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Choose organic cotton T-shirts
American Apparel Organics
Take your pick from USDA certified organic cotton T-shirts in jersey, v-neck, and basic rib styles for green hipsters (and toddlers, too) from sweatshop-free, Los Angeles-based clothiers, American Apparel.Edun
Stylish, socially sensitive sartorial collaboration between rock icon Bono, his wife, Ali Hewson, and design star Rogan Gregory. Choose from denim, tees, dresses, and other separates. Fifty percent of the 2008 spring/summer collection utilizes organic fabrics.Gap Inc.
The Gap goes green with 100 percent organic cotton tees for men available in v-neck, crew, and tank styles. This trendsetting American company—responsible for bringing affordable, casual basics to mallrats and fashionistas alike—also boasts remarkable environmental policies.glo4life
"Eco-urban fashion" with arresting graphics—T-shirts are made from 100 percent organic, India-grown cotton and designed in Wales. Read all about the environmental policy of husband-wife design team Damian and Michelle before you buy.Grn Apple Tree Clothing
Eco-edginess from designer Luis Antonio's men's SoCal streetwear and denim label, Grn Apple Tree. Check out the blog of this active label to keep up to date on events and new items.Horny Toad Roots T
Made with 100 percent organic cotton, this classic fit men’s T-shirt comes in three colors. It’s made with double-needle stitching so it’s durable and strong.howies
Modish green threads, including T-shirts, from the UK. howies boasts simple but effective environmental beliefs and a vibrant online community. Want to pair deep thoughts with that new green T? Check out the Think section of the company's website.Katharine E. Hamnett
British fashion icon Katharine Hamnett's bold, political slogan T-shirts from the 1980s are back … this time around in organic cotton for her "E" ("ethically and environmentally") line.Loomstate
Fashion-forward denim and clothing line from Rogan Gregory, popular with discerning eco-shoppers, that uses old-world production methods and 100 percent organic cotton sourced from countries such as Turkey, Peru, Africa, and India. While you're at it, check out Loomstate's !Act Natural! blog.Mission Playground Organic T-Shirts
Mission Playground generates trendy gear while "preserving the present." Viewing the earth as the ultimate playground, the company uses organic cotton fabrics, raises awareness, and donates 1 percent of all sales to environmental nonprofits through its S.E.E.D (Sustainable Environment & Educational Development) program.Off Your Back Shirts
Socially conscious tees with quirky designs from this sweatshop-free clothier. A portion of profits are donated to environmental and humanitarian causes. Featuring the Name Tag T-shirt.Organic White Tees
The 100 percent organic cotton, hand printed T-shirts from this Raleigh, North Carolina-based eco-enterprise aren't strictly white—choose from a selection of original designs.Poetique Couture
Poetique Couture makes their garments—including comfy T's, tunics, and more—from organic cotton fabric and azo-free dyes while supporting fair trade labor practices. The PC line is available in several boutiques nationwide, including Atlanta's Honey Nail Salon & Boutique.Rawganique
Rawganique—a Canadian company known for its deep green beliefs and easy-on-the-eyes models—offers organic cotton T-shirts in a variety of styles. Hemp T's are also available.Turk + Taylor
Want to make a green, short-sleeved fashion statement? Take a gander at Turk + Taylor's organic cotton graphic T-shirts with bold, original designs. Looking for something a bit more formal? Check out the tailored line for guys and gals.Under the Canopy Clothing
"Earth wise, style conscious" Under the Canopy offers unfussy, chic organic cotton pieces, including T-shirts. Want to add a dash of organic to more than just your wardrobe? Check out the companies' luxurious bedding and spa collections.Zazzle Customizable organic cotton T-shirts
Get your family photo, a favorite quote, or an interesting image imprinted on your custom-designed organic cotton tee, available for men, women, children, and babies. Or, choose one of their pre-designed organic-cotton, earth-inspired options for the eco-activist in your life.
