Tips and ideas for the home and office and for kids, students, parents and families on green, eco-friendly and sustainable living.
Ethical Superstore Massive selection of eco-friendly products for the home, garden and office including everything from energy-efficient electronics to organic groceries and ethical wines, beers and spirits.
Its sections include:
- Fashion
- Groceries & Everyday
- Home & Garden
- Baby, Child & Toys
- Electronics & Appliances
- Books, Music & DVDs
- Stationery & Office
- Beauty, Health & Wellbeing
- Sport & Outdoor
- Wine, Beer & Spirits
- Bulk Buying
- an Ethical Gift Guide.
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.
Healthy Stuff: Toxic Chemicals in Children's Products This service allows you to search for a product by its name, its product code, manufacturer, or retailer to check whether it has been made using toxic materials or chemicals that could harm your eco child. Great resource.
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.
Off-Grid News, advice, forum discussions and more from this very comprehensive site on living off-grid. As for their Links section, you've never seen a resource like this for alternative energy!
Recycling Revolution From shower curtains and shoe laces to egg boxes and envelopes, this site has a wealth of ideas on how how to reuse and recycle everyday household items.
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.
Green America: Green Businesses Directory The US's only fully-screened directory of companies who have made a commitment to sustainable, socially just principles, including the support of sweatshop-free labor, organic farms, fair trade and cruelty-free products.
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.
Low Impact Living One of our favorite eco sites because the layout and advice is so clear and easy to follow. First select the area of your life that you want to 'greenify' (eg composting), then you're give step-by-step advice as well as links that will take you through to various suppliers who offer deals on the products you require. Simple, to-the-point and effective.
