Intoxicating Designs specializes in Sustainable Residential and Commercial Interiors Products and Design.  Working to create efficient, healthy, eco-conscious environments for live, work and play.

Eco-conscious design offers the benefits of lower bills, less waste, fewer allergy and chemical related illnesses, and an opportunity to rethink the way we live and the impact we have on the planet.  Green building practices and products are not just a passing trend. Most green building and interiors products score better in quality and performance when compared to their less friendly counterparts without sacrificing aesthetics.  Technology, science, and modern day "treehuggers" have developed green products that meet the needs of today's modern and traditional design.

PRODUCTS:  (see products page)
The products offered provide an alternative to their less-friendly counterparts without sacrificing style and aesthetics and they must have at least one of the following qualities:  recycled content, easily recycled, biodegradable, non-toxic, non-polluting, environmentally conscious manufacturing process, waste reduction, fair trade, organic (free of harmful chemicals), low-VOC, durable and low maintenance, reclaimed, reused, local. 

PROFESSIONAL INSTALLATION AVAILABLE.

SERVICES:
Intoxicating Designs offers Interior Design services with a conscious.  Providing resources, suggestions for living and products help to make your living space safe for your health and the planet. 

Intoxicating Designs offers the following services:
Residential Interior Design
Commercial Interior Design
Custom Furniture Design
Green Design Consulting
Healthy Indoor Air Quality Consulting
Products that qualify for LEED points and contribute to LEED certification

Eco-conscious design encourages products that are durable, environmentally friendly, healthy, and beautiful while taking into account the energy and resources used in the manufacturing, maintenance and use of the products, and the re-use and disposal of all materials.

SIDE NOTE:
Even if you do not believe in climate change or global warming, there is nothing to lose and everything to gain from treating the earth better.  It will only benefit yourself and those around you.  You can feel good about improving air quality, saving water, conserving energy, reducing waste, and helping the local economy.   Plus, all of these things will save you money!
Quotes to ponder
"We live in a moment of history where change is so speeded up that we begin to see the present only when it is already disappearing."
-R. D. Laing, The Politics of Experience

"It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory."
-W. Edwards Deming

"You must be the change you wish to see in the world."
-Mahatma Gandhi

"I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority."
-E.B. (Elwyn Brooks) White, Essays of E.B. White, 1977

"If there is any responsibility in the cycle of life it must be that one generation owes to the next that strength by which it can come to face ultimate concerns in its own way. "
-Erik H. Erickson

"I am only one,
But still I am one.
I cannot do everything,
But still I can do something;
And because I cannot do everything
I will not refuse to do the something that I can do."
-Edward Everett Hale, Lend a Hand

"You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today."
-Abraham Lincoln

“If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.” —Henry David Thoreau
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To set up an appointment contact Angie Allen at 316.650.0707 or info@intoxicatingdesigns.com

Local Resources:

Wichita Initiative to Renew the Environmenthttp://wichita.kumc.edu/care/aboutus.html
WIRE is a grassroots initiative designed to investigate environmental concerns in Wichita by providing opportunities for citizens,
neighborhood groups, community leaders, businesses, and government groups to voice their environmental concerns and work
toward improving our local environment.

Earth Spirit Kansaswww.earthspiritkansas.com
- Earth Spirit Kansas is a support network of citizen activists working to bring about sustainability in Kansas, and to raise public
  awareness of critical conditions in our natural environment.

Clem Design      http://www.clemdesign.com/
- Custom home design specializing in green design and energy efficient homes.
- Green Building – We emphasize green building (energy and material conservation) in all our projects. Designing our homes for higher
  energy efficiency helps to conserve our energy resources for tomorrow as well as reduce our individual pollution contribution and your
  energy bills today.
- Solar Ready – We make all of our designs “Solar Ready” by specifying conduit and/or piping at specific locations in the initial
  construction, making the addition of a solar energy system much easier in the future.

Wichita Renewable Energy Grouphttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/wichita_renewable_energy/
- Interested in discussing renewable energy sources, sustainable living, and having a minimal impact on the environment. This is
  the group for you. Based in Wichita, Kansas.

Sierra Club - Kansas Chapterhttp://kansas.sierraclub.org/
- The Kansas Chapter has taken the responsibility for the protection of our Kansas environment. 
      Our mission is simple...
Explore, enjoy, and protect the wild places of the earth.
Practice and promote the responsible use of the earth’s ecosystems and resources.
Educate and enlist humanity to protect and restore the quality of the natural and human environment.
Use all lawful means to carry out these objectives.

Cartridge Worldwww.cartridgeworldusa.com
- Cartridge World is providing consumers and businesses with an alternative to reduce the impact of millions of cartridges that are thrown
  away and that end up in landfills each year.

American Lung Association     http://breathehealthy.org/index.php



National Resources:

United States Green Building Councilhttp://www.usgbc.org/
-Non-profit community of leaders working to make green buildings available to everyone within a generation.

Co-op Americahttp://www.coopamerica.org/
- Economic action for a just planet

Architecture2030http://www.architecture2030.com/
- Architecture 2030, a non-profit, non-partisan and independent organization, was established in response to the global-warming crisis.          2030’s mission is to rapidly transform the US and global Building Sector from the major contributor of greenhouse gas emissions to a  central part of the solution to the global-warming crisis.
- Goal: to achieve a dramatic reduction in the global-warming-causing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of the Building Sector by  changing the way buildings and developments are planned, designed and constructed.

Union of Concerned Scientistshttp://ucsusa.org/
- The Union of Concerned Scientists is the leading science-based nonprofit working for a healthy environment and a safer world. UCS          combines independent scientific research and citizen action to develop innovative, practical solutions and to secure responsible                 changes in government policy, corporate practices, and consumer choices.


Greenguard Environmental Institutehttp://www.greenguard.org/
- The GREENGUARD Environmental Institute (GEI) is an industry-independent, non-profit organization that oversees the GREENGUARD              Certification Program.  As an ANSI Authorized Standards Developer, GEI establishes acceptable indoor air standards for indoor  products, environments, and buildings. GEI’s mission is to improve public health and quality of life through programs that improve indoor air. A GEI Advisory Board consisting of independent volunteers, who are renowned experts in the areas of indoor air quality, public and environmental health, building design and construction, and public policy, provides guidance and leadership to GEI.

Feature Article:  "The Risk of Poor Indoor Air Quality"



DIY Projects

Compost in 14 -21 days & How to make a Tumbler Bin Composter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqfmJKby234&eurl=http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/09/diy-compost-tumbler.php
TAKE ACTION!
EDUCATE!
CLIMATE TIME MACHINE
SAFER CHEMICALS VIDEO
COSMETIC SAFETY DATABASE
GUIDE TO SAFE TAP WATER