Where to find green goods and services
May 30, 2009 by Jennifer Chait
Filed under Green Living
If you’re shopping for green good or services, you can do a Google search for green goods or you can focus your search efforts on places that offer quality green goods constantly. These places below are trust-worthy places to start when shopping for green goods and services.
Where to find a BULK of green goods and services:
Green America, formerly Co-Op America offers a huge shop and service site featuring all sorts of green goods and services through their National Green Pages. The Green Pages is like the Yellow Pages of green items. It features everything you can think of, like…
- Green PR services
- Eco-fashion
- Green toys and children’s services
- Green travel (B&Bs, services, etc.)
- Banks and other financial services
- Health care
- And more.
The Organic Consumers Association has a big ol’ list of companies posted who offer organics of all kinds plus other green businesses.
Green Shopper – sort of like the Amazon of green – only be careful because different shades of eco-products are here.
Where to find green housing resources:
If you’re looking to rent, build, or buy a green home check out the following sites…
- the Green MLS (Multiple Listing Service) exclusively for Green, Energy Efficient, Sustainable Homes and Housing Developments For Sale Worldwide.
- Find the Best Green Real Estate for Sale
- GreenMoves: UK’s first dedicated ‘eco property for sale’ website
- Local and regional green home building programs in the U.S.
- Green Depot – leading supplier of environmentally friendly and sustainable building products, services and solutions.
Shop for organic foods:
Organic.org has an enourmous collection of local organic grocers and Farmer’s Markets that you can browse by state. They also offer a really amazing amount of organic food reviews.
Looking for eco-books?:
Grinning Planet has compiled a list of worthy green books for your browsing pleasure.
Island Press offers an extensive selection of books on such topics as conservation biology, marine science, land conservation, sustainable agriculture, climate change, ecological restoration, and more.
Keep up with news about green publishers at Eco-Libris.
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