Marketplace

Welcome to the GreenSense Marketplace- a select collection of green products and services.

The General Store is now open!

Probably we would all be happiest living the perfectly simple life. Yet even then we'd still be buying some things. And between here and the perfectly simple life, we'll buy a lot of stuff. Why not make all those purchases as positive as possible by buying green?

We're working hard to put together a collection of extraordinary green products and services, provided by individuals and companies committed to sustainability.

To make it convenient for you to purchase products made by these companies, we've built the GreenSense General Store, where now you can browse and purchase things like handmade, olive oil soaps and shampoo, shaker-style, handmade brooms, beautiful boxes and shelves made from ancient barnwood, exquisite jewelry made from recycled metal gathered on the backroads of Vermont, massage oil, sleepmasks, musical instruments, maple syrup, books, and many more products coming soon.

We emphasize handcrafted goods over machine-made because of their greater potential to enrich people's lives- the lives of those who make them as well as those who use them.

Of course, there are some products that can be mass-produced in a way that is earth and worker-friendly - paper products, some food products, pet products, etc. For those products, and for others not available in our General Store, have a look at our Products and Services links, below.

The Moonflower Box - Fine teas, slippers, robes, Meerschaum pipes, and pipe products, and more.

Wild Pantry - From wild greens, beans, roots, flowers, berries, seeds, mushrooms, and wild meat to wild medicinal plants and otherwise great natural products, Wild Pantry specializes in wild edible, medicinal and useful plants of the Southeastern United States and some other areas of the United States.

RecycledProducts.com - Recycled and environmentally preferable products featuring promotional items made from recycled plastic, recycled paper, and recycled tire rubber Awards made from recycled glass plus printing with soy inks on recycled paper.

Athena's Choice - Offering homemade natural soap, lotion, lip balm, bath salts, bath fizzies, bath oils and body butter. All recipes available unscented, or with organic essential oil fragrances. Ships Worldwide.

Wick's Wares - Wholesale Candle, Bath & Body Making Supplies like wax, gel, M&P soap, embeds, glitter, additives, molds, containers, jars, dyes, fragrance oils, accessories, candle holders.

Oops...I Pooped Pet Pickup Bags - Biodegradable pet waste bags, Made in the USA.

Sunflowers and Snowflakes - Zenda Weaver, our Soapmaking Guru, offers handrafted, one-of-a-kind wreaths, swags, garlands, candle collars, necklaces, purses, collars, and windsocks, with much more to come.

Lotion Lady - Lotions, creams, body oils, soaps and misters, all made from natural ingredients - NO alcohol, NO mineral oil, NO animal products .

Close the Loop - offers a wonderful selection of products made of recycled material, including rubber mulch for playgrounds, tire swings, gift items, environmentally friendly cleaners, promotional EcoSpun bags, and more. NOTE: This site currently requires that you have javascript enabled in your browser.

Brownbooks - Artist-made, handcrafted blank books made from 99% recycled materials and 100% recyclable when they are done. They are very sturdy, part of the great side effect of being made by hand, & make great keepsakes. Made in Maine.

NaturalCleanProducts.com - distributes environmentally safe detergents and cleaners. They are safer for human and animal life, noncarcinogenic and nonmutagenic. These products are cruelty-free and make a real difference in keeping the enviroment clean!

The Nurtury - Ethically wildcrafted botanicals. A limited collection of at-home spa pamperings for skin, senses & soul.

Coconut Coast Natural Products - Handmade natural soap and Hawaiian bath salts. All natural bath products handcrafted in Hawaii with pure essential oils and locally grown organic botanicals.

Soap-UK - supplies all the basic ingredients to make handmade vegetable oil and Aromatherapy soaps. Pure Essential oils, ground and whole herbs, flowers and resins. Solids & liquid oils. Sodium & Potassium hydroxide. Colouring ideas, fragrances, mould ideas, books & sundries.

Tekiah Hemp Co-op - is a community owned business manufacturing and distributing earth friendly hammocks. Our hemp cloth bed hammock is durable, beautiful and comfy. The Envirope Hammmock, the softest rope bed hammock available, is made from recycled soda bottles. Visit us at www.hemphammocks.com or call 1-888-253-9019 for information or a free catalog.

Sun Organic Farm - Sells organic food, organic fruit and organic nuts.

World Printmakers - A gallery, showing contemporary graphic work being done by live artists from all parts of the world. For real enthusiasts, there's useful information on printmaking history and techniques and the conservation of works on paper, as well as explanations of fundamental printmaking concepts like "limited editions" and "print numbering".

Au Naturale Handmade Soaps & Sundries - Handmade, natural bath and body care products - soaps and Aromatherapy Bath Products, made with 100% pure vegetable oils. Most are scented with natural essential oils. Some soaps are scented with fragrance oils.

