrock (905) 473-2720
dagmar@thereconnectioncentre.com
www.thereconnectioncentre.com
www.DagmarJuicePlus.com

Green River Coffee
Green River Coffee: Freshly roasted, fair trade and organic coffee. Roasted to order and delivered to your door. Coffee service can also be provided for your next business function: all products are either bio-degradable, reusable or recyclable.
Green River Coffee is always fresh, never stale and bitter. We strive towards a zero-waste strategy. Mindfulness, quality, trust and respect are threads woven into all of our interactions be they with suppliers, customers, products or the earth. Call us today to experience the taste of truth!

Tricia (905) 989-2472
info@greenrivercoffee.ca
www.greenrivercoffee.ca

Marlene's meal makeovers
Author, Speaker, Television Host, Social Entrepreneur, Marlene MacPherson threw off her wig and put on her apron, making a decision to feed her family better with her now second diagnosis of cancer driving her passion and will for change.
Marlene's Meal Makeovers was built to empower and show families how she took back her family's food preparation with her young daughter in mind. Her television show and C1P2 Cookbooks, gives back to charity and gives us these tools and tips we need. Join her on the journey back to her family's kitchen and together we learn how to Cook Once, Produce Twice!

Marlene MacPherson (289) 221-8979
www.marlenesmealmakeovers.com

Gardening/Landscaping

Marsh Mode - As our natural environment continues to be replaced by urbanization, landowners who wish to bring nature back to their outdoor spaces need look no further than Marsh-Mode Landscape Design to achieve their goals. With an emphasis on native plants and habitat considerations for birds, butterflies and wee creatures, a 'garden with soul' is attainable whether it is tame or wild. Marsh-Mode deplores the cosmetic use of pesticides and design concepts are geared to encouraging a light hand at maintenance.

Gloria Marsh
marsh-mode@rogers.com
www.marsh-mode.ca

Garden Lore - is locally owned and staffed and serves northern York Region. Your street-scape or peaceful oasis can be kept up with a minimum of cost by thoughtful design and careful choices. A garden planted mainly with native species is more tolerant of local weather, resistant to pests and disease and gives back to nature by adding to wildlife habitat.
Services include: spring clean-ups, maintenance, new landscapes, foundations, trees, borders, arbors, walks and garden walls. We also build and maintain water features, ponds and pond-less waterfalls. Computer-generated CAD drawings available.

Lorrie Mackness (905) 868-2478
Queensville

HighRes Design - provides a wide cross section of landscape architectural and sustainable solutions.
Founded in 2006 to provide quality landscape architecture services to private clients and allied professionals in a highly resolute manner. HighRes strives to continually seek out new contacts and relationships that will help pave the way to a more sustainable future, and holds the belief that sustainability can never truly be achieved but is something we should infinitely be working towards. HighRes is a solutions-driven firm that values hard work, sustainable design, and relationships built on honesty and trust.

Phillip Collins (905) 830-4569
info@highresdesign.ca
www.highresdesign.ca

Government/Not-for-profit

York Region Environmental Alliance
The York Region Environmental Alliance (YREA) is a not-for-profit, registered charitable organization. Formed in 1999 to initially campaign against the cosmetic use of pesticides, the York Region Environmental Alliance (YREA) is dedicated to continually expanding its mandate to address ecological issues that impact our well-being and the health of our environment. To this end, we work cooperatively to influence public awareness and policy through workshops, outreach and education.

Fiona Wood (416) 556-8065
fiona@yrea.org
www.YREA.org

York Region Environmental Services

Cheri Buxton
(905) 830-4444 ext. 5088
cheri.buxton@york.ca

York Region Environmental Services

Corena Cane
(905) 830-4444 ext. 5781
corena.cane@york.ca

York Small Business Enterprise Centre advancing business creation, innovation and growth
The Centre supports six municipalities in York Region (Aurora, East Gwillimbury, Georgina, King, Newmarket, and Whitchurch-Stouffville) and is administered by an experienced Small Business Consultant under the umbrella of the York Region Planning and Development Services Department, Economic Strategy Branch.
Partnerships with Provincial and Federal agencies give the centre a wide range of up-to-date information on programs, services, assistance, legislation and regulations affecting businesses in Canada.
The Centre offers free on-site consultations and referrals to a local business network of financiers, bankers, accountants, lawyers, educators, consultants, mentors and other entrepreneurs.

Dan Ruby (905) 830-4444 ext. 1517
dan.ruby@york.ca
www.yorksmallbusiness.ca

Pauline Nagelmakers
(905) 830-4444 ext 1572
pauline.nagelmakers@york.ca
www.yorksmallbusiness.ca

Graphic Design

Pixelbrand Creative Agency
is a full service graphic design firm that creates innovative, noteworthy solutions that work.
Our business is making you money, and we do our jobs very well. We are marketing designers, committed to creating the best possible ads and creative materials to support your brand. We can help you to earn a much greater return on investment for your advertising dollars. We do this by creating stunning graphics, and then matching them with targeted, persuasive copy. And we are green. Every web and printing service that you use has a greener, friendlier alternative that we would be more than happy to discuss with you. Make more money while save the planet... could you ask for more?

