BUY CONCIOUSLY

BUY LESS

• The Buy Nothing Project:  Use an app or join a local group on Facebook to freely give and get things from people in your local community - https://buynothingproject.org/

• Curtis Library:  Library of Things:  Instead of buying something, borrow it! - https://curtislibrary.com/library-of-things/

TIPS FOR CONSCIOUS BUYING

• From Green America:  Vote with Your Dollar Toolkit: General guidance, and information on how to vote with your clothes, food, bank account, to save forests, and to support green businesses.  https://greenamerica.org/vote-with-your-dollar-toolkit.

BUY FROM B CORPS

• The B Corp Directory – search by product/service and location (e.g. Eggs, United States) - https://www.bcorporation.net/en-us/find-a-b-corp/

• The Maine B Corps website – lists B corps in Maine - https://www.mainebcorps.com/

TOOLS TO FIND BUSINESSES THAT MEET SOCIAL AND/OR ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS

A few tools to find businesses that meet social or environmental standards are listed here.  Are there others that you have found to be helpful?  How could we spread the word and encourage people to use these more?  Contact us to join the effort to promote conscious buying:  hopeactioneconomy@gmail.com

• Buying local food in Maine:  Maine Farm and Seafood Products Directory, from U Maine Cooperative Extension:  https://extension.umaine.edu/agriculture/farm-product-and-pickup-directory/

• Buying from Green America Certified Businesses in the Green Business Network–- www.GreenPages.org

• Hotels that meet union standards:  www.fairhotel.org