Avant-gardening - Learn how to developed personal creativity using plants as a medium for personal expression. Frank and Vicky Giannangelo offer booklets and other resources online, and workshops on their farm in New Mexico.

Eco Filter - Why use paper and throw it away? Ecofilter is made of 100% natural tightly woven cotton that filters out all, but the most aromatic, smoothest tasting coffee possible. Easy to clean (just a quick rinse) and long lasting.

Aromatherapy Products by E-Scent-ials. - A line of all natural bath products which contain no chemical additives, preservatives, artificial fragrance or color.

Loving Attachment - Loving Attachment is a home-based business that is mother owned and operated. They're dedicated to nurturing children through breastfeeding and attachment parenting with an emphasis on ecology and Natural Lifestyles. They offer quality Baby Slings, Breast Pumps, and Cloth Diapers.

Spidergarden.com - Landscape Design - Do you want to Improve Your Garden? Spidergarden can help. A unique service from the award winning Chelsea Flower Show team. Also free expert advice, garden design and landscaping message board, virtual reality Chelsea garden tour, and lots of tips.

Sustainable Organic Aquaculture - Consulting services. Improve the quality and efficiency of your fishery to give you a greater competitive and commercial advantage.

High Mowing Organic Seeds - High Mowing Seeds is a small, certified organic seed company. They supply gardeners with heirloom, open-pollinated seed varieties.

Vogler Seed - Organic vegetable and herb seeds, gardening, planting zones.

Back Thru The Future Microcomputers - Back Thru The Future Microcomputers offers EPA approved personal computer recycling. And their online store is a great place to find bargains on retired corporate computers that have been refurbished and upgraded. Reusing a retired computer is a great way to help the environment.

The Check Gallery - Using recycled, biodegradable paper, non-toxic solvents and vegetable-based inks, The Check Gallery offers personal checks & address labels that are environmentally safe. With each check you write, you'll be doing your part to reduce the tonnage of waste paper that ends up in landfills.

Nature's Soapdish - Offers fine, handcrafted glycerin soaps, bath gels, bubble bath and washes. They don't use chemical preservatives or animal products nor do they test on animals.

Mary Mambo's - NOTE: 7:33 AM 5/26/01 Site unavailable. At Mary Mambo's, computer components become clocks and picture frames, recycled containers hold hand-poured, scented candles, dull, boring mouse pads get covered with fun fabrics, vintage fabrics become comfy pillows.

"There’s plenty of new stuff being mass-produced every day that makes its way into our stores. Instead of using our resources to make more new items all the time, why not reuse lonely forgotten objects and add an element of character and whimsy to our lives?"

SBT Designs - A small family business that sells and installs home automation, accent lighting and solar products and systems in residential and light commercial structures. They're certified as a "Green Business" by the Co-op America Business Network, as a Women Business Enterprise (WBE) by the City of San Antonio, and as an EPA Energy Ally.

Natural Tree Furniture - Reclaimed, naturally felled trees and branches become environmentally responsible furniture for cats and people. Fanciful, entertaining structures for cats; stunning, heirloom-quality chairs, tables, etc. for people. Handcrafted by artisan Ray Smith. Custom orders are welcomed.

Pallet Art - Pallet Art is an environmentally friendly artform created in Santa Fe, NM. It uses discarded shipping pallets as well as other salvaged woods from construction sites to create furniture and artwork. Organic paints are also utilized when possible.

Eco-artware - This environmentally friendly crafts boutique offers a variety of delights: Fanciful pins designed by an internationally known sculptor and fashioned from discarded Mardi Gras costumes and wire from old television sets, colorful paper bead bracelets made from computer paper and old issues of Vogue magazine and more...

Ethical Shopper - A shopping resource for people who want to be involved in making the world a better place. Fairly traded gifts from around the world, an ecosupermarket, charity gifts and more. "We strive to find the best products at the best prices from companies doing their best for the world". 10% of profits goes to charity.

Over the Shoulder Baby Holders at russettWeb - The folks at this family owned business say, "Take a look at our popular baby slings in a wide array of sizes and fabrics, and learn about the joys of wearing and nursing your baby in the 'womb with a view'."

Sensibility Soaps, Inc. - Welcomes Soap crafters to contact them if they get a large order for products they are unable to fulfill. They're a family-owned business manufacturing premium, natural bath, body, & hair care products - wholesale and for private labeling.

Reelife Productions - Need multimedia documentation? Reelife focuses on environmental and sustainable issues and works with business who operate with those ideals in mind. They're experienced in a variety of types of programming ranging from educational to commercial productions - trade show and festival promotional programming, web-based video and graphic design and much more, all using state-of-the-art digital equipment.

RecycleStore - A wholesale/retail web site featuring Recyled Content Products. Its mission is to enable small manufacturers to participate in diversion of recyclables from our waste stream.