Buy hemp jeans
Armani Jeans
Green jeans for the jet-set. The upmarket fashion house Armani frequently incorporates hemp fabric into its casual denim line.Dash Hemp Five Pocket Jeans
Classic men's blue jeans from Santa Cruz, California-based hemp outfitters.Hemper Jeans
This new line geared towards young urbanites borrows a pro-hemp quote from George Washington—"Make the most of the Indian hemp seed and sow it everywhere"—and gives it an au courant, 21st century twist.Patagonia High Wire Hemp Jeans
Established outdoor clothiers meld high style and social accountability with jeans crafted from post-consumer recycled polyester and hemp.Rawganique Hemp Jeans
Hemp jeans in a variety of styles, including low-rise boot cut, carpenter dungarees, loose-fit boot cut, relaxed, Euro-style, and more.
Choose eco-friendly fiber sweaters
Bambooclothes.com
Men’s pullovers and women’s hoodies made from bamboo fiber blends.Deborah Lindquist
Sneak a peek at the sassy recycled cashmere cardigans from this LA-based eco-designer to the stars.Inca Fashions
One-stop alpaca sweater shopping for men and women. And, yes, ponchos are available, too.Kusikuy Clothing Company
Alpacas a-go-go from this purveyor of “eco-ethical fashion excellence.”Michelle Mason
This LA-based designer makes a women’s cardigan from 100 percent bamboo.Of the Earth
"Eco-fabulous" purveyor of clothing, including T-shirts and sweaters, made from bamboo, hemp, soy, and other natural fabrics.Rawganique Sweaters
Unisex hooded sweaters and women’s cardigans, both 100 percent hemp, from this leading outfitter of sustainable styles.Sameunderneath
Eye-catching bamboo-woven designs—including pullover hoodies—for guys and gals.
Choose natural bar soap
A Wild Soap Bar Wildling Organics
The Wildling Organics line of bar soaps from A Wild Soap Bar is comprised of three soaps made with certified organic essential oils: Leaf, Bark, and Bloom. A portion of the profits from sales of the line is donated to the Organic Consumers Association.Burt's Bees Peppermint Shower Soap
After using this invigorating peppermint oil-based soap from Burt's Bees, you'll be left abuzz with pampered, squeaky clean skin. Along with its titular cleansing oil, the soap contains exfoliating ground almonds and soothing calendula and comfrey.Kiss My Face Olive Bar Soaps
Render your skin totally kissable with these olive oil-based bar soaps. Like other KMF goodies for bath and body, these moisturizing and cleansing soaps are free of animal products, artificial colors, and harmful chems.LUSH soaps
This sweet-smelling UK-based purveyor of natural handmade goodies for body and bath offers a line of solid bar (okay, chunk) soaps made from fresh organic fruits and vegetables, essential oils, and alluring extras like seaweed, clay, and honey.method Natural Moisturizing Body Bars
These three method body bars—Almond Flower, White Tea, and Olive Leaf—are made from olive oil, coconut and palm oils, aloe vera gel, and shea butter with none of that bad stuff (parabens, EDTA, animal byproducts, and "testing on rubber duckies.")Origins Organics Cleansing Body Bar
Origins—a beauty company that's always erred on the natural side of things with strong commitments to the environment and the use of non-synthetics—takes it up a notch with the Origins Organics line. Claiming that "you are what your skin eats," the company's Cleansing Body Bar contains 90 percent certified organic ingredients.Pacifica Soap
Give your lather an exotic eco-edge with Pacifica's line of handmade soaps. All—there are many to pick and choose from ranging from Tunisian Jasmine to Thai Lemongrass—boast a biodegradable, vegetable glycerin base and contain no artificial fragrances or colors.Pangea Organics soap
From Pangea Organics—purveyor of "Ecocentric Bodycare"—comes several organic essential oil-based cold process bar soaps, the result of "soulful saponification": choose from soothing Oatmeal with Italian Bergamot, refreshing Indian Lemongrass with Rosemary, and seven other varieties.Sappo Hill Creme Soaps
Direct from Ashland, Oregon, comes Sappo Hill Soapworks, a company specializing in small-match soaps made from palm and coconut oils (in lieu of animal fats) and glycerin.skinnyskinny bar soaps
Brooklyn-based and carbon-neutral skinnyskinny has a bar soap for all occasions: the Rosemary and Mint bar for bouts of dry skin, Coriander and Lemon for post-gardening, Basil and Mint for shaving, and many more, including Chocolate for, well, dessert.The Blue Ridge Soap Shed Eco Bar Soap
The Blue Ridge Soap Shed, a North Carolina-based purveyor of soaps made the traditional way, crafts (from scratch, naturally) this 100 percent olive oil soap for crusty nature boys and girls who want to bathe in freshwater streams without impacting the environment.Tom's of Maine Natural Clear Body Bar
Trusted purveyor of eco-friendly personal care items, Toms of Maine presents a vegetable-based and cruelty-free bar soap that is scented with chamomile flowers and lavender oil. Also available are deodorant and moisturizing body bars.Weleda bar soaps
Weleda's gently lathering soaps—available in Rose, Calendula, Rosemary, and Iris—gently cleanse and moisturize the skin with the aid of organic plant oils and organic and biodynamic plants extracts, as well as natural essential oils.
