We bring together the best info, resources and reviews on green living as well as a huge selection and top deals on eco-friendly and fair trade products to buy online.
Next Green Car Super useful site that will put you as a green consumer in the driving seat. Comprehensive reviews of all the eco car options out there with an easy-to-understand comparison chart which allows you to weigh up the relative merits of each car according to its WGC Rating, its CO2, its MPG and Fuel Cost. The site has a toggle which will switch between UK- or US-centric information.
Haute Nature: Furniture This regularly updated news eco design news blog is a great resource for anyone who wants their eco furniture to be seriously stylish as well as good for the environment.
The Daily Green offers lots of tips on green living and offers its readers the possibility of supplying their own reviews of green products. It's primarily aimed at a female readership but contains advice relevant to anyone who's keen on going green. One particurlarly interesting article has for its title “Everything You Know About Going Green Is Wrong”
TreeHugger: How to Go Green Guides Treehugger is quickly establishing itself as THE reference for eco-consumer reviews and advice. Along with their sister site Planet Green, they offer a wealth of invaluable resources for green living.
Planet Green: How to Go Green Guides Like its sister site Treehugger, Planet Green is a priceless reference for eco-consumer reviews and advice. News, articles, reviews, videos, quizzes, it's got it all!
Daily Eco Tips: Natural Beauty Tips Daily Eco Tips offer exactly what the name suggests: ways to be a little bit greener day by day. This page brings together their advice and recommendations for eco-friendly cosmetics.
The Green Guide: Personal Care The Green Guide team offer you eco-advice on everything from earth-friendly moisturizers to alternatives to petroleum-based lip balms. Fantastic service.
Planet Green: How to Go Green: Pets The Planet Green team bring us another concise yet super informative guide in their Go Green section. This 7-page guide to looking after pets in an eco-friendly way includes a great list of stores where you can find green pet products for sale.
Care2Care: Green Living Care2's Green Living section is broken down into the following categories: Food & Recipes, Health & Wellness, Healthy Home, Family Life, True Beauty, Spirituality, Astrology, Pets, On the Go, Ask Annie, Blogs and Shopping. The Ask Annie section is particulary useful for finding answers to all those tricky eco questions like "Do Food Additives Cause Hyperactivity?" and to find green guides such as Basics for Non-Toxic Cleaning and Natural Way to Clear a Clogged Drain.
Yahoo: Green Yahoo have brought together a fantastic collection of articles, reviews and guides to advise you on every aspect of green living. Areas covered include: Buying a Fuel-Efficient Car, Commuting, Finding a Green Job, Gardening, Recycling, Recycling Electronics, Researching Global Warming Basics, Researching Your Vote and Reusing Stuff. The site also features a great shopping area where everything from bags made from truck tires to biodegradable golf tees is reviewed under the heading Why It's Green with a link either to subsidiary stores like The Green Loop or to Yahoo's own shopping page.
Eat The Seasons: Seasonal Food Guide This UK-based site has offers seasonal food information, tips and ideas and is updated every week with new suggestions and recipes. It has a version for the UK and Ireland and another version for the US and Canada. Great resource.
Planet Green: Eco Shoes News, Advice and Guides If you're looking to literally reduce your carbon footprint by buying green shoes and maintaining your footwear using eco products, then this is an essential resource for you. Articles range from the sublime ("How to Extend the Life of Your Hiking Boots") to the slightly ridiculous ("5 Reuses for Orphan Boots and Shoes"), though the advice is always valid and presented in a fun and accessible way.
ecouterre Painfully cool eco-fashion site. If anyone out there produces a necklace design made from reused mini antique leather-bound books (for example!) this is the place where you'll find out about it first. If you like this site, check out also Inhabitat.com It's by the same people.
Haute Nature Really cool blog on ecologically-based creative ideas, art & green products for children, home and lifestyle. Regularly updated and bursting with fab eco design ideas.
The Green Guide: Kids Excellent guide on green living for babies, toddlers, pre-school and school-age kids and college students. Advice on toxic-free toys and green school supplies right through to sweat-free college sweatshirts and tips on organising an eco-friendly Spring break trip.
Amazon Green Amazon offer a huge variety of green products to buy online as well as a customer discussion forum and green buying guides.
Amazon's Green products categories include: Frustration-Free Packaging, Books, Movies, TV, Magazines & Downloads, Electronics, Office, Home & Garden, Home Improvement, Health & Personal Care, Beauty, Grocery & Household, Toys, Baby, Shoes & Accessories, Sporting Goods and Automotive.
Modern Eco Homes has got it all, from solar equipment to eco furniture (for the kitchen, bathroom, bedroom, office and garden), decor items galore, bed & bath eco-products, masses of stuff for eco babies and kids, eco pet supplies, clothing lines for men, women, childen and even pets, as well as loads of eco accessories and green gift ideas. They also offer a 'green concierge' service to help you find exactly what you're looking for.
