Blue Canoe is a northern California women owned business and produces all their clothing in the US. Whats more is that the ENTIRE line is made out of organic cotton.
At present they are the only company producing body wear from organically grown cotton since 1993. The company also supports sustainability, recycling, and non-chemical alternatives throughout their business.

Most of the styles are very casual and comfortable in appearance. Have a look at their tops, bottoms, and lingerie. Their tops are versatile and can be worn on any occasion whether it’s physical fitness, lounging on the couch, or a night on the town for dinner and dancing.

BlueCanoe has a lot of functional clothes for sports and especially stretching in yoga. The sexiest tops are pictured here instead beginning with the most sexy halter … Available in many colors

Look at the different colored lace that can contrast well with other layers

This tank top can give the illusion of a more ample bust for those who need it…

The strappy back on this tank has elegant lines and angles to show off…

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ShoreBank Pacific is the first environmental bank. That’s because with the money they lend they support individual and community efforts to bring together conservation and economic development.

Specifically, ShoreBank Pacific helps borrowers be sustainable in economic, social, and environmental practices by helping them–

• Use energy efficiently
• Reduce waste and pollution
• Conserve natural resources
• Plan for the long term

All loans are scored and reviewed annually to make sure that the money being used adheres against scientific principles. Does Bank of America do that?! No other bank has a sustainability scoring system.

From Washington State but if you do all your banking online, what difference does it really make. You can always have an account at a bank that is geographically closer and one at Shorebank.

ShoreBank Pacific has an interest bearing checking account called EcoCash thatl allows customers to access their money whenever, wherever they are. EcoCash also encourages you to not use paper checks by giving you a Visa check card and free online banking with optional bill pay. You still get 5 free paper checks a month.

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Gaiam.comis an eco friendly online store that stocks eco goods in home & outdoor, mind-body & fitness, apparel, wellness, solar living, media and a ton of other eco gift ideas. They stock over 7500 products online. Gaiam (pronounced “guy-um”), is a company that values the environment, healthy lifestyles, and personal development. They carry just about everything for the eco lifestyle except food and furniture. Gaiam has a lot of wellness and fitness especially pertaining to yoga and “spirituality” and being “connected” to our earth.

These products are available at the Gaiam website. Gaiam products are also available at Target, Whole Foods Market and Best Buy where Gaiam has introduced the “store within a store concept” where Gaiam has designed their product displays.

Gaiams website includes an online magazine many tips and guides on eco-living for the mind and spirit and how to reduce our impact on the environment with selfishly promoting their fine products. Sections include Fitness, Health, Home, Eco-living, Spirit and Communtity. They even a glossary on eco terms!

Gaiam also producees its own educational media through videos and literature that instructs and inspires people to live in a manner that is more in harmony with our environment. Media channels include Discovery Channel, Fine living and Lifetime. They are the 8th largest DVD marketer in the U.S, 4th in non-theatrical DVDs and 1st for fitness DVDs. These media titles by Gaiam are also available in over 50,000 retail stores including Target, Whole Foods Market and Best Buy.
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Vivavi, established in 2003, sells stylish contemporary furniture online from Brooklyn, New York. As far as looks their fashion style tends to be very modern but functional. Their whole product line is eco friendly and obtained from pure and renewable, reclaimed and recycled, or resource and energy efficient materials.

Some of their products are made out of renewable materials that replenish quickly like bamboo. Their wood products are certified as sustainable harvested as well. And to the extent possible the products are made out of non-toxic materials.

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AmericanApparel.net, out of downtown Los Angeles produces sweatshop free clothing. They have one factory where they do their production, marketing, and sales in house in America. They employ 4000 people and guess what, they pay them a living wage with benefits. As a result they don’t hardly have any turnover.

For example the average American Apparel worker earns $13 hour and offer year-round employment and job security. They provide affordable healthcare for workers and their families, company subsidized lunches, bus passes, free ESL classes, on-site masseurs, free parking, proper lighting and ventilation and safe up-to-date equipment.

Because of their “Made in the USA label” and their treatment of their workers and eco friendly policies they have been featured on the NBC Today show and PBS and major newspapers.

As far as the clothing material goes, they do stock organic cotton apparel for some of their clothing line, but their mission statement says that they will strive to have as much organic cotton as they can. They also have a program in which they recycle over a million pounds of fabric scraps each year. Look out for the sustainable edition label.

Here are just some of the examples of their huge collection. They have won awards for their marketing. Enjoy looking at their models. They also have video shoots of their models on some selected items. They even have a Amerian Apparel factory tour at their website on video

For men

For women

For you men there is more:
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Plenty Magazinehas been around since January 2005. It is like many consumer lifestyle magazines except it revolves around the sustainable lifestyle. There are helpful tips on fashion, nutrition, travel and other lifestyle topics. It is aimed at the “environmental consumer”.

Plenty’s tagline is—

If we make the right choices we can have a world of Plenty

I could not agree more. Consumerism does not have to be wasteful! We also need consumerism to create jobs and live a more comfortable life. What I also like about Plenty magazine is that it covers a lot of products and services that are stylish or in fashion. It is almost like typical womens or mens magazine except that there are articles about the environment, politics, and corporate responsibility mixed it.

In the New York Times article on Plenty, it points out that most consumers have lives based on sex and shopping. Where is the environmental movement for these people. Sex is used to sell every imaginable product. Plenty does it with environmentalism and sex!
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Vivaterra has this cute pet carrier for toy dogs. The pet carriers are made by a collective run by women in Madagascar. Imported by Forests of the World, an organization that promotes conservation and education in struggling countries.

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Vivaterra, has a slogan of “eco living with style” and do they! They are a very young online company based out of San Rafael, California. They only stock products that are well designed and elegant, yet come from organic or sustainable resources

Vivaterra’s eco friendly home and garden sample products:

Vivaterra’s eco friendly dining and kitchen sample products:

Each one of these platters is unique and hand crafted from Chinesefir trees.
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Organic cotton denim is here at last. For many years organic has been associated with foods but it is finally impacting the apparel industry. Loomstate makes stylish organic cotton jeans for both women and men. They also have organic cotton t-shirts, hoodies, and sweatshirts.

It does cost a little more to produce clothing from all natural fiber, but another reason organic cotton is expensive is because the farmers are not making enough of it. The demand is increasing because of smart educated consumers don’t want to harm the environment with the clothes they wear. There are more manufacturers like Loomstate that are catering this fast growing consumer demographic.

Loomstate’s organic cotton clothing is only available at other online retailers like eluxury.com. Yes you can be eco and fashion conscious at the same time!
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Eco-furniture.com offers the most amount of stylish furniture that is made from recycled materials or come for renewable or sustainable resources. They have more selection than any other web eco furniture retailer. The styles include contemporary, traditional, modern and country.

The website is owned by a company called Green Culture and they strive for a 100% planet friendly product mix. They push their manufactures and suppliers for goods made out of eco friendly material or processes. They also boycott or do not promote products from manufacturers that do not meet their environmentally friendly criteria. They anticipate that they can have more clout with their suppliers when they get more sales so it is up to us to give this eco friendly store a chance.

Pictured below is a representative example of their vast collection.

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