GoodGuide gives you the low-down on Green Products
If you are environmentally conscious and only want to buy products that are safe and "Green," then look no further than your iPhone. That's because Good Guide [iTunes link] for iPhone allows you to search for these eco-friendly products. As a matter of fact, GoodGuide indexes over 65,000 products in several different categories. When you search through a category and find a specific product that you would like to learn more about, GoodGuide gives you details that can better help you make your purchase. You can find things like: Overall rating, health rating, environmental rating, and social rating.
You can also create a shopping list with the products that you like; however, this feature requires you to create an account with GoodGuide. The application is available for free from the iTunes App Store.
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If you are environmentally conscious and only want to buy products that are safe and "Green," then look no further than your iPhone. That's...
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I agree that buying "green" may not be the most important issue for everyone (although it is for some). But, at GoodGuide, green is only part of the story. We believe that consumers deserve to know everything about the products they consume: where they are made, how green they are, if they're healthy, and if they work.
Currently, we provide data on the health, environmental, and social impacts of products and companies. We're starting to add more content, such as user reviews and political contributions of companies. And in the future we hope to add even more.
We also hope to add support for additional countries as well, but we are focusing on support for US products and companies initially (although many of the companies that we rate are international).
- Ryan from GoodGuide
PS. You can learn more about our data and ratings at http://www.goodguide.com/about/ratings
Please note! This is US based ONLY it seems. Very, very limited UK Products. Shame.
December 03 2008 at 10:32 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyIts sad that you are annoyed. Think of the millions of people that will be annoyed in the next 50s years due to our decisions we make now. Its a shame to think I wont be able to eat fish safely in 2040(let alone now) Its better to think of it like this. When you have two products that you wish to buy that accomplish the same end result, why not inform yourself about the two and if you "are all for saving the environment" then you why wouldn't you want to choose the one that does lees harm to our resources?
I'm all for 'saving' the environment but when i see all these "green product" lists, and all apple's 'we are green commercials'...its just annoying to me. I don't buy a product becuase its green... i buy it because it works.
December 03 2008 at 8:32 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyWow- this is just silly. There are countless choices out there where two products work identically yet one is the smarter choice for you, your children, and the planet.
Once more consumers start using the little amount of brainpower needed to make that choice- and hopefully make the more responsible one- is when manufacturers will respond by making their own responsible choices that also help the bottom line.
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