The Environmental Home Store is committed to providing Pennsylvania, New Jersey & Delaware the best green building materials available. We believe there are better ways to build and renovate commercial and residential spaces! These better practices place a softer footprint on our planet and create a more healthy, efficient environment in your home or work space. We invite you to visit our showroom and see, touch, smell (and don't smell!) for yourself!

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FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 2009:
Get BEHIND THE RED-GREEN DOOR and save energy dollars at Doylestown First Friday event at The Environmental Home Store. The home and small business energy auditing process as the doorway to cutting energy costs will be highlighted again at the Environmental Home Store's First Friday video-discussion series on June 5 at 7 PM. Co-sponsored by the ECLA, this month's offering will feature an eclectic mix of several short videos including updated clips from Energy Star on the home audit, a George Carlin routine, and Annie Leonard's award-winning Story of Stuff. "75% to 90% of the energy we consume is wasted because of bad design and poor choices", according to Rocky Mountain Institute. Consumers often complain that no one is available to help them get the energy and cost improvements that theorists claim. The ECLA PA and the Environmental Home Store takes you Behind the Green-Red Door of the blower test door where significant energy improvements begin. With national energy policy and commercial practices veering between crisis and trance, according to President Obama, both consumers and contractors get whipsawed in the process. The secrets of the home energy audit will be revealed again in a variation of this very popular program from last month. As usual, local experts from the green building and remodeling community will be on hand along with an energy and climate policy specialist with Transition US. David Secan, a certified Sustainable Building Advisor and Larry Menkes, an energy and climate specialist whose Bucks County home is a test bed for low-cost, high value energy improvements will lead the discussion and offer practical advice for cutting your home and business energy costs. The Environmental Home Store, winner of the Best Green Resource of 2008 award, is located at 320 N. Broad St. in Doylestown. Admission is free and seating is limited; the EHS is handicap accessible. For information call 267-880-6791 or 267.992.8020.

MONDAY, JUNE 8, 2009:
350.org is an international campaign with a mission to inspire the world to rise to the challenge of the climate crisis--to create a new sense of urgency and of possibility for our planet. Our focus is on the number 350--as in parts per million, the level scientists have identified as the safe upper limit for CO2 in our atmosphere. We are already above the safe zone at our current 387ppm, and unless we are able to rapidly return to 350 ppm this century, we risk reaching tipping points and irreversible climate impacts. But 350 is more than a number, it's a symbol of the direction that we need to take, and a reminder that our individual and collective actions affect the health of our planet. In order to unite the public, media, and our political leaders behind the 350 goal, we're harnessing grassroots momentum to coordinate a planetary day of action on October 24, 2009. We hope to have actions at hundreds of iconic places around the world – including Philadelphia On June 8th at the Center for Architecture we will be an introducing 350.org to Philadelphia. There will be a video presentation by 350.org founder Bill McKibben followed by a discussion of the Philadelphia event planned for the International Day of Climate Action on October 24, 2009. For more information check out www.350.org or email 350philly@gmail.com

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 2009:
Meet and greet the Bucks County eco-community, every "Last Wednesday" at Chambers 19, 19 North Main Street Doylestown, 6pm-8pm.

SATURDAY MAY 30, 9AM TO 5PM:
The Environmental Home Store is holding the region's first American Clay Earth Plaster workshop! A one-day training workshop covering all aspects of earth plaster applications. You will learn to plaster on actual walls as we go step-by-step through the application process: masking, priming, first coat, second coat, finish work, sealers, and maintenance. These classes are particularly helpful for do-it-yourselfers new to plastering, and for contractors who prefer a solid grounding in basic application and finishing techniques. Regististration fee is $175 and includes the class, materials and lunch. Please bring your own trowels! American Clay trowels will be available for purchase. Location: The Centrifuge, 780 Falcon Circle, Suite 210, Warminster, PA 18974.

SUNDAY MAY 17, 2009:
Don't miss the 13th Annual Chestnut Hill Home & Garden Festival, Sunday, May 17, 2009 11 A.M. 'til 5 P.M. Germantown Avenue, between Willow Grove Avenue and Rex Avenue, will be closed to traffic and transformed into an outdoor marketplace for garden and homerelated merchandise and fun, including a green building display by The Environmental Home Store. You can enjoy the already fabulous shopping and dining choices in Chestnut Hill, PA and stroll the Avenue for a day of shopping, amusement rides, rock-wall climbing, live music, a fabulous outdoor food court and more -- Chestnut Hill style! For more information call 215.247.6696.

