GREEN AND SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE BUSINESSES

A sampling of Maine's socially and environmentally responsible businesses community. Businesses trying to reduce pollution, create fair trade, promote holistic and natural care of ourselves and other humans, and sustain our environment and our planet. Voting with our purchases can move our economy toward greater social and environmental responsibility.

ART, MUSIC, CRAFTS, AND CULTURE

Art by Tutti
53 Luther St.
Peaks Island, ME 04108
766-5108 
Susan Ashley
Paintings, landscape portraits, still-life's, mosaic (recycled shattered porcelain), graphic design & illustration, block design, murals, canvas floor cloths.

Asian World Imports
Pleasant St./Route 15, PO Box 1234
Blue Hill, ME 04614
374-2284  Fax: 374-2284
jeff@asianworldimports.com
www.asianworldimports.com
Jeff Kaley
Traditional and contemporary crafts from Nepal, India, Thailand, and other countries.  Natural fibers traditional cloth and clothing, buttons, jewelry, boxes, prayer bells, gurkha knives, drums, masks, handmade paper from many Asian fibers and traditions, beads, posters, incense, ornaments, lots of surprises.  Fairly traded with cultural and environmental sensitivity.

Brahms Subvertisement
PO Box 181
Portland, ME 04112
Paul Brahms
Creating images for the first worlders and cultural creatives.

Ha! Designs
81 Morning St.
Portland, ME 04101
772-2362  Fax 774-1196
artwiz@gwi.net
www.geocities.com/artwiz_7
Heather Alexander
Ha! Designs provides graphic design services, including, but not limited to, business collateral, advertising, brochures and illustration.  Excelling in bold and whimsical design, we also have an informed ability to work in more traditional or conservative designs.  We'll help get your message out at the most affordable price.

Inanna, Sisters in Rhythm
98 Cross Point Road
Edgecomb, ME 04556
882-9880 
kitfield@wiscasset.net
http://home.maine.rr.com/inanna
Lydia Kitfield
We are an all women's percussion ensemble.  Inanna plays traditional West African rhythms as well as original arrangements.  Through the beat of the drum, Inanna reaches out to people to help them experience other rhythmic connections from other cultures, to demonstrate the common humanity we all share.

Joanna Sampson-McCabe
Bath, ME 04530
442-8865
As a silversmith, I do one-of-a-kind jewelry by commission.  As a USUI Reiki Master, I do healing sessions by appointment.

Rhythm Inlet, The
PO Box 308
Mt Vernon, ME 04352
293-2239 
Barbara Gail, Jeff Hanna
Classes, programs, sales and service of world drums and percussion instruments, media and accessories.  Sustainability guides all operations. We give back to the animals and trees for their skins and wood by donating to Farm Sanctuary and Trees for the Future. Member of the Fair Trade Federation and Co-op America.

South Solon Woodworks
RR 1, Box 6870
Solon, ME 04979
643-2346  Fax: 643-2346
Roy Slamm
We custom design and produce wood furniture and products for business residential clients. We emphasize quality and creativity in the material we use (using mostly native hardwood) and in the construction techniques we use.

BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION

A.E. Sampson & Son, Ltd.
Route 90, PO Box 1010
Warren, ME 04864
273-4000  Fax: 273-4006
sampsnwood@aol.com
Sampson's carries SCS-certified well-managed hardwood flooring and custom millwork.  Our SCS chain-of-custody certification guarantees customers the wood is from a certified, well-managed forest.

Design Concepts Company
PO Box 544
Fairfield, ME 04937
426-9118  Fax: 426-8469
www.dcchomes.com
Greg/Laurie Roberts
We are a full-service, new-home construction company. Since 1987, from Bethel to Bar Harbor, we have been providing our customers with alternatives in construction that promote energy efficiency, environmental responsibility, and affordability.

Michael Hewes & Company
Ellsworth Rd., PO Box 115
Blue Hill, ME 04614
374-2275  Fax: 374-2999
brent@hewesco.com
www.HewesCo.com
We provide carpentry, cabinet work, and other building contracting needs.  The company has been in business for 25 years and employs over 30 people.  We are involved with Habitat for Humanity and local church activities.

