Sustainability

Readers’ choices

Most environmentally conscious company

1. Patagonia
8550 White Fir St., 746-6878

2. Whole Foods
6139 S. Virginia St., 852-8023

3. Trader Joe’s
5035 S. McCarran Blvd., 826-1621; 3790 U.S. Highway 395S, Carson City, 267-2486

Best green store

1. Whole Foods
6139 S. Virginia St., 852-8023

2. Trader Joe’s
5035 S. McCarran Blvd., 826-1621

3. Patagonia
8550 White Fir St., 746-6878

3. Great Basin Community Food Coop
271 Wonder St., 324-6133

Best green product

1. Reusable grocery bags

2. Method products

2. Toyota Prius

Best green service

1. Waste Management
100 Vassar St., 329-8822

2. Independent Power Corporation
890 E. Patriot Blvd., 331-0228

2. Nevada Conservation Corps
Mailstop 99, UNR, 784-1192

2. Simple Clean-Janitorial
4950 Koenig Road, 324-6808

Best green non-profit group

1. Nevada EcoNet
1 Booth St., 323-3433

2. Great Basin Institute
Mailstop 99, UNR; 784-1192

3. Great Basin Community Food Coop
271 Wonder St., 324-6133

3. New2U Computers, Disability Resources, Inc.
155 Glendale Ave., No. 11, Sparks; 329-1126

3. Sierra Club
323-3162, www.nevada.sierraclub.org

Illustration by Ben Simonsen

Best green building

1. Patagonia
8550 White Fir St., 746-6878

2. Joe Crowley Student Union
UNR Campus; 784-6505

3. Cathexes
250 Bell St., No. 100; 329-3341

3. The Glenn Group
50 Washington St., 686-7777

Best green home

1. John Sagebiel’s “Big Thunder” home
Galena

2. Jack Hawkins duplex
on Cheney St.

2. Hamilton Homes, Pebble Creek solar homes
Spanish Springs

Best green leadership

1. Nevada EcoNet
1 Booth St., 323-3433

2. Envirolution
gamboa@envirolution.org

Best green event

1. Earth Day

2. Envirolution

3. Truckee River cleanup