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Saving While Buying Green
Reducing your environmental footprint is a multi-layered process. Purchasing from environmentally friendly vendors, or "buying green" is an important part of being eco-conscious. Buying recycled and re-purposed products, products made of renewable resources, non-toxic products, as well as buying online are all ways to help reduce global warming, pollution and excess.
We pride ourselves on providing independently researched tips, strategies and vendors that will help you save money while saving the planet. Click here for a local green products store near you. And read our eco-friendly cost conscious product reviews below, from real people like you.
We personally have reviewed and recommend the following vendors:
Sturdy, hand-made wooden toys. Non-toxic, lead free, made in the USA. Very affordable.
Affordable writing and editing services, plus basic websites. Environmentally conscious practices.
1.8 million used books plus 500,000 new titles. All sold to fund literacy. Free US shipping
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ARIZONA
Flagstaff
Architectural & Environmental Associates
Scottsdale
a.k.a. Green
EcoClean
Tucson
Originate
CALIFORNIA
Atascadero
Green Goods
Berkeley
Ecohome Improvement
Culver City
Livingreen: Los Angeles
Garberville
Organic Grace
Grass Valley
Sons Development
Los Angeles
Green Building Products
Sacramento
Green Sacramento
San Anselmo
Green Fusion Design Center
San Carlos
Eco Design Resources
Santa Barbara
Livingreen: Santa Barbara
Santa Cruz
Eco Design Resources
Green Space
Santa Rosa
Natural Home Design Center
Redwood City
Green Building Exchange
COLORADO
Boulder
Eco-Products
Planetary Solutions
Breckenridge
Eco-Products
Carbondale
Building for Health
Durango
Eco Home Center
Eagle
L2 Innovations
Telluride
EcoSpaces
FLORIDA
Miami
AlternaBuild
Sarasota
Sarasota Green Marketplace
Eco-Smart & Florida House Learning Center
IDAHO
Boise
Green Foundations Building Center
McCall
Terra Building Supply
Moscow
The Natural Abode
ILLINOIS
Chicago
Greenmaker Supply
Evanston
Healthy Green Goods
IOWA
Fairfield
Green Building Supply
MAINE
Portland
Maine Green Building Supply
MARYLAND
Kensington
Amicus Green Building Center
MASSACHUSETTS
Boston
Nexus Green Building
Holliston
Pure Home Center
MINNESOTA
Minneapolis
Natural Built Home
MISSOURI
Kansas City
Elements of Green
Straw, Sticks & Bricks
MONTANA
Bozeman
Refuge Sustainable Building Center
Missoula
Burley’s Green Goods Mercantile
(406) 541-6110
NEBRASKA
Lincoln
Straw, Sticks & Bricks
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Concord
Your Home Your World
NEW MEXICO
Silver City
Material Good
NEW YORK
Brooklyn
Bettencourt Green Building Supply
Green Depot
NORTH CAROLINA
Asheville
Shelter Ecology
OREGON
Bend
Environmental Building Supplies
OREGON, cont.
Corvallis
Your Green Home
Phoenix
Phoenix Organics
Portland
Environmental Building Supplies
PENNSYLVANIA
Lansdale
Environmental Home Store
Pittsburgh
Artemis Environmental Building Materials
Philadelphia
Greenable
TEXAS
Austin
Eco-Wise
Dallas
Green Living
UTAH
Salt Lake City
The Green Building Center
VERMONT
Rutland
Green Things
Saint Johnsbury
Green Mountain Organics
VIRGINIA
Charlottesville
Nature Neutral
Norfolk
Organic Comfort Zone
Richmond
Eco Supply Center
WASHINGTON
Seattle
Environmental Home Center
Spokane
Eco Depot
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Eco-Green Living
WISCONSIN
Milwaukee
Future Green
Waukesha
Safe Building Solutions
WYOMING
Jackson
Living Green
(307) 733-2152
CANADA
Vancouver, British Columbia
GreenWorks Building Supply
386 W. 8th Ave.
(604) 685-3611
Ottowa, Ontario
The Healthiest Home
135 Holland Ave.
(613) 715-9014
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Go Chemical Free!
For too long, we've been wearing rose-colored glasses when it comes to our health and well-being. We've been trusting industry to bring products to market that won't do us harm. Well no more. It's time to exchange those rose glasses for green-colored glasses.
At the same time that the industrial revolution (i.e., machines doing a lot of the work people used to do) has provided a more comfortable life, it has introduced somewhere around oh... 70,000 new chemicals into our lives. These chemicals are accompanied by increases in diseases like asthma, cancer and ADHD (not to mention obesity).
From cleaning products to finishes on wood, carpet and vinyl, we are overloaded with chemicals that can cause severe reactions in children, whose immune systems are less developed, and who absorb more pollutants per pound of body weight than adults.
Most plastics are made from petroleum, combined with various chemicals. Poly vinyl chloride (PVC) is quite toxic – just take one whiff of a brand new piece of the stuff. That “new smell” of a car, building, or even a plastic toy is a warning sign that toxic ‘volatile organic com-pounds’ are filling up your lungs and those of your family.
What to do: Use natural cleaning products that contain no harsh chemicals and give the added bonus of being un-huffable.
You can make them at home or there are several lines of natural cleansers available, including Eco- discoveries, Seventh Gen-eration, Mrs. Meyers,
Even some national brands are now developing eco-friendly lines, but I prefer to do business with manufacturers devoted to green products.
When building or re-modeling a home or office, ask for environmentally friendly building materials.
When you shop for toys, clothing, dishware, greeting cards, etc., look for items made of organic cotton, glass, and other natural and recycled materials.
Take your own cloth bags on all your shopping trips.
It may not seem like much, but these small changes will make a difference!