INGenius - (Note: Offline 5/26/01) Disposable alkaline batteries represent approximately 200,000 tons of the nation's solid waste. This company makes a volume battery recycler which they offer to schools, etc. so they can recharge batteries and sell them as a fundraiser (Cost $800-3000). the recharging process can restore very close to (and very often more than) 100% power to a battery on the first few recharges! And although the life of a battery slowly decreases per recycle, the recharged battery can still have significant capacity. For example, a Walkman radio still achieved 12.5 hours of operation after the 9th recharge (variation in results depend on brand of battery).

Fairchild Tropical Garden Giftshop - Associated with Florida's famous tropical garden of the same name, the shop sells a variety of botanical books and gifts.

Drawbridge- Greeting cards depicting the art of homeless children. Proceeds go to support the Drawbridge program, an expressive arts program for homeless children that provides weekly art groups for 1,000 children a year at sites throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. Why art? Because,

...shelters focus on the survival needs of parents. Parents are unable to provide the extra support needed by their children because their own emotional resources are depleted in a time of crisis. The children, sensing the parents' stress, often subjugate their own needs. At school, homeless children often begin a cycle of poor performance that has severe long-term effects....

...The nonjudgmental and loving support of the Drawbridge staff enables the children to rebuild a sense of control and self-worth. Trained facilitators use art to transform self-hate into self-respect, violence into compassion, and powerlessness into active participation.

EarthChair- (Note: Offline 5/26/01) Recycling is good; reuse is better. And despite all your best efforts, it seems like plastic bags and packaging still accumulate. Here's a great solution- Sit on them! This denim "beanbag" chair is meant to be filled with used plastic bags and packaging. It's a great alternative to the landfill. It's better than recycling because there's no energy being used to ship and remanufacture the plastic.

Blue Canoe- Organic cotton bodywear- Underlayers, Activewear, Swimwear, Sleepwear, Casual. All from untreated fabric, grown in colors or dyed with natural dyes.

Works of Nature- Our own rustic, twig pens made from wood felled by the Great Ice Storm of 1998. the GreenSense General Store - Shaker-style, handmade brooms, olive oil soap, maple syrup, beautiful boxes and shelves made from ancient barnwood, and exquisite jewelry made from recycled metal gathered on the backroads of Vermont.

Eye Pajamas Sleepmasks - Handmade, designer sleepmasks in solids and prints, with organic cotton lining and batting. These comfortable sleepmasks completely block ALL light from your eyes - Assuring you a good night's sleep at home or on a plane.

Justamere Tree Farm - Handmade Shaker-style brooms, maple syrup, maple sugar, and maple cream.

Wildwood Box Company - Finely crafted boxes, handmade from century-old, recycled barnwood.

The Natural Bath Shop - All natural, environmentally-friendly bath and body products- gels, lotions, soaps & hand creams, or luxurious accessories such as loofahs, brushes, eyemasks, and foot care items. Gift baskets too. Family owned and operated.

Mother's Nature - Nursing clothes, baby slings, breast pumps, nursing bras, and breastfeeding accessories.

Peapods - Attachment Parenting Products- slings, nursingwear, handmade wooden toys, playtents, etc.

Wilderness Rustic Furnishings - Hardwood twig chairs, stools, beds, shelves, all made from mostly dead or dying wood gathered in the forests of the Upper Peninsula of Michegan.

Cedar Wolf Productions - (Note: Offline as of 9/15/99) A Co-Operative and clearing house for Cherokee Craftspersons, Artists and Artisans. Their mission is "...to provide work and an outlet for local tribal members, help promote the traditional crafts and cultures, keep the spirit alive and teach the youth of the Nation that they don't have to stand with their hand out to the Federal government or Tribal Welfare Department." They offer handmade Cedar Flutes, Honeysuckle baskets, oaksplint baskets, handmade bath products, Ceremonial fans, and more.

Wildroots Herb Shop - In Loudinville, Ohio, offers over 300 bulk herbs & spices, nutritional supplements, homeopathic remedies, essential oils and select books. Special emphasis on the health care needs of women and children.

Rohde - Organic Gardening Products-. All Purpose Fertilizers. Foliar Feeding. Soil Supplements. NOTE: Their GreenSense product line has no connection to GreenSense- Resources for Sustainable Living (us).

The Earth Machine- It's made with recycled plastic. Put kitchen and garden waste in..Take rich clean earth out. NOTE: This site requires Flash.

Zoot - If you're finding it hard to keep track of information on your computer, Zoot can "doot", better than anything else out there.. It's written and maintained by Tom Davis, from his home-business in the Green Mountains of Vermont.

Harmony - The Official Hotel Guide (widely used by travel agents) called it the "World's Most Environmentally Friendly Hotel". This caribbean resort is a group of profoundly earth-friendly cottages, made largely of recycled materials and carefully designed to have the lowest possible impact on the local environment. For lower prices and more modest accommadations at the same location (Maho Bay) click here.