Choose natural shampoo
APIVITA PROPOLINE shampoos
With its humble beginnings in a Greek pharmacy, APIVITA is now a fixture on the global natural and holistic skin and hair care scene. The company's vitamin-rich PROPOLINE shampoos cater to follicle-related fixes like hair loss in both men and women and split ends.Aubrey Organics shampoos and conditioners
From the good green folks at Aubrey Organics comes this line of power-packed, petrochemical- and paraben-free shampoos and conditioners. Mix and match or stick to one variety: Blue Camomile Hydrating Shampoo & Conditioner, Camomile Luxurious Volumizing Shampoo & Conditioner, or GPB Glycogen Protein Shampoo & Conditioner.Aveda shampoos
Always at the cutting eco-edge when it comes to beauty products, Aveda offers a range of salon-quality, earth-friendly shampoos for various coif concerns. Lather up with Be Curly, Shampure, Scalp Benefits, Pure Abundance, and other targeted treatments.David Babaii For WildAid Amplifying Shampoo
This volumizing shampoo is cruelty-free and does not contain parabens, sulfates, or petroleum-derived ingredients, instead containing mineral-rich volcanic ash, white ginger, and natural coconut oil. Ten percent of the profits are donated to WildAid, a wildlife conservation organization. Also available in a hydrating formula.Dr. Hauschka shampoos
From the good doctor (Dr. Hauschka, that is) comes three gently cleansing natural shampoos: Shampoo with Macadamia and Orange (for normal hair), Shampoo with Nasturtium and Lemon (for normal to oily hair), and Shampoo with Apricot and Sea Buckthorn (for dry and damaged hair).JASON natural hair care products
Showertime becomes a thrilling, guilt-free affair when you use JASON's range of natural shampoos and conditioners. Pick from several different lines that target different issues: Natural Salon Hair Care, Everyday Hair Care, Dandruff Control, All-Natural Specialty Hair Care, and more.John Masters Organics shampoos
Looking to steer clear of hairy chemicals? Look no further than shampoos and other hair care items from John Masters Organics. Masters (a member of Global Green) abides by strict guidelines when it comes to ingredients.Korres shampoos
These six deep-cleaning, healing shampoos from coveted Greek natural beauty line Korres are free of mineral oil, silicone, propylene glycol, and ethanolamine. So what do they contain? Lather, rinse, repeat with soapwart, aloe, provitamin B5, wheat proteins, sage and nettle extracts, and much more.LUSH shampoos
This sweet-smelling UK-based purveyor of natural handmade goodies for body and bath offers six bottled shampoos full of potent essential oils: Big, Curly Wurly, I Love Juicy, Rehab, Daddyo, and Cynthia Sylvia Stout. These silicone and cruelty-free potions are made from a mix of safe synthetics and natural and/or organic ingredients.Max Green Alchemy Scalp Rescue Shampoo
Feeling flaky, itchy, dry, or oily? No worries. From Max Green Alchemy comes this scalp-remedying winner of the 2008 Proggy's "Best Cruelty-Free Personal Care Product" award. The Scalp Rescue Shampoo replaces petrochemicals, parabens, and lanolin with essential oils, vitamins, and botanical extracts, many of which are organic.MOP shampoos and conditioners
