Green Grocer Chicago is an intimate, neighborhood market that features organically grown, locally produced food products and specialty items.

Blue City Cycles work with other independently owned bike shops to discuss how to best arrange bike lanes and make the city a more bike-friendly area. They are currently retrofitting their current store with more energy conscious upgrades. They also offer classes that teach bike safety and maintenance to members of the community.

Beyond just organic and fair-trade products, Bridgeport Coffee Company offers a direct relationship with many growers. They work to ensure the shortest route to the globally produced beans.

The goal of The Chicago Sustainable Manufacturing Center (CSMC) is to provide an applicable model to the manufacturing sector for ecologically responsible and sustainable urban industrial development. This project is a partnership between Client and Architectural Firm who both envision a sustainable world. The building itself is a model of sustainability.

The Wild Blossom Meadery and Winery makes organic mead and wines produced from local honey and berries. The owner, Greg Fischerm, tends to over 80 bee hives that are located throughout the city. He also takes his bees to berry farms outside the state where he uses them for pollination and in exchange recieves a portion of the resulting berry harvest.

The south side’s largest purveyor of fair trade goods from around the globe.
All goods sold at the Blossom Boys are either constructed from sustainable or recycled materials.