consumer products
Rawganique [posted on April 8, 2006]
Featuring products made from certified organic hemp fiber and organic cotton, Rawganique's products include candles, apparel for men, women & kids and accessories for bed & bath. In May of 2006, Rawganique.com will open a small boutique health food store full of organic products: organic produce, organic cotton, linen, & hemp clothing, bed, & bath products, organic groceries, organic juice, smoothie, soup, and wrap bar near their headquarters on Denman Island, BC. [Rawganique]
OnSustain.com [posted on April 8, 2006]
Onsustain.com is a platform that markets sustainable design and designers. In this virtual space, you will find a showroom filled with design products that are both creative and sustainable, and interviews with designers. Carefully-selected products that represent the best in creative sustainable design are featured in the store, and readers can gain insight into thoughts of the founders and braintrust in their blog. [Onsustain.com]
NativeEnergy: Helping You Fight Climate Change [posted on April 8, 2006]
One of the most complete climate-neutralizing services available, NativeEnergy will help you offset your carbon emissions for nearly anything you do, from travel to cars to home to business and even gifts. They help you help build Native American, farmer-owned, and charitable purpose renewable energy projects that create social, economic, and environmental benefits for everyone. [NativeEnergy]
method: people against dirty [posted on April 8, 2006]
method specializes in biodegradable, non-toxic, non-hazardous and cruelty-free cleaning products. They don't look like typical cleaning products, so they can be left on the kitchen counter or bathroom sink and are never far out of reach. They don't smell like typical cleaning products, so after using method, your house has a bouquet of French lavender or rosemary mint, rather than olfactory-harming ammonia or bleach. You want it clean? method's products has you covered [method]
MetaEfficient: The Most Efficient Things in the World [posted on April 8, 2006]
MetaEfficient is a guide to the most efficient things on the planet, with a bevy of products and ideas for simplifying and optimizing specific areas of your life. Featuring techniques and products that are more effective, better performing, and more durable, energy, resource and product efficiency all have a home on MetaEfficient in categories from accessories to wood burning. [MetaEfficient]
Green for Good [posted on April 4, 2006]
With a range of organic and sustainable products for people, pets, office, outdoors, mind & body, Green for Good strives to be a responsible retailer who impacts the planet as lightly as possible. To this end, their policy policy of returning 1 percent of net sales and at least 10 percent of profits to sustainable causes, including 1% For The Planet, Trees for Life, Go Green Initiative and others. [Green for Good]
GreenHome: Online Environmental Superstore [posted on April 3, 2006]
One of the most complete sustainable online retailers out there, Green Home offers a myriad of products for sustainable home living. Categories from apparel, furniture and kids to kitchen, pets and yard & garden insure that you can green just about any room in your house (and most things outside your house, too). The official store for the World Environment Day Expo is also a good clearinghouse for advice and information on greening your home, business, or event. [Green Home]
OTSU [posted on April 2, 2006]
With a storefront and online shop based in San Francisco, OTSU opened in 2002 with the intention of providing sweatshop-free and vegan goods. They're dedicated to supporting a small-scale, d.i.y. economy; some of the things you'll find at OTSU are one-of-a-kind accessories, handmade mini-comics, cute vegan bags, exclusive OTSU artist t-shirts, Little Otsu print products, a large selection of vegan cookbooks, as well as some sweatshop-free vegan shoes and belts. [OTSU]
Hemptech [posted on April 2, 2006]
You'll see that hemp is really for everyone when you visit Hemptech's list of products. Fashion, food, gardening, sports; there isn't much that this uber-plant isn't good for, and since it grows well without fertilizer or pesticide, it's a healthy and sustainable alternative to many other textiles. [Hemptech]
Fresh Unlimited: A Fresh New Twist in the Art of Giving & Living [posted on April 2, 2006]
Offering consumers a selection of gourmet food and giftware items that are not only among the best the world has to offer, Fresh Unlimited's goods are also made in a way that is considerate of the environment and the well-being of artisans and growers. They believe that indulging in luxury does not have to come at a cost to our health, environment or to the socio-economic welfare of artisans in underdeveloped countries; their spa, baby, chocolate, celebration and seasonal items reflect the responsible luxury. [Fresh Unlimited]
IdealsWork [posted on April 1, 2006]
IdealsWork helps you find out if the brands you buy pollute the environment, use sweatshop labor, harm animals, support oppressive governments, or engage in other undesirable behaviors. They help you compare the social and environmental records of companies, from appliances and home to computers and electronics to health & beauty to sports & recreation. By giving you information about what companies do, they'll make it easy for you to do something about it. [IdealsWork]
EcoMall: A Place to Help Save the Earth [posted on April 1, 2006]
One of the oldest and largest eco-retail sites out there, EcoMall has thousands of products from air purification through wind power. If you've ever dreamed of owning almost anything with a green twist, chances are EcoMall's got it for you; their "Green Living Magazine" also has tips, forums and articles to help you better green your path. [EcoMall]
Ekobo [posted on March 24, 2006]
designed to provide the consumer with reasonably-priced, high-quality products, Ekobo's products help protect the environment and contribute to improving the living standards of local craftsmen. Unique & beautiful, their line of products for the kitchen recently expanded to include bamboo flooring. [Ekobo]
DownBound: Vegan, Vegetarian, Environmental Online Boutique [posted on March 24, 2006]
Running the gamut from vegan dog & cat food to sweatshop-free, organic hemp clothing and sweatshop-free, organic hemp shoes and other similarly responsible products, Downbound stands firmly in favor of alternatives to abusive sweatshop conditions, animal exploitation, and environmentally unsustainable practices. As such, all of their products are fair labor, vegan, organic, and as environmentally friendly as possible. [DownBound]
Composters.com: Composting for Every Living Situation [posted on March 24, 2006]
From compost bins, compost rollers and compost accessories to vermiculture (worm compost) to green mowers, garden accessories and lawn care to season extenders, recycling systems, eco-friendly outdoor furniture and more Composters.com has just about everything for the sustainably-minded composter and gardener. By making the recycling of organic materials easy, affordable, educational, and fun, Composters.com hopes to make composting as commonplace and fulfilling as nurturing a backyard garden. [Composters.com]
