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SUSTAINABLE LIVING
Useful Links and Lots of Information
NEW: Oklahoma Green Business Alliance has just been established. Official launch of the group is scheduled for February 2009. Check out information on group's website: www.okgreen.org
Sustainable living is a life style, full of choices in favor of quality of life, quality of food, socially responsible purchasing, and much more. Many still may think that Sustainable Living is a sacrifice, or abnormally limited life invented by some "tree-huggers", or it is unreasonably expensive. Many sustainable choices come to be just a substitute for bad habits. Sustainable living in many ways requires higher standard of living, better quality of life, and thus, helps people be happier.
And what about costs? Eating well is a sort of investment into your health, like a preventive treatment, like gym membership, or a diet kit.
In short, learn more, much more before you decide to disregard sustainable living. You can take gradual steps towards becoming more sustainable. Here are some resources you might find helpful:
ORGANIC AND NATURAL FOOD STORES
Some of the local stores where you can buy not only organic and natural foods, but also some green cleaning products. Please support your local stores, and if they do not carry some product, give them suggestions. As they grow, hopefully we will have more choices and better prices.
Oklahoma City
THE EARTH NATURAL FOODS
309 South Flood
Norman, OK 73069
Map This Address
Tel: (405) 364-3551 |
DODSON'S NUTRITION FOOD CENTER
1305 36th Ave. NW
Norman, OK 73072
Map This Address
Tel: (405) 329-4613 |
HEALTH FOOD CENTER
2219 SW 74th St.
Oklahoma City, OK 73159
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NATIVE ROOTS MARKET
132 West Main Street
Norman, OK 73069 (SE Corner of Downtown Main and Santa Fe)
Map This Address
Tel: (405) 310-6300 |
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AKIN'S NATURAL FOODS (Mayfair Shopping Center)
NW 63rd & N May,
Oklahoma City, OK
Tel: (405) 843-3033 |
AKIN'S NATURAL FOODS (Quail Springs Market)
72370 W. Memorial Rd,
Oklahoma City, OK
Tel: (405) 418-4305 |
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Tulsa
AKIN'S NATURAL FOODS (TULSA)
3321 E. 31st Street
Tulsa, OK 74135
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Tel: (918) 742-6630 |
AKIN'S NATURAL FOODS (51ST STREET)
7807 E. 51st Street
Tulsa, OK 74145
Map This Address
Tel: (918) 663-4137 |
WILD OATS (TULSA)
1401 E. 41st Street
Tulsa, OK 74105
Map This Address
Tel: (918) 712-7555 |
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LOCAL FARM MARKETS
Buying from local farms cuts the energy spent for transporting and storage of goods. You also support local farmers, our communities, and the State of Oklahoma overall. And, don't forget, you will be buying fresh produce, not something that traveled in trucks for weeks and months!
Oklahoma City Farmers Public Market
311 S Klein Ave
Oklahoma City, OK 73108-1431 Map This Address
Phone: (405) 232-6506
Fax: (405) 218-2362
Hours of Operation
Tue - Sat 10am-5pm; Sun 12pm- 5pm
If you have any suggestions on any store location, which supports the ideas of sustainability, let me know. I will post info on this page.
Some basic understandings of ingredients of sustainability:
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whole and organic foods;
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local foods (i.e. not requiring extensive shipping);
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grown in environmentally and socially responsive ways;
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stores selling recycled and reusable products;
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stores selling energy efficiency and renewable energy products
Contact me at timourau@hotmail.com, or call (405) 229-9165 for more info.
Temur
Disclaimer: The above links are given as an information source only. We cannot guarantee quality of information, or your results from applying advice and tips from those resources. Please do your own research and consult professionals.
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