CHILDREN AND CHILDBIRTH

Ballard House: A Birth Center for Community Wellness
131 Spring St.
Portland, ME 04101
775-3938  Fax: 879-4446
We offer a unique and satisfying birthing alternative for women and their families. Affordable, safe, sensitive childbirth in a home-like setting. Midwives provide gyn, birth-control, and STD services, lactation consultation, and breast-feeding support. Doula training; fun bell art; massage for prenatal, postpartum, and infants, yoga, birth and family photography, lending library.  Bi-weekly tour and information nights.

Birthwise Midwifery School
66 S. High St.
Bridgton, ME 04009
647-5968  Fax: 647-5968
birthwise@ime.net
www.birthwisemidwifery.org
We offer a 3-year, direct-entry midwifery training program.  Birthwise prepares students to offer safe and supportive alternative birthing experiences for women through a 1-1/2 year academic program and a 1-1/2 year clinical preceptorship.  Birthwise also offers Continuing Education classes and doula training and services.

CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND NONVIOLENCE EDUCATION

MLH Dispute Resolution & Facilitation
92 Bellevue St.
Owls Head, ME 04854
596-7847  Fax: 596-7847
mlhotch@midcoast.com
Marilyn Hotch
I conduct mediations and meeting and process facilitation.  Includes team building, planning and project assistance and public outreach involvement.  Work with private individuals, nonprofits, businesses and state and federal agencies engaged in preventing, resolving, and improving collaborative decision-making.  Provide training in conflict management and alternative dispute resolution.  I am an attorney.

EDUCATION

Brook Farm Books
PO Box 246
Bridgewater, ME 04735
506-375-4680  Fax 506-375-4680
jean@brookfarmbooks.com
Creative learning materials for homeschooling families, those supplementing public school classes, and teachers.  Emphasis on global awareness, conservation, peaceful co-existence, creative parenting, and liberal arts education from birth through adulthood.  All items carefully reviewed.  Free brochure.

ENVIRONMENT

Island Rover Foundation
93 Maquoit Drive
Freeport, ME 04032
865-6621  Fax 865-6478
sailorman@islandrover.org
www.islandrover.org
Harold Arndt
Our mission is to educate and demonstrate the concepts of industrial conservation, reuse, repair, re-utilization, refurbishing, re-manufacturing, and recycling as a means to produce valuable wanted products from others' "unwanted stuff."  The building of an entire ship (the schooner "Island Rover") is a demonstration project using these concepts.

Rockport Mechanical
152 Union St.
Rockport, ME 04856
236-4172  Fax: 236-9471
geohas12@midcoast.com
George, Tom
We have been designing, installing, and servicing plumbing, heating, ventilation, and solar systems in the mid-coast area, including the islands, for over a decade.  We prefer to use more sustainable products and techniques.  Our focus is on a healthier indoor environment and energy efficient equipment.

Solar Market
26 Limerick Road
Arundel, ME 04046
985-0088 Fax: 985-5577
sm@solarmarket.com
www.solarmarket.com
Naoto. Peter, Jason
Retail Division of Talmage Solar Engineering. Over 25 years in the business of renewable energy and sustainable living products.  We can design and engineer any size solar electric system.  We now have a retail store front and display energy efficient appliances.  We are a socially responsible business and we practice what we believe.

Stand-up Chameleon Jackson Gillman
22 Huckleberry Lane
Mt Desert, ME 04660
244-3838 
chameleon@acadia.net
www.jacksongillman.com
Jackson Gillman
I'm an environmental educator/entertainer who customizes programs for children and adults, incorporating comedy, music and stories.  Programs include:  Nature in Action, Riot in the Garden, BUGS!, Autumn Wonders, The Man Who Planted Hope, and more.  Professional member of the National Speakers Association.  References galore from state, regional, national, and international organizations.

Sam Brown, Licensed Forester
443 Smart Road
Parkman, ME 04443
277-4221 
Sam Brown
Licensed Professional Forester specializing in low impact forestry.

