Marketplace

As part of our services to readers, Marketplace is a resource for local green businesses and services. These are businesses who advertise regularly in Greenability.

Architects/Builders

  • Bennett Home Improvement & Building

    708 NW R.D. Mize Rd.
    Blue Springs, MO 64015
    Phone: 816-229-4711
    www.homeimprovementandbuilding.com

    Bennett Home Improvement installs green" technologies that will enhance your home's value while saving you money and protecting our environment."""

Education

  • Johnson County Community College

    12345 College Blvd.
    Overland Park, KS 66210
    Phone: 913-469-8500
    www.jccc.edu/sustainability

  • Mid-America Regional Council

    600 Broadway, Suite 200
    Kansas City, MO
    Phone: 816-474-4240
    www.marc.org

    Mid-America Regional Council works with municipalities throughout the region on air and water quality, recycling and other green initiatives.

Energy Efficiency

  • cfm Distributors, Inc

    1104 Union Ave
    Kansas City, MO
    Phone: 816-842-5400
    www.cfmdistributors.com

    Cfm Distributors is the Midwest employee-owned provider of sustainable heating, cooling, and refrigeration solutions for home, office and industry.

  • EnergyWorks KC

    Phone: 816-531-7283
    www.EnergyWorksKC.org

    EnergyWorks KC provides resources to help you make smart, easy, energy-efficiency improvements to your home or business to save energy and enhance comfort.

  • FreeEnergy

    Phone: 816-461-8877
    www.FreeEnergyCorp.com

    Residential & commercial energy audits, spray-foam insulation, air sealing, efficient HVAC & duct system design, geothermal GSHP, solar PV power, solar thermal.

  • GeoEnergy Source Systems

    Noland Road & Walnut
    Independence, MO
    Phone: 816-777-1223
    www.geoenergys.com

    GeoThermal done right! For more than 20 years, the only totally integrated geothermal company in Kansas City. Recent projects at www.geoenergys.com.

  • Heartland Utilities for Energy Efficiency (HUEE)

    Contact: Mary Kay Villegas-Alitz
    www.HUEE.org

    HUEE educates the public on energy efficiency through a partnership with Atmos Energy, Independence Power & Light, Kansas City Board of Public Utilities, Kansas Gas Service, Platte-Clay Electric Cooperative and the Metropolitan Energy Center.

  • Metropolitan Energy Center

    3810 Paseo
    Kansas City, MO
    Phone: 816-531-7283
    Contact: Bob Housh
    www.kcenergy.org

    The mission of the Metropolitan Energy Center is to help create resource efficiency, environmental health and economic vitality in the Kansas City region.

  • Missouri Gas Energy

    www.missourigasenergy.com

    Missouri Gas Energy offers an energy efficiency rebate for customers who purchase a qualifying energy efficient tankless natural gas water heating system.

  • Small Step Energy Solutions

    Shawnee, KS
    Phone: 913-708-8004
    Contact: Mary English
    www.smallstepenergy.com

    Small Step Energy Solutions specializes in home energy auditing and green energy building consultations for both new and existing homes.

  • The Hayes Company

    Kansas City, MO
    Phone: 816-861-8700
    Contact: Mike OConnell or Tim Hayes
    www.thehayesco.com

    The Hayes Co. provides home energy audits, insulation installation, air and duct sealing and home performance testing.

Financial Services

  • First Affirmative Financial Network

    Phone: 913-432-4958
    Contact: Jim Horlacher
    www.firstaffirmative.com

    First Affirmative Financial Network is a management service for investors interested in socially and environmentally responsible funds.

  • UMB Financial Corporation

    1010 Grand Blvd.
    Kansas City, MO
    Phone: 816-860-7000
    www.umb.com

    UMB offers complete banking, asset management, health spending solutions and related financial services to personal, commercial and institutional customers nationwide.

Greeting Cards

  • Posty Cards

    1600 Olive St.
    Kansas City , MO
    Phone: 816-231-2323
    Contact: Janet Coats
    www.postycards.com

    Featuring Sustainable Sentiments, locally grown, green greeting cards. Build client and employee relationships with environmentally inspired cards for birthdays, holidays and other occasions.

Home Improvement

  • Habitat Restore

    4701 Deramus
    Kansas City, MO
    Phone: 816-231-6889
    Contact: Don Reck
    www.restorekc.org

    Habitat ReStore collects quality, new and used building materials and sells them to the public at a discount. All proceeds benefit the Habitat for Humanity home building programs.

