These days it’s getting easier and easier to find ‘green’ companies. However, these two companies stand out from the crowd for the multiple ways they’re creating change and protecting the planet. From the products they offer to their internal business practices, these companies are going beyond sustainability and creating change.

Eartheasy

Eartheasy offers guides, articles, and products aimed at helping people achieve a simpler, more self-sufficient lifestyle. If this is your thing, pull up a chair because eartheasy.com will have you enthralled for hours!

On eartheasy.com, you’ll find sustainable solutions for the home, yard, and garden. Perhaps even more intriguing are the guides on energy efficient lighting, water conservation, raised garden beds, and non-toxic home cleaning. Their well-researched blog provides valuable information on sustainable solutions, such as organic gardening, clean eating, and healthy lifestyles, just to name a few.

Eartheasy’s commitment to inspiring and educating us about the importance of protecting the planet extends beyond what you see on the website. A close look at their business practices shows why they’re a leader in sustainability:

• Through a partnership with the Trees for the Future Foundation, Eartheasy plants a tree for every order placed at Eartheasy.com
• Eartheasy is devoted to conservation. 100% of the net profits of their all-natural soap bars are donated to conservation efforts, including Ocean Alliance, Pollinator Partnership, SEE Turtles, and Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation.
• Profits from their products are used to research ideas about sustainable living and educate people through their guides and blog.
• What about the impact their office, servers, and transportation is having on the planet? Easrteasy is protecting the planet by reducing their environmental footprint and offsetting greenhouse gas emissions by purchasing carbon offset credits through Terra Pass!
• Oversize items purchased from eartheasy.com may be shipped directly from the distributor to minimize environmental impacts from transportation/shipping.
• As a social impact company, Eartheasy is a Member of Green America. Green America aims to create an environmentally sustainable and socially just nation.
• They promote water conservation and are an EPA WaterSense Partner.
• Eartheasy’s business practices don’t apply just to their own business. They’ve even asked vendors to reduce the packaging they send them. Everyone is joining in with a goal of protecting the planet!
• Most of the products on eartheasy.com are chosen from manufacturers in the US or Canada. Products which are made overseas are sourced from reliable suppliers with fair trade policies.
• Think you’ll find an office cluttered with paper? Think again! They maintain an almost entirely paper-free office and don’t send out mailers or catalogues.
• Eartheasy composts lunch leftovers.
• Recycle, reduce, and resuse! They recycle everything they can and reuse shipping boxes and packing when possible.
• Take a look inside their office and you’ll find energy efficient laptops and LEDs and CFLs used for lighting.

Whether you’re just starting out or are already committed to a sustainable lifestyle, eartheasy has information and products that will enhance your sustainable lifestyle.

Green Kid Crafts

If there is something any of us are aiming for in the future, where is the best place to start? With children! They are, after all, our future! Through subscription boxes, Green Kid Crafts is educating children about protecting the planet and environment. I think this foresight to educate our children (our future!) is one of the highlights of Green Kid Crafts. And with a founder who is both a mom and an environmental scientist, Green Kid Crafts is perfectly positioned to build a future of scientists, engineers, geologists, and caregivers for the planet!

Green Kid Crats goes beyond striving for sustainability and tries to create positive change. The company is committed to protecting the planet in all they do – from product to processes. Here’s how they’re making a positive social change for the planet and why I’ll be gifting subscriptions to my friend’s kids this summer:

• Green Kid Crafts’ Discovery Boxes are aimed at teaching future generation about the world around them through STEAM activities. Even better, it teaches them how to care for the planet.
• The themes of the activities often integrate eco-awareness, such as Ocean Science, Backyard Science, Safari Science, and Volcanos.

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• As a member of 1% for the Planet, at least 1% of sales is donated to environmental organizations.
• The company purchases credits from Terrapass and helps fund the development of renewable energy products to offset 100% of the carbon dioxide generated by their business.
• Green Kid Craft use 100% recycled boxes, as well as recycled materials, labels, and envelopes.
• They look at sustainability from the customers’ perspective, and avoid craft foams and plastics.
• Similarly, they ensure supplies can by composted, recycled, and/or reused whenever possible.
• Their materials are bundled by plant-based, compostable clear bags.
• To reduce waste, they minimize packaging and printing.

Do you have children, grandchildren, or nieces/nephews, or perhaps friends with kids? If so, Green Kid Crafts might be the perfect gift. See for yourself!