“Green Shopping” is a bit of an oxymoron.  I mean, one of the fundamentals of going green is to reduce consumption, right?  So what’s a green retailer to do on…
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Chopsticks are regular table settings for a billion-plus people; and they have been used in China for more than three thousand years. But little things add up: Why use chopsticks once and toss them away? Reusable chopsticks make wonderful gifts, and, most important, they help spare the forest habitat of free-living animals.

Putting off that back to school shopping?  In denial that the summer is coming to an end? Here are some great eco friendly kids’ products that can help you and your kids get excited for the new school year.

Veganism proclaims the all-around superiority of a plant and whole foods based diet.  That message is good, but perhaps we need to push it even further:  a diet of fruits and vegetables that reach our table through community or backyard farms in all their diminutive or plentiful inconvenience.

When you put on that necklace, what goes through your mind? How does this make me look? Is this the right fit? What about, how does the purchase of this affect people’s lives around the world? Buying Fair Trade jewelry ensures that the people are being paid adequate wages

Riding a bike is addictive. It’s healthy. And provided you do it safely, it’s a great way to commute to and from work, and even to do your grocery shopping without having to worry about dropping a month’s worth of your hard-earned cash on pumping gas into your hungry, hungry hippo of a car.

All our products below carry third party certifications, equivalent eco labels or are made from upcycled and recycled material. So, let’s start there – with some of the great upcycled and recycled products we’ve found.

If you’re unfamiliar with upcycling, the process takes used materials and creates new items of equal or greater value. The opposite of downcycling, which produces lesser quality items, upcycling can be as simple as creating higher quality items from trash and used goods. With all of those plastic bottles laying around, new products are just waiting to be created. With a little ingenuity, the possibilities are endless.

Abundance is grand and is celebrated as a symbol of all that is good about industrialized western society: free will, individual expression and of course, the freedom to choose! The more money we accumulate, the wider our spectrum of consumption choices and the greater the possibilities to live life to the fullest…or so it may seem.