Tiny Footprints Shopping Guide
Our 10 eco-healthy shopping tips will guide you toward these products. The shower gifts section of the healthy baby shower kit identifies some environmentally friendly, low-and non-toxic baby products, including important recommendations on eco-healthy baby bottles. The section identifies 'what to look for' as well as who makes an eco-healthy version and where you can purchase those products (both locally and online). Or check out The Green Guide which is a great resource with tips for greening your home and your life, including hundreds of product reviews (there is a subscription cost of $15 for full web access and $20 for hard copy).
So where can you find an environmentally healthy dry cleaner, landscaper or house cleaner? The ReDirect Guide
has extensive listings to help you locate environmentally, socially,
and health conscious goods and services in the Portland - Vancouver
metropolitan area. Locally, The Chinook Book has coupons for over 250 sustainable products and services in the Portland-Eugene area.
We, at the Oregon Environmental Council, have a new program that identifies childcare facilities that qualify as eco-healthy. Find out more about the program and which facilities in your neighborhood have qualified. 
Eco-labels.org can help you make sense of environmental labels on food, wood, personal care products and household cleaners. GreenerChoices.org offers information on making environmentally responsible consumer choices.
The Green Home Environmental Store is an online green product department store. Products listed here have qualities that promote environmental health or resource conservation.
A key piece of this puzzle is to recycle and reuse items that you do choose to purchase. Other parents are a great resource as many of them already know where to get low- and non-toxic products. We'd love to hear about what you know!
