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Dear reader,
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Thank you for picking up Our Green Book, the ultimate guide
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to the green sector in the New York metropolitan area. In these
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pages you’ll fi nd an informative, useful, and above all, fun guide
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to New York’s eco-friendly community. The goods and services
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offered in Our Green Book are the result of maintaining harmony
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with the planet we share as well as with the people with whom
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The journey in creating Our Green Book has been an enligh-
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while researching the local green industry, I have become even
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more aware of ways to heal our planet and minimize my own
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carbon footprint. I would even go as far to suggest that I have
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benefi ted from producing Our Green Book as much as you will
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from using it. Although our team was already familiar with the
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enormity of the Green Movement, Our Green Book has truly
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plore and patronize the organizations featured here and make the
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entertain and inspire yourself.
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ducts and services should be made readily available. The "our" in
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have access to such a useful reference tool.
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Our Green Book is so much more than a comprehensive di-
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rectory; it’s an invaluable resource for anyone looking for green
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products and services. Here you will fi nd stories about restaurants
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and night clubs powered by wind energy, and dance fl oors powe-
red by the movement of peoples’ feet. You’ll learn how to stay
green without betraying your sense of style, and how to make
eco-friendly decisions in all aspects of your life.
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