Have a mangy mop in need of some green TLC? Look to MOP's (Modern Organic Products) range of salon-quality hair care products. Choose from shampoos, conditioners, treatments, and styling products across three lines: C-System, Glisten, and the core line that includes Mixed Greens, Pear, Lemongrass, and more.Phyto shampoos
Founded over 35 years ago by Paris-based hair stylist Patrick Ales, Phyto harnessed the eco-friendly power of natural botanicals long before hair care took a turn for the green. Phyto's potent plant-based, cruelty-free shampoos contain ingredients like lemon, rosemary, and cypress oils and are packaged in 100 percent recyclable containers.Simply Organic shampoos and conditioners
Treat your 'do to Simply Organic's four unique shampoo and conditioner treatments—Volume, Everyday, Refresh, and Moisture. Along with boasting natural ingredients like honey, olive leaf extract, and various extracts and essential oils, the company lists common chems found in hair products to avoid.Terressentials Pure Earth Hair Washes
Terressentials only uses ingredients certified as organic by the USDA. The company's Pure Earth Hair Washes come in Cool Mint, Lavender Garden, Sultry Spice, Left Coast Lemon, as well as a fragrance-free variety.
Choose natural hair dye
Aubrey Organics Color Me Natural Hair Color
Aubrey Organics combines henna and indigo in a botanical-based, cruelty-free hair dye that's safe for the environment and consumers. Although labeled as permanent, the dye only coats the hair with color, as the product doesn't contain the chemicals required to penetrate the hair shaft.EcoColors Haircolor
EcoColors Haircolor focuses on nontoxic hair dye, but it does contain ammonia and other chemicals like peroxides and trace amounts of PPDs that enable the permanent color to penetrate the hair shaft. However, EcoColors has eliminated allergy-inducing sulfite-based preservatives and toxic ethanolamines.Herbatint Vegetal Semi-Permanent Hair Colour
Herbatint's Vegetal Semi-Permanent Hair Colour is a dye with results comparable to henna. The dye is not vegetable-based, despite being called "Vegetal." Although it contains no peroxides, PPDs, or ammonia, the dye does contain ethanolamines.Light Mountain Natural Hair Color
Light Mountain Natural Hair Color temporary hair dye is free of synthetic chems, preservatives, and fragrances. Because this cruelty-free dye is henna-based, it can only tint hair a shade or two darker than the natural color, and it fades slightly after several thorough 'poos.Naturtint Permanent Hair Colorants
Going gray but want to stay green? Turn to Naturtint, a line of permanent hair colorants that replaces ammonia, parabens, and other chems with soy, corn, wheat, and coconut extracts. The formula—available in 24 shades—does contain small amounts of high-grade peroxide and PPD.Rainbow Henna
Turn to Cleopatra and Clara Bow—two headlining henna users—for green guidance and check out Rainbow's range of hennas that are chem-, additive-, and pesticide-free.Saba Botanical Lustrous Henna
Containing no scalp-burning, stinky bad stuff like PPD, ammonia, peroxide, or synthetic coloring agents, Lustrous Henna from Saba Botanical is 100 percent natural. This gradually fading, conditioning formula also contains herbs that prevent hair loss.