FRIDAY APRIL 24, 2009:
The Environmental Home Store will be at Temple University's Ambler campus for another Earth Day celebration. The first Temple EarthFest in 2003 welcomed about 1,500 visitors and 50 exhibitors. Celebrating its seventh year in 2009, EarthFest has grown exponentially - last year welcomed nearly 12,000 visitors and more than 90 exhibitors! Hosted by the Temple University Center for Sustainable Communities, EarthFest 2009 will be held on Friday, April 24, from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., rain or shine, at the Temple University Ambler Campus, 580 Meetinghouse Road, Ambler. The mission of EarthFest is to promote environmental awareness using sustainable concepts, methods, and practices to protect and preserve our environment. Organizations, businesses, colleges, high schools, middle schools, and elementary schools, and individuals demonstrate sustainable concepts and technologies, and provide interactive educational displays, activities, and much more! EarthFest is one of the most successful and highly anticipated events of the year at Temple University Ambler. It is central to our core values of student-centered learning, respect for the environment, and community engagement. Thousands of students from all over the region come together and spend time learning about the world in which we live and the interconnected systems on which the lives of people and animals depend. There is perhaps no other environmental event in the region that accomplishes this much in a single day.

SUNDAY APRIL 19, 12NOON TO 4PM:
Jenkintown Borough's 1st Annual Greenfest, hosted by Green Jenkintown, with festivities from Noon to 4pm at the Jenkintown Town Square. The day's events include Green Cleaning Recipes, SEPTA Hybrid bus, composting and rain barrel displays, Bria Bush Nature Center table, and more! The Environmental Home Store will have a table and present the newest in green building materials for homeowners and contractors.

FRIDAY/SATURDAY/SUNDAY MARCH 20-22:
18TH annual Bucks Beautiful Garden and Home Show! Get ready for spring renovations, as The Environmental Home Store will be attending this Bucks County Chamber of Commerce Event. Environmentally friendly floors, paints, countertops, cabinetry and more will be on display. Visit www.bucksbeautiful.com for more information.

SATURDAY MARCH 28TH 9AM-5PM:
16th Annual Old House Fair, 31 West Coulter Street in the Germantown section of Philadelphia. For anyone who appreciates historic homes & architecture, this Fair must not be missed! 70 vendors, including The Environmental Home Store! The 2009 Old House Fair is a great opportunity for homeowners and aspiring homeowners to meet with exhibitors, attend the demonstrations and presentations, take advantage of the “Ask the Experts” consultations, and gather useful information at the Preservation Resource Center. Attendees will also receive a copy of the 2009 Old House Fair Program Book, featuring useful information and a listing of detailed information about each of the vendors. We are pleased to announce that attendees will also have the opportunity to consult with carpenter Jeff Devlin of HGTV’s Spice up My Kitchen who will be at the fair all day to discuss kitchen renovation, planning and project preparation . And if you are thinking about painting your house and feeling a bit overwhelmed about how to plan a fitting color scheme, help will be available through free 15-minute exterior paint color consultations with "The Color Doctor”, John Crosby Freeman, featured in the Old House Journal. In addition to all the great information and advice that will be available at the 2009 Old House Fair, the Preservation Alliance will present the 2009 Homeowner Awards to a select group of homeowners for their outstanding restoration and renovation projects. Visit www.preservationalliance.com for more information.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2009:
Eco-friendly painting seminar featuring Mythic Paint, at The Environmental Home Store's Doylestown location (320 North Broad Street, Doylestown, PA 18901), hosted by Doris Nieves and Daniel Duffin from NWD Design and Construction. Doris is a multi-faceted creative designer, with a wonderful understanding on how all elements of an environment contribute to the whole. She'll be presenting a detailed seminar on color and design. Daniel will present the more technical aspects of eco-friendly paints and what customers should look for if they want a truly non-toxic paint that is healthy and free of solvents. This seminar is free and open to the public, and begins at 12Noon.

DOYLESTOWN FIRST FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6!:
The Environmental Home Store will host Monte Award winning video, "We Are All Smith Islanders" for Doylestown's February's First Friday, Feb. 6 at 7 PM. A discussion on sustainable living and home energy saving strategies will follow. In spite of numerous news articles highlighting global climate change, not much has touched Doylestown and Bucks County. In the chill of winter we might be tempted to think a little global warming would be welcome. But if you think that global warming hasn't affected this region, think again. Less than 200 miles south of here, the residents of Smith Island Maryland are preparing to abandon the last of Maryland's thirteen inhabited islands in Chesapeake Bay. Sea level rise in the last century has already claimed ancestral homes on the other islands and appears to be on its way up Delaware Bay. This award-winning cautionary tale clearly shows the effects of global warming and sea level rise on the islands, shores, and inhabitants of the Chesapeake Bay region. With recent climate data from the Arctic Circle and Antarctica, we may be very close to sharing the fate of Smith Islanders, or becoming host to a growing wave of American environmental refugees. Well produced and impeccably documented, this short, and bittersweet video will change your perception of climate change and put a human face on news we'd rather not hear. This monthly series is produced and co-sponsored by the ECLA PA, the Post Carbon Institute Chapter in SE PA. The Award-Winning Environmental Home Store (Philadelphia Magazine's Best Green Resource, 2008) is located at 320 North Broad St. in Doylestown, less than a half mile south of the Broad St. exit of the Rt. 611 Doylestown bypass, and a modest walk from the center of town. For Information: 267.992.8020 or 215-844-4733. Seating is limited and admission is FREE. For information 267.992.8020 or 267-880-6791

January 2, 2009:
A new Doylestown First Friday environmental and sustainable living video-discussion series is coming to the award-winning Environmental Home Store, 320 North Broad Street in Doylestown at 7 PM on January 2nd. The feature video for January will be "The Next Industrial Revolution: The Birth of the Sustainable Economy " featuring international design pioneers: the visionary William McDonough (Cradle to Cradle) and Michael Braungart, and is narrated by Susan Sarandon.