Sunwatt Corp
17 Rochwell Rd.
Jonesport, ME 04649
497-2204  Fax: 497-2123
sunwatt@juno.com
Richard Komp
We manufacture solar battery chargers and other photovoltaic devices, including a hybrid that makes electricity and hot water at the same time, using recycled plastic and environmentally safe chemicals.  Penobscot Indians manufacture the cases and neighbors assemble the products.  We use only solar-generated energy to run the operation.

FAMILY SERVICES

TransParents
PO Box 551
Damariscotta, ME 04543
592-6802  Fax: 563-7802
fmediate@lincoln.midcoast.com
Felicity Myers
We help families co-parent successfully and peacefully from two homes.  TransParents supports clear communication for "expanded" families and helps transcend conflict and transform parenting by developing co-parenting plans and agreements that work for everyone.  The children are firmly at the heart of any plan - helping parents to keep their kids first!

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

FL Putnam Investment Management Company
Two City Center
Portland, ME 04101
800-356-1781; 775-3197 Fax: 775-6527
blovell@flputnam.com
Benjamin Lovell
We are an investment counseling organization managing equity, balance, and fixed income accounts for individual and institutional investors.  Clients select issues important to their portfolios. High quality individualized advice and competitive return are cornerstones of the company's approach.  Established in 1923.

The Balancing Act, Lu Bauer CPA
PO Box 457
Windham, ME 04062
892-6652  Fax: 892-4943
LuBauer@maine.com
www.moneybalancingact.com
Lu Bauer
Money counseling helps heal emotional money issues to achieve a comfortable relationship with money.  Financial consultations help with basic money skills, debt and wealth management, financial changes in life's transitions, tax and small business issues.  See website for examples of customized training for individuals in public and private organizations.

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE

Alternative Community Market
16 Mount Desert St.
Bar Harbor, ME 04609
288-8225  Fax: 288-8227
Ron Greenberg
Serving the Mt. Desert area for two decades, The Alternative has focused on being there, 7 days a week, to provide quality foods to the community while establishing itself as a center of community activity and support.

Benbow's Coffee Roasters
Bar Harbor, ME 04609
800-4BENBOW 
benbows@acadia.net
www.benbows.com
Ron Greenberg
We pay a premium for Organic and Estate coffee crops to secure the financial interests of our farming community.  We have also signed on to programs that enhance environmentally sound farming practices, educational programs for families and children, and community development.  Available at natural food and specialty stores around New England.

Chartrand Imports
PO Box 1319
Rockland, ME 04841
594-7300  Fax: 594-8098
chartrand@chartrandimports.com
www.chartrandimports.com
Paul Chartrand
We have imported and sold organic wines since 1985.  We support environmentally sound family farms in Europe and the US.  We encourage the sale and enjoyment of organic food and wine as an integral part of a balanced diet that benefits the earth, the producer and the consumer. Check the website or call for location of the closest retail outlet.  Also ask as restaurants.

Fiddlers Green Farm
PO Box 254
Belfast, ME 04915
338-3872  Fax: 338-3872
fiddler@mint.net
www.fiddlersgreenfarm.com
Laine, Allen
A family-owned and operated stone mill producing all organic cereals, baking mixes, and flours--all stoneground to order for maximum taste and vitamin content.  Available wholesale.  Mail order catalog also available which includes our grain products plus organic teas, coffees, dried fruit, nut butters, jams, syrups, gift boxes and baskets.  All organic, with respect to our environment and our health.

*GrandyOats Granola & Organic Trails
349 Center Conway Rd.
Brownfield, ME 04010
935-7415
grandyoats@verizon.net
Grandy Oats granola has been baking hand-made, home-made granola in Maine for over 20 years.  Our oats and grains are all organic. We ship our products the day it is baked to ensure quality and freshness.  Our facility recycles all paper, plastic, cardboard, and tin.  We are the way granola should be!

