Best Eco-Friendly Stores in San Francisco
Eco-Chic: Where Do You Shop For Green-Minded Style?
We've got eco-friendly dry cleaning with GreenStreets Cleaners (various locations); an entire bookstore devoted to enviro-conscious writing, the Green Arcade (680 Market St., 415-431-6800); and Eco Citizen Boutique (2255 Polk St., 415-614-0100), pictured below, which carries fair trade and organic fashions. 
Our eco-shopping options may not be as extensive as our farmers' markets, but when it comes to the green shopping scene, San Francisco does pretty well. To compile a definitive list, I need your help. Tell me your favorite eco shopping destinations. Where do you go for green-minded gifts, clothing, dry cleaning, home goods — basically anything but food? Leave a comment below and/or tweet me with your eco-friendly shopping suggestions.
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Post a CommentThe photo featured is actually when Eco Citizen was on Vallejo street a block away. Their new spot on Polk is great and actually next door to an eco dry-cleaner!
Keetsa in SOMA sells eco-friendly mattresses. They're compressed in a box to be shipped and expand when you open it, so have a lighter carbon footprint.
EcoLogiQue in Hayes Valley was great, but it closed down.
Remembered a few more . . .
Cisco Home in Hayes Valley sells gorgeous sustainable home furniture. Branch Home in SOMA sells sustainable modern decor. Tedda Hughes on Polk St. sells affordable, sustainable clothing (made from reused materials) and many handmade, locally-designed, and organic apparel, along with artwork and jewelry from local artists. Manika Jewelry in Union Square features many artists who use eco-gold and silver — reclaimed (recycled) precious metals rather than strip-mined from the earth.
Representing the East Bay, here are a few of my favorites:
Lola in the Elmwood neighborhood has beautiful home goods
Convert on 4th Street has great organic and eco clothing and shoes, plus baby goods and decor as well
Ohmega Salvage in Berkeley has very cool architectural salvage pieces and objects
Mignonne Decor in Berkeley specializes in refurbishing and reupholstering vintage furniture
Flowerland on Solano Avenue in Albany is my new favorite nursery. It's recently upgraded its inventory to reflect more organic choices, and the garden accents are perfectly chosen, too.
These are great suggestions, thanks you guys!
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