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Accessories/Bags & Totes

Uncommon Goods (Fair trade, hand crafted messenger bags from recycled Cambodian packaging, they look really cool!)

Uncommon Goods (Same as above, though totes instead of messenger bags.)

Uncommon Goods (Cosmetic bags handmade by Cambodian women out of recycled material.)

Appliances

Solar Goods (Solar powered lights and energy efficient appliances)

Books

Frugal Living For Dummies

Charities

The Hunger Site and all of its associated pages (The Literacy Site, The Child Health Care Site, etc.) Please bookmark them and click once a day to donate money, at no cost to you! They also have lots of fair-trade gifts available in their online store, so consider doing your next birthday or Christmas shopping there first!

Clothes

Butterfly Mama: Natural style with a conscience. (For those of you into the hippie style. There's also lots of beautiful jewelry.)

Earth Fashions (They have nice hemp/recycled fiber hoodies, bedding, bags, jackets, and blankets.)

Faeries' Dance

Hemp Sisters: Hats, bags, clothing and more!

Loomstate: 100% Organic Cotton (Organic cotton jeans--a bit pricey.)

No Enemy: Organic clothing, conscious message (More "typical"/modern clothing: sweatshirts, tee shirts, hoodies, sweatpants, etc.)

Tonic T-Shirts (Similar to No Enemy)

Herbal Stuff

Herb med. There is some good free info and also a pay for service

This lady, Susan Weed, is a little crazy but she does know what she is talking about when it comes to herbs

High quality herbal prodcuts and if you live in the area the classes are supposed to be good

another online herbal dictionary


Holistic/Whole Health Practices

how to make your own mandala <--- this one is included because creating a mandala can be theraputic.

Reiki <----- this one is for alternative healing, specifically reiki

Silva UltraMind System (The site has a really sensationalist tone to it at times, but if you sign up for whatever's free, you get to download a nice, effective guided meditation/relaxation mp3, probably the best I've ever tried.)

Yoga Journal


http://www.im.com/affiliate/affiliatetrack.aspx?page=yoga&affiliate_id=YogaToday&brand_id=3 (Free daily Yoga program downloads. Note: You do have to download a program to get daily videos, but it's really not that much of a hassle.)

Household Products

Sun & Earth: Cleaning products that are natural, safe, effective, and affordable.


Miscellany

Freecycling (Have stuff you need to get rid of? Need something for free? Check to see if there's a freecycling group near you.)

GreenDimes (For a dime a day, have your address taken off junk mail/catalog lists and a tree planted once a month. Multiple billing options.)

Ideal Bite (Sign up to get daily tips sent to your inbox with environmentally-friendly tips and suggestions that require little effort or money.)

Kwytzakraft: Recycled Chopsticks (Has folding bowls, lamps, jewelry, and more, all made from recycled chopsticks)

LJ poor_skills community (There are lots of very thrifty, very clever people in there, join if you can!)

NearSea Naturals (Organic merino wool yarn)

The Keeper (Reusable menstrual cups)

Simple Living

Vegan Essentials (Earth-friendly EVERYTHING: clothes, accessories, cosmetics, food, home products...)



Skincare/Soap/Cosmetics

Purely Shea (Shea butter)

Inesscents: Aromatic Botanicals (Fair trade, certified organic skincare products and perfumes)

Kirk's Natural Care Products (variety of natural shampoos and soaps)

Dr. Bronner's Magic Soap

Marie's Soaps ( "If you wouldn't put it in your mouth, don't put it on your skin!")

J.R. Liggett's (natural shampoos from 100% vegetable oils, no detergents, comes in bars)

LUSH organic shampoos

Natural Salon Hair Care by Jason

Stewart's Crafts & Homemade Lye Soaps

Max Green Alchemy Cosmetics Certified vegan/cruelty-free organic hair and skin care products.

Thanks! I'll add it to the first post. heart