Johnny's Selected Seeds
Foss Hill Road
Albion, ME 04910
437-4301  Fax: 437-4290
customerservice@johnnyseeds.com
www.johnnyseeds.com
We are seed breeders, growers, and merchants since 1973.  We donate 10% of our annual profits to The Food Project which trains and employs Boston inner-city youth to grow and distribute fresh produce; the Youth Garden Grant Program co-sponsored by the National Gardening Association, and our own Seed for Schools in Maine Program.

Johnson's Arboriculture/Treekeepers
43 Pearl St.
Camden, ME 04843
236-6855  Fax: 236-6855
Tree preservation is our mission.  We offer tree care services for residential, commercial, and municipal clients: artistic pruning, cabling, protection of trees during construction, removals when absolutely necessary.  Urban community forestry consulting: management plans, tree inventories, municipal project management. Our Johnson's Aboriculture Legacy Tree Grant is awarded annually to preserve a notable tree or landscape.

Maine Coast Sea Vegetables
3 George's Pond Road
Franklin, ME 04634
565-2907  Fax: 565-2144
Providers to the world of certified organic, sustainable harvested Sea Vegetables (seaweeds).  Sea Vegetables are rich sources of vitamins and minerals.  We sell our Dulse, Kelp, Alaria and Laver (wild Atlantic Nori) to retail and wholesale customers. These dried, native North Atlantic, Gulf of Maine sea vegetables are available in both bulk and retail bags, and are sold in their whole leaf form as well as flakes, granules, and powder. Other products include Maine Coast Crunch, a sesame seed bar made with kelp, and our Sea Chips, a corn tortilla chip flavored with kelp. Both items are 100% organic and certified GMO-free.

Rippling Waters/Backyard Organics
55 River Road
Steep Falls, ME 04085
642-5161  Fax: 642-5161
rrudolph@pivot.net
Richard Rudolph
We are a small farm and greenhouse operation located on the Saco River, producing MOFGA-certified organic vegetables, seedlings, bedding plants, perennials, and cut flowers since 1990. We are committed to producing healthy food for local consumption. We offer an innovative CSA membership, allowing members the flexibility to choose when, what, and how much they want of our organic produce, herbs, flowers, and perennials.  Memberships are $90 and entitle you to $100 of food and other organic products.

HEALTH AND HEALING

Annual Maine Healing Arts Festival
PO Box 288
Buckfield, ME 04220
336-2065 
KarenV@megalink.net
www.mainehealingarts.com
Karen Vasil-Busch
Join our family of the heart for a transformational weekend filled with workshops, ceremonies and events. Hail by the Lewiston Sun Journal as an event of "spiritual openness and depth" where you can "soar on the warm air of mutual support."  The festival has been held every Labor Day weekend since 1979 at Hidden Valley Camp, Freedom.

Corinne Martin/Earthmagic
PO Box 3601
Portland, ME 04104
647-2724 
ccm228@ctel.net
Corinne Martin
As a Clinical Herbalist I offer in-depth herbal consultations, classes, slide lectures, and apprenticeships in the use of medicinal plants.  Earthmagic has a particular commitment to the role of medicinal herbs in community and sustainable living, and to fostering a personal experience of the spirituality of Nature.

End of the Rainbow
519 Wilton Road
Farmington, ME 04938
778-2884  Fax: 778-0131
rainbow@somtel.com
George/Gloria Pillsbury
We are helping people get off prescription drugs.  We stock hundreds of herbal combinations for any known problem.  We also sell all-natural supplements and homeopathics, medicinal teas, Chinese herbs, water purifiers, juicers and portable saunas.  Reiki by appointment.

Harcourt & Rice Massage Therapists
1 Nichols St.
Bath, ME 04530
443-6005 
We are a healing center offering Therapeutic Massage, Polarity, Shiatsu, and Reiki.  All therapists have extensive training and are either licensed or certified in their field.  As a group we offer a supportive environment which encourages taking responsibility for one's own health and well being.

Holistic Bodywork - Jill L Siegel LMT, CPT
23 Ocean Ave.
Portland, ME 04103
772-4255 
Massage and Polarity therapy combined offer an empowering process which takes you beyond mind.  Healing begins when we deepen our connection with our body and the vital life force. As we cultivate these integral energies, we gain an experience of balance and harmony, awakening the inherent wisdom of the body, mind and spirit.  Heal your body; follow your heart and spirit without hesitation.