Buy eco-friendly yoga mats and natural yoga gear
agoy Yoga Mats
This company offers a mat made of 100 percent organic cotton handmade in India, as well as several made of TPE (Thermo Plastic Elastomer).ecoYoga Mat
Offers jute mats in many colors with grippy natural rubber undersides to keep them slipping around on the floor. They're machine washable and perfect for beginner and advanced yoga practitioners alike.Gaiam Premium Bene-Fit Yoga Mat
Their list of eco-yoga products is long, and includes cork blocks, woven yoga bags, hemp slings, PVC-free and natural rubber mats, and even cotton rugs. Choose from a wide selection of colors and sizes.Hugger-Mugger Earth Elements Mat
Made with thermal plastic elastomer (TPE), this mat is decomposable, recyclable, and toxin free.Jade Yoga Harmony Mat
The Harmony mat is made from natural rubber, a renewable resource, and comes in a variety of colors, including Purple, Black, Sedona Red, Tibetan Orange, Slate Blue, Midnight Blue and Olive Green. They also offer mats of various sizes and thicknesses.Stirlen Chi Mat Wash
This biodegradeable cleaner is a made of natural ingredients and detergent. It is designed to allow you to clean your yoga mat in a standard washing machine.Vermont Soap Organics Mat Cleaner
This hypoallergenic product uses a castile-soap based formula made from certified organic vegetable oils and botanicals. There are no synthetic chemicals.
Use reusable water bottles
Guyot Designs Firefly Water Bottle Lantern
If you already have a plastic water bottle, consider the Firefly: it's unique design let's any standard wide-mouth water bottle double as a lantern. The patented lid design contains an integrated LED light in a separate sealed compartment which spreads a warm glow throughout the bottle.Guyot Designs stainless steel water bottles
Each stainless steel bottle Guyot sells through their website carries 100 pounds of greenhouse gas emission reductions—they're not just carbon neutral, they’re carbon negative! Choose from Standard, Commuter, and Backpacker models, which work with standard wide-mouth water purifiers.Klean Kanteen stainless steel refillable bottles
Klean Kanteen offers stainless steel refillable bottles, available through athletic/outdoor supply stores and online vendors.New Wave Enviro stainless steel and cornstarch plastic refillable bottles
New Wave Enviro offers stainless steel refillable bottles, as well as bottles made from corn-based bio-plastic. The bio-plastic bottles are good for up to 90 uses, degrade in 80 days if composted, and come equipped with a carbon-based water filter to remove chlorine and contaminants from plain old tap water.Sigg aluminum refillable bottles
Sigg sells aluminum bottles lined with a water-based, nontoxic lining. Sigg bottles are available in the US through athletic/outdoor supply stores and online distributors.
Choose natural perfume and cologne
Aftelier Perfumes
Artisanal perfumer Mandy Aftel (also the founder of The Natural Perfumers Guild) eschews synthetic ingredients and opts for wild-crafted or organic oils when possible. Her Aftelier line features traditional liquid perfumes, solid scents, face and body products, and custom scents.Anthony Logistics for Men Body Spray
From this popular line of men's grooming products comes an aromatic arsenal of nature-based, allergy-tested body sprays for guys. Choose from Courage (Amber Spice), Energy (Cardamom Zest), Spirit (Green Spice), and Strength (Fresh Incense). A portion of sales from Anthony's products goes to organizations helping to fight prostate cancer.Aubrey Organics Angelica eau de parfum
Rest assured when you dab a little Aubrey Organics' Angelica behind your ears or on your wrists; you're wearing a scent made with USDA-certified organic ingredients (sans synthetic aldehydes and petrochemicals) and crafted for women with sensitive skin.Aveda Love Pure-Fume Essence
With key ingredients like sandalwood, jasmine, rose, and ylang ylang, Love Pure-Fume's heady scent can also be added to Aveda's Body Care Massage Formula, Aroma Diffusers, or Aroma Rings.Burt's Bees Bay Rum Cologne
This men's fragrance from Burt's Bees contains natural oils and an enticing mix of tropical herbs and spices. Can't get enough of that heady scent? Try out the Bay Rum Aftershave Balm and Shaving Soap. Product is 99.91 percent natural.Gendarme