Those who are seeking a fundamental solution to our unsustainable way of life will find the answer in this original documentary. McDonough's landmark Cradle to Cradle approach takes Janine Benyus' concept of Biomimicry (Innovation Inspired by Nature) to its practical epitome.

McDonough's approach is uncompromising in describing an ancient model for sustainable living in nature, as a part of natural systems, without playing God as envisioned by mere humans. "There are very few visionaries who are practical - Bill McDonough is one of the most profound environmental thinkers in the world", said William Clay Ford Jr., the Buddhist Executive Chairman of the Ford Motor Company.

McDonough brings us a very challenging prescription, and likely, the only one that will work if we hope to leave a reasonably habitable world to our children.

The series is created and co-sponsored by the Post Carbon Institute's ECLA PA. Post Carbon Relocalization chapters assist communities in dealing with the challenges and uncertainties posed by peak oil and global climate change. This popular series began in Hatboro last April. The program is also being shown on second Fridays in the Astronauts Auditorium in the historic Centrifuge Building in Warminster.

Admission is free. For program information call: 267.992.8020. The Doylestown Environmental Home Store can be reached at: 267-880-6791

Contact: Larry Menkes 267.992.8020 email soundsynergy@comcast.net

December 9th
Carol Cannon will speak about "Health and Harmony for the Holidays." Simple ways to ensure your holidays are healthy, more joyful and less stress! Learn how what you bring into your environment affects your health and well-being. Visit Carol's website at www.carolcannongroup.com for more information.

GreenBuilding The Best Investment We Can Make
Tuesday December 2, 7pm

Sam Klein is the Senior Technical Consultant for MaGrann Associates working in support of LEED for Homes, NAHB Green Building Guidelines, and the Keystone Green Building Initiative. He has over 10 years of experience in environmental and energy efficiency in residential construction. His program will include a comprehensive overview of the green building movement, a comparison of various standards, and information on the things we can do individually to propagate a greener tomorrow. Attendees should expect to learn the basics of green building and an understanding of how they can further their knowledge in the pursuit of a better future.

BCSBA
The Environmental Home Store and the Bucks County Sustainable Building Alliance invite you to preview the upcoming documentary City-21. Christopher Zelov, author of "Design Outlaws on the Ecological Frontier" and producer of the film "Ecological Design-Inventing the Future" brings us renewed perspective for the needs of our 21st Century cities, and the hopes of creating eco-cities world-wide. To be held at the Environmental Home Store, Broad Street in Doylestown, Wednesday, November 19th, from 7PM to 9PM, RSVP's can be sent to www.bcsba.org.

Philly Green Fest
For the 3rd year in a row, The Environmental Home Store attended the Philly Green Fest on Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008, 11am-6pm 2nd & South Streets, Philadelphia PA. This was regions first and largest green festival! We displayed a sampling of our eco-friendly products for you to see, touch, smell—or NOT smell due to the lack of toxic chemicals in our products! We celebrated the one year anniversary of our Mt. Airy store opening as well the opening of our new showroom in Doylestown, PA!

This year’s event theme was water. Challenge yourself to think about water quality, conservation and consumption. What’s your impact? What can change? Gray water systems, water-conserving appliances and refillable water bottles are just a few ideas. Did you know that it takes 5 liters of water to produce a 1 liter bottle of water? Think about it! Make a difference!www.greenfestphilly.org/

Philly Expos
We attended the Philadelphia Fall Home Show September 26-28 at the PA Convention Center located at 1101 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107, 215.418.4700. We showcased the newest products, offered viewers to speak with the top experts, ask the tough questions and get the answers they need to complete their projects quickly, easily and economically. www.phillyexpos.com/philly/index.html

PA Energy Festival
The Environmental Home Store had our knowledgeable staff on site at the PA Energy Festival this year Fri., Sat. & Sun. - Sept. 19, 20, & 21, 2008 at the Kempton Community Center, located at Community Center Dr. Kempton, PA 19529 (610) 756-6444<

The 4th annual Renewable Energy and Sustainable Living Festival was nationally recognized event with speakers from around the country giving lectures and workshops on energy, natural building, sustainable agriculture, land use, healthy living practices and environmentally & responsible building/renovation solutions. The Environmental Home Store presented a Saturday workshop and lecture on non-toxic paints and wall-finishes. We also had a booth with all of the newest and most innovated green building products. The Festival also working demonstrations of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies displays of products that help consumers save money, save energy, and protect the environment, and entertainment for children and families. www.paenergyfest.com/