Karen Vasil-Busch, LMT
100 Back Bryant Road
Buckfield, ME 04220
336-2065 
Professional massage therapist since 1982. Practice Reiki, Myofacial Therapy, Ohashi Shiatsu, Cranial Sacral Therapy, acupressure, reflexology and yoga. Now at Cornerstone Health Services in Buckfield. Lead classes in yoga and teach stress management classes for conferences and schools.

Morningstar Midwifery - Ellie Daniels, CPM.
96 Main St.
Belfast, ME 04915
338-0708 
ellie@greenstore.com
Ellie Daniels
We offer comprehensive prenatal care, family-centered home birth, and holistic well-woman care with a Certified Professional Midwife.  Emphasizing good nutrition, education, personal responsibility, and natural remedies for the child bearing year and beyond.

Pathways to Wellbeing
222 St John St. #246, Box 55
Portland, ME 04102
874-2884  Fax: 774-7170
akochworks@aol.com
www.geocities.com/akochworks
Anne Koch--LCPC
Counseling and teaching of Energy and Psychology techniques effectively by telephone.  Issues in the area of grief, anxiety, fears, performance issues, life transitions, chronic pain, and addictions.  Reiki Training in Portland.  Via telephone I offer: Preparation for Surgery (or dental/medical procedure) to be calmer, have less pain, and heal faster.  Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) work is simple, effective, painless and freeing -- 15 minute consultation free. Your light will shine! 

Richardson Hollow Mental Health Services
646 Main St
Lewiston, ME 04240
783-2980  Fax: 786-6540
richollow@aol.com
Linda Hertell
We are a state-licensed mental health agency with 3 primary services: a) in-home support for adults facing serious mental health challenges; b) behavioral supports for children facing serious behavioral and mental health challenges; and c) case management services for children coping with mental retardation and/or developmental delays.  Locations also in Augusta, Rumford, Skowhegan, and Lewiston.

T'ai Chi Ch'uan - Jill L Siegel
23 Ocean Ave.
Portland, ME 04103
772-4255 
Classes and workshops for individuals, private groups and corporate organizations.  To enhance body mechanics and awareness of breath, focusing on relieving stress and unwanted tension from the body.  As a slow moving meditative internal martial art, T'ai Chi empowers individuals to regain health by recognizing and eliminating restrictive patterns to allow the body to breathe more fully, release toxins, and enhance circulation.

Way of Life Enterprises
160 Hodgdon St., PO Box 627
Damariscotta, ME 04543
888-676-5693; 563-7460 Fax: 563-7462
hannahi@tidewater.net
www.homestead.com/wayoflifeinc
Hannah Ineson
Environmentally-conscious company distributes green wholefood supplements from wild, organic and natural sources.  Distributor opportunities available, training provided free.  Home-based business with this company creates right livelihood, freedom to stay home, supports natural health. For those who want "health and wealth" empowerment. Holistic nutrition consulting/darkfield microscopy also.

MEDIA AND PUBLICATIONS

Borealis Press
Surry Road at Wharf, PO Box 230
Surry, Me 04684
800-669-6845  Fax: 667-9649
Dee Knisley
We publish cards for thinking people - funny, inspiring, wacky, thoughtful black and white photographs with quotes. The exquisite prints use soy inks on recycled, totally chlorine-free paper, which puts no dioxins into the mill waste.  For years we have encouraged chlorine-free paper in the industry, being credited with helping change the law in Maine. Free catalog.

Gulf of Maine Books
134 Maine St.
Brunswick, ME 04011
729-5083  Fax: 729-6783
We are an independent, alternative bookstore providing information on, and access to, a wide range of ideas and expression of creative thoughts, as well as providing a retail outlet for small press publishing.  We sell this Directory.

