Green Businesses

Businesses are looking for alternative ways of doing business that will reduce pollution and waste. We hope to see this section grow as consumers make conscious choices. Please let us know if you feel you belong on this page even if you are not a Co-op America member.

See also our Shopping section for other stores and businesses that carry green products.

Co-op America

Co-op America publishes The National Green Pages™, the nations only directory of screened and approved green businesses. It is sent as hardcopy to members and is also online for anyone. Those businesses accepted for the directory must meet the following criteria:

* Actively use their businesses as tools for positive social change;
* Run "values-driven" enterprises that operate according to principles of social justice and environmental sustainability;
* Are socially and environmentally responsible in the way they source, manufacture, and market their products and run their offices and factories; and
* Are committed to developing and employing extraordinary practices that benefit workers, customers, communities, and the environment.

See Connecticut Green Companies for a full listing. The following two companies are listed for our region.

Helyn's Clean Solutions - Helyn Bartholomay
Tolland, CT
(860) 871-1808
Cleaning solutions developed as an alternative to toxic cleaning agents. "They are environmentally safe, people safe, and they work great too!"

Living Naturally, LLC - Glenda Sinnamon
25 Oak St., Manchester, CT 06040-6135
860) 647-9480
This is a store selling personal and home care products for allergy sufferers, the chemically sensitive, and conscientious consumers.