I get lots of email requests from PBS viewers wanting to know where to buy the products featured on the show. We strive to provide information and links in our detailed episode guides, but there are still many parts of the country where the green lifestyle remains a bit exotic, and I've always wanted to do more to make green products accessible to everyone.
To that end, Building Green TV has partnered with StarStyle.com to launch a new online store, where you can find everything from organic clothing to environmentally friendly cleaning supplies, to energy efficient appliances. Choose from among a selection of home furnishings and other products featured on the show, and items hand-picked by me and the rest of the Building Green TV staff, or StarStyle.com for their eco-appeal.
Buying online is a great way to shop green. E-commerce introduces efficiencies into the supply chain that greatly reduce energy consumption—not to mention the gas you save not having to drive from store to store looking for what you need. Reduce, reuse, recycle—and when you do buy, buy green!
And please consider our store a starting place, but do explore the vast world of “mom and pop” internet shops out there working to bring you green products and services. You can check out my "top ten" favorite items from around the web on ThisNext.
I want to what your favorites are, too. Have a green shopping site to recommend, or know of a great local venue for shopping green? Sign up to share your tips with the Building Green TV readership on your own blog, or click on "comment" below and leave your suggestions right here.
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Solar Oven
I guess these are all the rage these days. I just saw a whole article on them in the SF Chronicle. Maybe I'll give it a try since you all say they are so great.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/07/11/FDG6BQROHD1....
Solar Oven
I would just like to add that the solar oven is perhaps the coolest invention-quite possibly ever. I was a bit skeptical until Kevin cooked a meal in it when I was visiting. Now I cant stop thinking about that chicken that just melts off the bone, with mole flavors soaked deep into the meat. It doesn't take nearly as long to cook as I would have thought either. This may have just replaced www.greendimes.com as my new favorite gift for people. - maxmsf