Maine Well-Being Press
64 Winding Way
Portland, ME 04102
773-6699 Fax: 773-6655
idufour@maine.rr.com
Irene Dufour, Christine Hersey
MWB is Maine's holistic monthly publication honoring stewardship of the planet and our community of healers, and supporting the evolution of human consciousness.  12,000 copies distributed at over 250 locations statewide.  Subscriptions are $25/year. Writers' guidelines, ad rates, sample copies available. Deadline for advertising is the 15th of month prior to publication.

PEACE ACTION

Peace Fleece
475 Porterfield Road
Porter, ME 04068
625-4906  Fax: 625-8590
saw@psouth.net
www.peacefleece.com
Peter Hagerty, Marty Tracy
We work with farmers and craftspeople in the former Soviet Republics and market knitting, felting, and weaving products to demonstrate that historic enemies can work together and make peace profitable.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

Authentic Connections
PO Box 7616
Portland, ME 04112
773-9235  Fax by appt
AuthenticConnections@juno.com
Patricia Ellen, Delores Lanai
Management Consultants who help you bring more Spirit and WorkJoy to your workplace.  Seminars and consultation for leaders and staff.  Both practical and intuitive tools for decision-making, developing organizational culture, building community, honoring diversity. We combine our grounded backgrounds in financial management with innovative, intuitive, and human resource techniques to help your organization or company experience the synergy of healthier people and healthier profits.

Management Services for the Human Services
6 Richmond St.
Portland, ME 04103
773-6164  Fax: 773-6164
mgmtsvcs@gwi.net
Marjorie Love
After two decades on the front lines of nonprofit management, I now work with nonprofit boards, executive directors, and staffs to help them build strong, effective organizations.  My services include organizational planning and development, management consultation, transition planning and interim management, and project facilitation.  Progressive/activist organizations a specialty!

Public Service Communications: Strategic Communications for Good Causes
76 Main St. #300
Waterville, ME 04901
873-1733  Fax 873-1733
mainejen@gwi.net
Jennifer Kierstead
We offer a wide array of communications, marketing, and graphic design services to individuals and micro-businesses, nonprofit organizations, government agencies, and socially responsible companies for the purpose of advancing their missions for the public good.  Call for information about a special project involving internet marketing for rural artists and artisans.
RECREATION

Cadillac Mountain Sports
26 Cottage St.
Bar Harbor, ME 04609
288-4532  Fax: 288-8260
info@cadillacsports.com
www.cadillacsports.com
Our mission is to be Maine's premier performance outfitter and a leader in socially responsible business practices.  Our stores are packed with high-quality, high-value products for pursuing "muscle powered" sports.  We promote thoughtful and conservative use of outdoor resources.

Back Country Excursions of Maine
42 Woodward Road
Parsonsfield, ME 04047
625-8189  Fax: 625-7134
bcountry@psouth.net
www.bikebackcountry.com
Cliff Krolick
We offer radically fun mountain biking and hiking adventures.  Maps, trails, campsites, guided adventures, rentals, lodging.  Since our founding in 1991 we have consistently offered exciting and environmentally responsible adventures.  We are part of a country-wide trail stewardship program, share organic gardening practices with our guests, and annually donate to our towns recycling efforts.  Our adventures are for all ages.

RETAIL

2nd Nature Environmental Products
59 Walnut Hill Road
Shapleigh, ME 04076
490-2788 
info@2ndnature.net
www.2ndnature.net
Kristi Goldey
We know that most people don't want to have to think about, or work hard, at environmental responsibility.  Our retail products--clothing and accessories as well as home, office, and garden furnishings and supplies--are chosen for high quality and low environmental impact, without crunchy granola attitude!

Baldwin Apple Ladders
PO Box 177
Brooks, ME 04921
722-3654  Fax: 722-3342
baldwin@acadia.net
www.peterbaldwinarts.com
Quality wooden orchard ladders since 1984.  Also drums, tables, oars, and masts.

Coyote Moon
54 Main St.
Belfast, ME 04915
338-5659 
coyote@acadia.net
Michelle Walker
We make available beautiful clothing, jewelry, and gifts to our community with business practices that promote individual expression and well-being through honoring the importance of beauty in our lives.  We seek integrity in our vendors and their business practices.  We are a member of PICA (see index), supporting clean clothes.

