This is our growing ethical shopping Guide. We will continue to add to is as we find more resources.
Fast fashion and our culture of over consumption for all goods has trained consumers to want things cheaper and faster, all at the expense of human safety in factories and everyone’s health everywhere.
Consumer goods now have shorter lifespans and longer waste-spans. Consider also the amount of non-compostable packaging that comes with everything we consume. It turns out that throwing them in the recycling bin does little to divert the landfill. Recycling centers have been closing rapidly due to lower demand for recycled materials and higher costs to recycle them.
We agree with Alden Wicker of EcoCult that brands and producers should take full responsibility for their products’ end of life. (See Preserve’s recycling program) Until they institute a take-back program, or make more sustainable packaging, we should pressure them to do so and think twice about buying their products.
One-time use plastic alternative Blue Avocado – Reusable zip lock bags Super Bee – Reusable wax wrap Etee – Reclaimed leather wrap Chico Bags – Reusable shopping bags Eco Bag – Reusable produce bags Preserve – Compostable straws Good Holdings Company – bulk products jar system
Sustainable cleaning products Grove Collaborative
No or little plastic bath and beauty products Stoked – lip and face balm Dental Lace – silk dental floss Mabel Toothbrush and Udo Toothbush
Clothing Organic and fair-trade clothing is just as important to our health as organic and fair-trade food. Our skin is the largest organ in our body, and healthy clothing minimizes toxic exposure for workers, consumers, and the environment.
Accompany Patagonia Worn Wear Raven & Lily People Tree Amour Vert The Real Real Deadwood – Recycled Leather Jackets Kaight NYC Pact Prana Slum Love Purakai Everlane Groceries Apparel Nudie Jeans Warp and Weft Jeans Calina Indigenous Stella McCartney Elieen Fisher Eileen Fisher Renew Outerknown Ecoalf Tres Nomad Wildlife Works
Accessories and home goods: Globein Noon Day Collection Indigo Handloom Love is Project Brave Collective Soko Sseko Coyuchi Krochet Kids Ubuntu Made West Elm Artisan collections Swedish Stockings Apolis Suga Yoga – yoga mats made from recycled wetsuits Sustainable sun glasses
All categories: Fair Trade USA products Accompany
Kids: Green Toys Organic baby clothes Kidizen Thredup Naty – Biodegradable baby wipes and diapers
For a more comprehensive list, check out: EcoCult’s Guide Sustainably Chic The Good Trade
Further discovery:
Conscious Chatter
Sustainable Fashion Alliance
Ethical Shopping Collective Facebook Group
Fashion Revolution
Remake
If we can all just buy a little slower, a little more consciously and a little less, we can give our planet a little space to heal! Happy Holidays everyone!