Lawn & Garden

  • Eco Fertilization and Lubrication

    Phone: 913-593-5797
    Contact: Tom Gorby
    www.ecoflkc.com

    Eco Fertilization and Lubrication is an independent distributor of Aggrand natural and organic liquid fertilizers for use by homeowners, agriculture, and landscape professionals.

  • Missouri Organic

    7700 E. 40 Hwy.
    Kansas City, MO 64129
    Phone: 816-483-0908
    www.missouriorganic.com

    Missouri Organic provides a customer drop-off location for green waste, and produces all-natural, Nature Wise Compost that is weed-seed free.

Moving Services

  • Vic’s Moving and Storage

    113 E 13th St.
    Kansas City, MO
    vicsmoving.com

    Kansas City’s favorite local mover since 1991 now offers a 100-percent “green” move with zero-carbon emissions with bicycles.

Organic & Local Food

  • Conveniently Natural

    3711 Southwest Trafficway
    Kansas City, MO 64111
    Phone: 913-475-8004
    Contact: Kim Gordon
    www.convenientlynatural.com

    Conveniently Natural is Kansas City's premier organic and vegan meal delivery service — offering a convenient and affordable way to eat healthy.

  • Good Natured Family Farms

    Contact: Diana Endicott
    www.goodnatured.net

    Good Natured Family Farms is an alliance of more than 100 family farms that raise animals humanely and care for the earth in a sustainable way. Their foods are available in Hen House Markets, Balls Price Chopper Supermarkets and the Community Mercantile in Lawrence.

Photography

  • Blixt Photography

    210 W. 5th St., Suite 102
    Kansas City, MO
    Phone: 816-442-7389
    Contact: Chad Hickman or Ryan Hill
    www.blixtphoto.com

    Blixt Photography is the boutique-style studio of Chad Hickman and Ryan hill, specializing in editorial, wedding and portrait photography.

  • Mutrux Photography

    5217 England
    Merriam, KS 66203
    Phone: 913-722-4343
    Contact: John Mutrux
    www.mutrux.com

    Mutrux Photography specializes in advertising, portrait, architecture, industrial, food and fine art photography.

  • Versluis Photography

    5307 W. 151st St.
    Leawood, KS
    Phone: 913-897-1400
    Contact: Paul Versluis
    www.versluisphoto.com

    Versluis Photography offers wedding, portrait and graduation photography.

Reclaimed Materials

  • Beaver Timber Inc.

    3133 Merriam Lane
    Kansas City, KS
    Phone: 913-831-2518
    beaver-timber.com

    Beaver Timber provides reclaimed, recycled, restored and salvaged wood building materials for architects, builders, contractors, designers and homeowners.

Recycling

  • Deffenbaugh Industries

    2601 Midwest Drive
    Kansas City, KS
    Phone: 913-631-3300
    www.deffenbaughinc.com

    Deffenbaugh is Kansas City's hometown hauler for more than 50 years and the first to launch weekly residential and business recycling.

  • The Surplus Exchange

    518 Santa Fe
    Kansas City, MO 64105
    Phone: 816-472-0444
    Contact: Bob Akers
    www.surplusexchange.org

    The Surplus Exchange recycles electronics responsibly, locally and offers pick up from Kansas City metro commercial locations.

Renewable Energy

  • Brightergy

    1617 Main Street, 3rd Floor
    Kansas City, MO 64108
    Phone: 816-866-0555
    Contact: Susan Brown
    www.brightergy.com

    Brightergy, one of the nation’s fastest-growing full-service solar development and finance firms, offers turn-key solar design, installation, monitoring and in-house financing services.

  • FreeEnergy

    Kansas City, MO
    Phone: 816-461-8877
    Contact: info@FreeEnergyCorp
    www.FreeEnergyCorp.com

    FreeEnergy is a full-service sustainability company, specializing in design and installation of solar PV, solar thermal hot water and geothermal GSHP.

  • Larsen & Associates, Inc.

    Phone: 785-841-8707
    Contact: Jessica Pryor
    www.larsenenvironmental.com

    Larsen & Associates provides geothermal installationrnservices including loop installation, line purging and charging,rnpressure grouting, thermal fusion and drilling.

Workshops & Retreats

  • Arborview Stables

    50 SW 1971st Rd.
    Kingsville, MO
    Phone: 816-699-5115
    arborviewstables.com

    Promoting individual growth through non-mounted activities with horses and interaction with nature. Offering workshops, counseling, retreats and team-building events.