EcoDragon
PO Box 425
Portland, ME 04112
775-6900  Fax: 775-6999
EcoDragon is a lifesyle company designing a healthy eco-alternative to toxic products.  Manufacturing organic, sustainable, recycled and reused apparel, footwear and accessories from natural materials like hemp, Himalayan Yak's wool, Mongolian camel fleece and sandals from reused tires.  Based in Portland, we sell products nationally as well as internationally through independent retailers, green stores, catalogs, and online.

Green Store and Family Wellness Cooperative
71 Main St.
Belfast, ME 04915
338-4045  Fax: 338-5988
info@greenstore.com
www.greenstore.com
Ellie Daniels
We are a general store for the 21st century, offering a full range of products and information for an environmentally sustainable lifestyle, including home power system design, solar panels, windmills, system components, and installation and service.
Recycled Office Products
44 Grove St
Bangor, ME 04401
262-5585  Fax: 262-9748
joyce4rop@aol.com
Joyce Schelling
We are a full-line office supply company, selling a complete line of virgin as well as recycled and chlorine-free office products.  We enable companies to save money as they transition to more environmentally sensitive products.

Second Hand Rose Consignment Shop
53 Maine St.
Brunswick, ME 04011
729-9761 
SHROSE@NQI.NET
www.shrose.homestead.com/shrose.html
A cute little consignment shop in Brunswick filled with fabulous recycled fashions from yesteryear through current styles.  Something wild and frivolous to practical and pretty, designer looks for next to nothing. Things other than clothes too! Everyone benefits from recycling.

SELF-HELP AND SUPPORT

Matrix Borne
86 Sea Rd.
Kennebunk, ME 04043
985-1459
Hannah Maris
Offers programs such as Wilderness Renewal and Vision Quests in the back country of Maine for personal renewal, spiritual awakening, and greater connections with nature. Staff includes a registered Maine guide, psychotherapist, and experienced healers.

Mindfulness Center of Southern Maine
129 Smutty Lane
Saco, ME 04072
294-3377  Fax 294-3377
rebeccawing@reddawg.net
Rebecca Wing, Terry Fralich
Our mission is to provide a safe, nurturing environment for self-discovery and transformation.  The Center is located on a beautiful 28-acre country property and offers private and group sessions covering relaxation exercises, meditation, spiritual exploration, music, yoga, and inner processing. Private and group retreats available.

Susan Yentes: Brain Gym Instructor and Consultant
56 Head of Tide Rd.
Belfast, ME 04915
338-6397 
syentes@mint.net
Susan Yentes
Brain Gym (trademark of the Educational Kinesiology Foundation) uses a series of 26 simple activities, which can help people of all ages and walks of life.  By using the whole body as an instrument of learning, you can prepare your brain and entire nervous system for optimal performance in all areas - intellectual, creative, athletic and interpersonal.

TRANSPORTATION AND TRAVEL

Earth Routes
Pierce Pond Road, RFD 1 Box 22-B
Penobscot, ME 04476
326-8635  Fax: 326-8785
travel@earthroutes.net
www.earthroutes.net
Jan Carpenter
Reservations for travel by air, land, and water, along with resources and information for green travel, tailored to your interests, abilities, and budget.  Cooperative research on ecologically and culturally responsible travel.  We contribute one dollar from every airline ticket sale to Seed Tree, an organization working to plant trees and sustain the local economy in Nepal and Nicaragua.

WOMEN

Nurture Through Nature
77 Warren Rd.
Denmark, ME 04022
452-2929
lbaldwin@fastmail.fm
http://www.ntnretreats.com
Lisa Baldwin
We offer gentle and personalized holistic outdoor retreats for women and girls. Our mission is to guide women home to Spirit and Nature by connecting with surroundings, self and others. Enhance your awareness, groundedness, sense of community and play. Backpack, canoe, kayak, day hike, ski, snowshoe with yoga, meditation, inner vision exercises for transformative retreat. Jen is a Holistic Professional Maine Guide and licensed Recreational Maine Guide.