Although not exactly natural, the Gendarme fragrance line of perfumes and colognes—including the unisex signature scent Gendarme, Grabazzi and Gendarme V for men, and Carriére for women—are designed for those with chemical sensitivites.Herban Cowboy Organic Dusk Cologne
This organic cologne by Herban Cowboy is free of dyes and synthetic ingredients and is vegan certified. The cologne's packaging is recycled and biodegradable with soy-based printing inks. Aftershave balm, soap, shave cream, and deodorant also available.L'Occitane Eau de Toilettes and Eau de Parfums
With L'Occitane—an all-natural French beauty line with a rapid cult following worldwide—women can smell like the South of France without setting foot out the front door. All products are animal-free and plant-based (organic when possible.)LUSH Solid Perfumes
This UK-based purveyor of natural handmade bath and body products offers a line of solid perfumes—choose from Karma, Go Green, Fever, Potion, Silky Underwear, and Honey I Washed the Kids. They're preservative-free, contain fair trade cocoa butter, and are packaged in recycled aluminum tins.Molly Artisanal Soap Natural Perfumes
Beauty has never looked—or smelled—greener with Molly's line of natural soaps and shower gels, balms, body butters, and fragrances made from natural essential oils for men and women. Perfumes are made in small batches and are available in spray, oil, or sample sizes.Rich Hippie Organic Perfume
The Rich Hippie line of organic, wild-crafted fragrances employs traditional scent-making methods used before World War II and the rise of the synthetic, petro-based perfumes. Choose from 15 women's and unisex scents, such as Bohemian Wedding, Hoochie Coochie, Purple Haze, and Foxy Lady.Spao Apothekaria natural perfumes
Spaõ Apothekaria's line of natural fragrances—Body Splash, Eau de Toilette, Eau de Parfum, or Pafum—are handcrafted old-world style without the use of synthetic chemicals and preservatives.The Body Shop Of A Man Eau de Toilette
This scent for men is natural and sports lemon, bergamot, and fig leaves. UK-based The Body Shop is famed for social and environmental progressiveness. Read up on the company's eco and ethical campaigns.
Choose natural nail polish
Acquarella Nail Polish
Acquarella's line of water-based polishes are vegan and free of stinky solvents. Choose from a line of colors to match any mood: from Demure to Prissy to Livid.Honeybee Gardens WaterColors Polish
With WaterColors Polish from Honeybee Gardens there's no need to worry during your nail-painting session. This water-based, low-VOC line of polishes is free of toluene, dibutyl phthalate, xylene, and formaldehyde.No-Miss Nail Polish
Treat your fingers and toes to a nontoxic treat with these formaldehyde-, toluene-, and dibutyl-pthalate-free nail polishes from No-Miss. Colors include South Beach Red, Panhandle Pink, Palm Beach Mauve, and Strawberry Keys.nubar Nail Polish
LA-based nubar, "the Healthy Alternative for Beautiful Nails," offers a range of nail beautification products that are free of formaldehyde, toluene, and phthalates. Color lines for lacquers include the Trendy Collection, the Princess Collection, the Vineyard Collection, and Sweet Nothings.PeaceKeeper Cause-Metics Natural Nail Polish
PeaceKeeper's line of mineral-based (some are also vegan) nail polishes are free of the nasty, noxious chemicals commonly associated with nail care products, like toluene and formaldehyde. Choose from a range of shades such as Paint Me Grateful, Paint Me Tender, and Paint Me Stunning.Sante Nail Polish
Sante's line of natural polishes are ideal for those with chemical sensitivities. Choose from a wide array of tempting colors that are free of formaldehyde, phthalates, toluene, and other synthetics.SpaRitual Nail Lacquers
These Leaping Bunny Certified nail lacquers are vegan and DBP-, formaldehyde-, and toluene-free. In addition to nail colors, SpaRitual also offers a full line of nail care elixirs, from cuticle care to nail strengtheners. Bottles are made from 50 percent recycled reusable and recyclable glass.Suncoat Water-Based Nail Polish
Choose from an array of vivid colors—from Pearl Purple to Pink Passion—that are free of toluene, formaldehyde, phthalates, and acetone. Suncoat's polishes are also free of FD&C dyes.Zoya Nail Polish
Finicky about nail polish colors? Fret no more by choosing one of Zoya's 240 colors. The company was founded by salon owner Zoya Reyzis, who was determined to find a healthier alternative to chemical-heavy traditional nail polishes during her pregnancy.
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