Offering you sustainable living hints, tips, guides and reviews plus the best deals on eco-friendly products to buy online.

School, Education, Teaching, Learning

We bring together the best tips, resources, links and contacts for schools and parents to teach kids, children and students about green living, recycling, the environment and fair trade and eco-friendly products.

Nigel's Eco Store: Eco-Friendly Products and Gifts for Sustainable Green Living

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Nigel's Eco Store aim to offer environmentally friendly products for sustainable, low carbon living. You'll find recycled bags, energy saving gadgets, green gifts and much much more. Well worth checking out.

TreeHugger: How to Go Green Guides

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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.

Eco Label Fundraising: Eco-Friendly Lesson Plans and Classroom Activities

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Eco Label Fundraising: Eco-Friendly Lesson Plans The people at Eco Label Fundraising have very kindly put together a list of great resources for eco-friendly lesson plans and activities in the classroom.

Yahoo: Green: News, Blogs and Tools for Living Green

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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.

Eco Kids: Environmental Education Site for Kids and Teachers

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Eco Kids This excellent Canadian site presents lots of info on wildlife, climate change, water, waste, and renewable energy issues in the form of fun games and quizzes for school-age eco kids.

FreeCycle: Free Exchange Scheme to Reduce, Recycle and Keep Usable Items Out of Landfills

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FreeCycle With nearly 5000 groups around the world and verging on 7 million members, The Freecycle Network heralds a veritable revolution in reuse sustainable culture. Rather than buying a new product (complete with carbon footprint) sign up to freecycle and find out what's already out there for free. A genius concept and a whole world of incredible giveaways to discover.

Off-Grid: Guides and Links on Green Homes, Survival, Subsistence, Renewable Energy and More

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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!

Earth 911: Find US Recycling Centers and Learn How to Recycle

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Earth 911 Earth 911 is a fantastic resource for anyone living in the States who already recycles or who wants to find out more about local recycling programs. Through their search engine you'll be able to find recycling centers for paper, metal, hazardous substances, plastic, glass, electronics, automotive parts, household items, garden waste and construction leftovers such as carpet, pallets and bricks. Awesome service.

Recycling Revolution: Recycling, Reusing and Repurposing Ideas

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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.

Green Bang: Alternative Low-Carbon Technology, Sustainable Business Development and Green Travel, Energy and Innovations News

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Green Bang The GreenBang site features sections on Technology, Travel and transport, Energy and Fuel, Carbon, Sustainability, Climate Change and Corporate Responsibility. You can also check out their Greenbang TV channel and subscribe to their RSS feed for regular transport and technology-related green news.

Green America: Screened and Approved Green Businesses Directory

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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.

All Things Eco: UK Eco Business Directory

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All Things Eco Fantastic resource for finding UK eco businesses for every eco product and service imaginable. Categories include: Clothing / Accessories, Conservation, Eco Building, Eco Children, Energy / Technology, Ethical Finance, Family Events, Farms, Markets and Veg, Boxes, Food and Drink, Garden and Land, Health and Beauty, In the Community, In the Home, Recycling, Resources, Stationery and Office, Transport and Travel and Leisure. You can also view the eco news and green campaigns sections as well as browse their eco bookstore.

Haute Nature: Ecologically Based Creative Ideas, Art & Green Products for Your Children, Home and Lifestyle

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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.

eBay: World of Good Store

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eBay World of Good World of Good by eBay offer fantastic collections of just about everything green and fair trade. We particularly recommend this site as a good place to find green gifts for all occasions.

Their sections include: Accessories, Art, Baby, Bags & Purses, Clothing & Shoes, Electronics, Food, Gift Baskets, Health & Wellness, Holiday, Home & Garden, Jewelry, Musical Instruments, Personal Care, Resources & Learning and Toys.

You may also shop by Goodprint: People Positive, Eco Positive, Animal Friendly and Supports a Cause.

Pristine Planet: Green Comparison Shopping Site

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Pristine Planet has a huge selection of eco-friendly products divided into the following categories: Apparel, Babies & Kids, Food & Beverages, Furniture, Gift Ideas, Health & Beauty, Home & Garden, Jewelry, Literature & Media, Pet Supplies and Services.

Low Impact Living: Eco Products and Services to Green Your Home

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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.

Econscious Market: Eco Products for Men, Women, Babies & Kids, Face & Body, Home and Fitness

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Econscious Market Describing themselves as “the Internet's largest philanthropic eco-marketplace”, these guys not only have a really sound ethical business model but also offer some seriously cool clothing, accessories, electronics, furniture, jewelry and more!

The Daily Green: 13 Trash-to-Craft Ideas

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The Daily Green: 13 Trash-to-Craft Ideas 13 great ideas from the people at The Daily Green to inspire you to turn your trash into craft projects, have fun and save the planet in the process. From plastic bag dispensers made from tissue boxes to backyard golf courses using aluminum cans, there are lots of good ideas in this short but useful guide.

ThinkButton: Eco Educational Games, Toys, Kits, Crafts and Books for Green Children

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Think Button Thinkbutton offers a range of educational toys, books, games & children's gifts that focus on "environmental awareness, creative expression and social understanding". Sections for Environmental Awareness include: an Activity / How to... section, Earth Friendly, Eco Education, Animals, Astronomy, Nature, Science, Optics, Prehistoric, Geology and Wooden Toys.

Thames & Kosmos: Environmental Science Kits to Learn About Alternative Energy, Global Warming and More

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Thames & Kosmos Thames and Kosmos produce science and technology related educational products for children of all ages. Many of their products have a degree of environmental understanding. You'll find a whole range of fabulous, mind-expanding science kits and projects under the different categories: Little Labs, Biology, Technology & Electronics, Alternative Energy and Environmental Science, Physics, Chemistry, Astronomy, Fun and Fundamentals, Sophisticated Science, Air, & Space, Earth Science and Natural History and Classic Sciences. The Alternative Energy & Environmental Science section is particularly cool with a Fuel Cell Car & Experiment Kit and kits that investigate Wind Power, Hydropower and even Global Warming.

The Daily Green: The 10 Best Eco-Themed Movies for Kids

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The Daily Green: The 10 Best Eco-Themed Movies for Kids Great review from The Daily Green on their Top 10 movies with an environmental message for kids. Includes embedded YouTube clips for for each film.

BeliefNet: Raising Green Kids Guide

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BeliefNet: Raising Green Kids A 12-point guide packed with ideas on how to get your young children interested in looking after the environment from an early age.

Enviromom: Advice, Guides, Tips on Raising Eco Kids

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Enviromom: Recommended Green Reading List for Kids Brilliant resource for raising green kids. This recommended reading list has suggestions for kids of all ages.

Planet Green: How to Go Green: Back to School

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Planet Green: How to Go Green: Back to School Great back-to-school green guide to help you make sure stocking up with all those school supplies doesn't literally cost the earth.

SustainUS: US Youth for Sustainable Development

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Sustain US SustainUS is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization of young people working towards sustainable development and youth empowerment in the United States. The site will tell you how to get involved in policy change and grassroots action.

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