{"id":2240,"date":"2006-09-10T17:50:00","date_gmt":"2006-09-10T17:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sustainablog.greenoptions.com\/2006\/09\/10\/the-blue-sky-guide-green-lifestyles-for-the-twin-cities\/"},"modified":"2006-09-10T17:50:00","modified_gmt":"2006-09-10T17:50:00","slug":"the-blue-sky-guide-green-lifestyles-for-the-twin-cities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/the-blue-sky-guide-green-lifestyles-for-the-twin-cities\/","title":{"rendered":"The Blue Sky Guide: Green Lifestyles for the Twin Cities"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a> …a one-of-a-kind resource — a coupon book, a directory, a source of ideas and inspiration. It’\u0092s your guide to living well and having fun in the Twin Cities. With 300+ valuable discounts for organic food and dining, local arts and culture, green home and gardening, travel and recreation and more, Blue Sky Guide<\/i> users save hundreds of dollars while exploring our community and supporting local, sustainable businesses.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n After thumbing through my copy, I see it’s everything they claim: fifty pages of resources, tips and “Blue Sky stories” from readers, and 324 coupons from local businesses. The guide costs $20, and Celilo has a fundraising program for non-profits that would like to sell the guide. They also publish a similar guide, the Chinook Book<\/a>, in Portland and Seattle.<\/p>\n This is a great resource — after spending a little time in the directory publishing game<\/a>, I know that these kinds of publications get a lot of use (and are an advertising bargain). Thanks to the folks at Blue Sky for passing one along…<\/p>\n Categories: directory<\/a>, coupons<\/a>, greenbusiness<\/a>, blueskyguide<\/a>, chinookbook<\/a>, sustainableindustriesjournal<\/a>, twincities<\/a>, minneapolis<\/a>, stpaul<\/a>, minnesota<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I could’ve sworn I did a post on New York’s Green Apple Guide (which appears to have changed names and focus) a couple of years ago, but Blogger’s search tool [ … ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
I could’ve sworn I did a post on New York’s Green Apple Guide<\/a> (which appears to have changed names and focus<\/a>) a couple of years ago, but Blogger’s search tool doesn’t go back that far. Anywho, I bring that up as a lead-in to another green directory\/ guidebook\/ savings source I received recently in the mail, the Blue Sky Guide<\/a>. According to publisher the Celilo Group<\/a> (which also publishes the Sustainable Industries Journal<\/a>), the Blue Sky Guide is:<\/p>\n