Green

Reef’s fashions positively reek of sustainability. The premium surf brand believes in making a commitment to preserving our natural ecosystems through its many fashion initiatives. A company with a conscience since its founding in 1984, Reef shows this commitment through eco-friendly and socially responsible efforts such as using fabric manufactured from discarded coconut husks, organic foam that degrades easily in landfills and water-based glues in its line of casual, chic bags, ...more

Green shopping destination GreenStreamline.com was created out of a disappointing shopping adventure. Its two founders, Cambridge natives Sarah Kuhn and Katie Shetterly, had just graduated from college and – with recent paychecks in hand – were looking to set up their new apartment. But they didn’t want any old junk. They wanted high quality, environmentally friendly items with “cool stories behind them.”

This proved to be easier said than done. Taking their search online, the two ...more

Earth Month is the perfect time to bulk up. No, I don’t mean your weight. I mean your grocery store habits. Purchasing bulk foods from bins at your local market can help the environment by cutting down on packaging that would likely end up in a landfill and bulking up your wallet.

In honor of this ecological time of year, the Bulk is Green Council has issued a “Love Bulk Foods” challenge. Whatever eco-minded consumer pledges to purchase bulk foods once a week, formally registering on ...more

Earth Day 2013 is right around the corner and there’s something everyone can do to help the cause. This year, we’ve teamed up with The Healthy Voyager to share some of her favorite ways to celebrate. Created by Carolyn Scott-Hamilton, the Healthy Voyager is your one-stop shop for health, wellness and everything eco. Her motto? Life is a voyage, live it well! Read on for 10 simple things you can do for the environment on Monday and all year round.

1. Plant a tree. Visit the Arbor ...more

Green and eco-conscious bloggers promote healthy, green and eco-friendly lifestyles by empowering consumers to make the right choices. Whether it’s reporting on the ethics and manufacturing of a product, giving green living tips or sharing a vegan recipe, these blogs help shape the lives of readers as well as change the future of our planet. 

The Healthy Voyager 

The Healthy Voyager creator Carolyn Scott-Hamilton is a woman of many talents. Her role as holistic nutritionist, ...more

Considering the incredible worldwide toll of hunger, climate change and armed conflict, to mention just a few, it is not surprising that we feel powerless to make change. What is surprising, says best-selling author Frances Moore Lappe, is that this “crippling state of mind” is the real problem, and not a dearth of solutions. In her newly reprinted book, published by Nation Books and to be released in paperback April 23, “EcoMind: Changing the Way We Think, to Create the World We Want,” ...more