Lifestyle Choices
Local First Alliance
Local & Regional Retail
Co-op Food Stores
Hanover, Lebanon, White River Junction
The Hanover Consumer Cooperative Society exists to provide cooperative commerce for the greater good of our members and community.
Doing Green Work: Classes, #5 Recycling, partnering with local farmers & food suppliers, hosting an Annual Meeting & Expo each spring, and much more.
Doing Green Work: Classes, #5 Recycling, partnering with local farmers & food suppliers, hosting an Annual Meeting & Expo each spring, and much more.
Energy Emporium
Enfield, NH
Visit the Energy
Emporium online or at the store in Enfield, NH. You will find a range
of resources here, from energy efficient refrigerators to rotary clothes
lines and solar toys as well as lots of practical advice.
The Energy Emporium is an amazing resource right here in the Upper Valley.
The Energy Emporium is an amazing resource right here in the Upper Valley.
Upper Valley Food Co-op
White River Junction, VT
Our Co-op is dedicated to supporting social and environmental
responsibility. We know where our products come from: we carry local
items whenever possible, and make an effort to purchase from small,
independent suppliers.
The Upper Valley Food Co-op offers a variety of sustainable living workshops and classes as well as co-sponsors numerous events in White River Junction.
The Upper Valley Food Co-op offers a variety of sustainable living workshops and classes as well as co-sponsors numerous events in White River Junction.
Sustain Ability, LLC
Laconia, NH
Visit Sustain Ability
online or at the store in Laconia, NH. You will find a range of
resources including Solar Hot Water and Electric systems, clotheslines
and a large selection of books.
The Lakes Region source for solar and renewable energy.
The Lakes Region source for solar and renewable energy.
Your Home Your World
Concord, NH
We carry a selection of products including FSC certified hardwood, cork
and bamboo flooring, natural linoleum, and low VOC Paints and
finishes. We also carry organic mattresses and organic cotton linens
for the bed, bath, kitchen and table. We know that there are many
other objects in a house that make it a home so we also carry a
selection of natural and fair trade items including candles, papers,
bath products, cleansers and much more.
Real Green Goods
Concord, NH
Real Green Goods is an earth friendly department store dedicated to
progressive eco-criteria. Organic, Fair Trade, Sustainable. Open 7 days a week in Concord, NH. 603.224.9700. Shopping also available online: http://www.bonafidegreengoods.com
progressive eco-criteria. Organic, Fair Trade, Sustainable. Open 7 days a week in Concord, NH. 603.224.9700. Shopping also available online: http://www.bonafidegreengoods.com
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Regional & National Projects
Center for the New American Dream
New American Dream helps Americans consume responsibly to
protect the environment, enhance quality of life, and promote social
justice.
"If every person in the world consumed like the average American, we'd need four more planets."
"If every person in the world consumed like the average American, we'd need four more planets."
Green America
Green America is a not-for-profit membership
organization founded in 1982. (We went by the name "Co-op America" until
January 1, 2009.)
Our mission is to harness economic
power—the strength of consumers, investors, businesses, and the
marketplace—to create a socially just and environmentally sustainable
society.
The Global Living Project
A non-profit organization dedicated to assisting individuals, campuses, non-profit organizations and municipalities in their quest toward sustainability. Based on Jim Merkel's book Radical Simplicity.
