Whenever you shop, consider whether the companies you buy from are helping or hurting the planet. A handy guide is www.climatecounts.org, which rates large corporations on 22 criteria for climate action. From Motorola to Nike you can see which companies are taking small steps to reduce their corporate footprint and which are taking bigger strides to support local, state and federal legislation on climate change.

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  1. Sunshine1 Sunshine1 completed this on March 12 12:11 AM

    I don’t shop at Wal-Mart and I always purchase organic products from smaller companies.

  2. pmain68 pmain68 completed this on February 17 11:41 AM

    If I need something, I can get it on FreeCycle, or second hand at any number of stores or online before even considering buying it new. And where possible I avoid buying anything made in China, eve…

  3. missjadeny missjadeny completed this on February 16 2:53 PM

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  4. spazdoglee spazdoglee completed this on January 21 5:04 PM

    We use second hand stores, craigslist, and NEVER go to Wal-Mart. We shop locally with local vendors, re-use and trade with friends. Our family and friends have a gift shopping guide, it has to be u…

  5. JOBS JOBS completed this on October 15, 2009 10:19 PM

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