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Description : This category is for sites discussing or relating to more environmentally friendly consumption of goods and services. This can include issues on using recycled materials in consumer goods, the use of goods that cause less harm to the ecology, and related matters.

Apoplectic    
Apoplectic Press: Weird political greeting cards, radical clip art, anti-globalization animations, original music, anti-christmas clipart, antichristmas cards, activist links and political humor.
http://www.apoplecticpress.org/
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BioThinking for Design    
Provides information on how to design products that are good for people, profits and the planet.
http://www.biothinking.com/
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Buy Nothing Day GB    
Organizers of the UK Buy Nothing Day, exposing the environmental consequences of consumerism.
http://www.buynothingday.co.uk/
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Buy Nothing Day Japan    
Buy Nothing Day Japan helps you fight pollution of culture and nature: local activist news, flyers and network tools, Zenta Claus Campaign, links to international Buy Nothing Day networks and Adbusters Japan.
http://www.bndjapan.org/
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buynothingchristmas.org    
National initiative started by Canadian Mennonites to de-commercialize Christmas and re-design a Christian lifestyle that is richer in meaning, smaller in impact upon the earth, and greater in giving to people less-privileged.
http://www.buynothingchristmas.org/
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Consumer citizenship network    
European effort to get consumers to actively participate in developing and improving society by considering ethical issues, diversity of perspectives, global processes and future conditions.
http://www.hihm.no/concit/
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Consumer Monster - Buy Nothing Day Puppet    
Join the Consumer Monster Challenge! Make your own activist puppet and take to the streets on Buy Nothing Day with a video camera.
http://www.consumermonster.com/
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Eco labels    
Lists, describes, and evaluates environmental-friendliness labels commonly found on household products.
http://www.eco-labels.org/
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Enough    
Offers a critical look at overconsumption in the first world, which it asserts helps create poverty elsewhere and environmental damage.
http://www.enough.org.uk/
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Green Consumer Guide    
Environmental News, Products and Services - Categorised and searchable environmental news and products, with areas tailored to the needs of domestic, commercial and governmental users.
http://www.greenconsumerguide.com/
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