Chris Donnelly (289) 231-6514
chris@pixelbrand.ca
www.pixelbrand.ca

Health/Wellness

Aski Wellness
Aski Wellness provides alternative therapy practices to their clients. Such as Reiki & Crystal Therapy Sessions as well as recommends various products to aid in bringing balance to one’s life.
Mother Earth is our provider of all things; by giving her energy (life force) to everything we need to sustain life. One’s true wellness depends on this earth energy and we must remember to return or recycle this energy back. When something we use in our lives can not follow Mother Earth’s ‘cycle of life’ then it was not a necessity to sustain our lives. This is what we at Aski Wellness strive to follow to achieve true wellness for ourselves and you. By using Reiki (universal energy) and crystals (earth energy) we at Aski Wellness assist you in achieving balance with yourself.

Dawn Fisher
(647) 999-2945
dawn@askiwellness.ca
www.askiwellness.ca

Mahalo Naturopathic Centre
Focusing on prevention and patient education, as a Naturopathic Doctor, I work with individuals to identify and treat the underlying causes of illness. It is my priority to truly understand and treat the whole person - body, mind and spirit – and to then offer natural and holistic approaches to restoring wellness. Treatments may include clinical nutrition, botanical medicine, traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture, homeopathy, environmental and physical medicine and are always chosen for an individual’s unique situation.

Dr. Celeste Frenette BScN, ND
(905) 895-9998
info@mahalonaturopathic.com
www.mahalonaturopathic.com
19938 Yonge Street
Holland Landing, ON L9N 1N2

Passionately Inspired Solutions Harmonizing, Inspiring, Empowering ... through EVENTS!
Passionately Inspired Solutions stimulates individuals to live life without fear and seeks to inspire them through fun and laughter. We believe that everything is a learning experience, and if we learn with inspired fun, we absorb and retain more. Event planning is only a tool that we use to selectively orchestrate solutions to “give people back their power” and help them achieve balance. We provide business solutions to inspire people.

Mary Fenuta (647) 233-2133
mary@passionatelyinspiredsolutions.com
www.passionatelyinspiredsolutions.com

Woodland Dental
Woodland Dental Hygiene is an independent dental hygiene practice offering naturally different oral health care. Services include oral assessments, cleanings, and whitening and we are open evenings and weekends. We are committed to sustainable practices in our office environment, products we use and services we offer and are members of the Eco-Dentistry Association and the Holistic Dental Association.

Kathleen Bernardi (905) 833-4154
kathleen@woodlanddental.ca
www.woodlanddental.ca

Printing Supplies

Cartridge World - Newmarket
Winner of the Newmarket Chamber of Commerce: New Business of the Year Award.
At Cartridge World Newmarket you can save money on your printer cartridges while helping the environment. Since 2005 Cartridge World has been refilling ink cartridges and remanufacturing laser toner cartridges at our retail store located at the SE corner of Mulock and Yonge. You can save between 30% to 50% of the cost of purchasing new cartridges every time. Reduce your green footprint, recycle your cartridges by refilling and save them from ending up in landfill. Free pickup and delivery for qualified businesses.

Karen Thompson (905) 954-3828
newmarket@cartridgeworld.ca
www.cartridgeworld.com/ca/CAN13
7-16640 Yonge Street (Metro Plaza)
Newmarket, ON L3X 2N8

Green Products

Enjo with Leea
To minimize the daily use of harmful chemicals, make a positive contribution to reducing land and waste pollution and to produce better results with less effort. ENJO living is safe, natural, efficient, economical and certainly responsible. Proven to clean six times better than traditional methods. Remove up to 90% of the chemicals used in your home. ENJO fibres with just cold water cleans all your surfaces pore deep to remove dirt and making them up to 99.9% germ and bacteria free. Make your home a chemical free zone today.

Leea Leivo Agustin (416) 489-0687
lleivoagustin@enjo-canada.com
www.leealeivoagustin.com
facebook.com/ENJO.WITH.LEEA

Seeker Green Products Ltd.
Pioneer a green route to Foodservice Solution.
Seeker supplies biodegradable disposable Tableware, Cutlery, PLA coated paper cup / bowl / clear cup, and other green sustainable products with high quality. Our tableware, such as plates, to-go boxes, obtained Eco Logo. We aren’t distributor, but partner and supplier to distributor / wholesaler, and can handle from production, customs entry and delivery up to your door.

Eric Chung (905) 209-0526
ericchung@seekergreen.com
www.seekergreen.com

Promotions

The Biz Mates
The Biz Mates provide businesses and events with marketing services, imprinted merchandise and apparel. Committed to sourcing greener products, we’re proud of our selection of eco-friendly, organic, recycled and compostable products.

Renee Blake (905) 535-1202
renee@thebizmates.com
www.thebizmates.com

Social Media Marketing

Virtually Yours, Joanne Burgess
A Social Media Specialist Virtual Administrator. With over 30 years experience in marketing administration, I help small business owners utilize the power of Social Media tools to grow their business. I offer coaching and consulting, assessment and strategy sessions, profile and WordPress site setups which include customization, optimization and branding and provide ongoing support and maintenance. I am particularly interested in working with the eco-friendly, health/wellness and fitness industries. Let's make a connection!

Joanne Burgess (905) 836-9215
jgej@rogers.com
www.virtuallyyoursjb.com