Living Local
Living Local
Green Shopping Guide
- Buy items with little or no packaging to reduce unnecessary waste.
- Buy local goods to reduce transportation-generated costs, pollution and waste.
- Buy local and organic meat and produce to minimize land degradation, support the local economy, maximize the nutrient content of your food, and avoid the pesticides, herbicides, antibiotics and hormones found in conventionally grown products.
- Buy second hand goods to cut waste and decrease the strain on natural resources by reducing the demand for new products, and save money, too!
- Buying energy efficient products reduces electric bills and lessens your contribution to global warming!
Browse a list of local businesses that can help reduce waste and conserve energy.