GreenShopping.com: A Environmentally Conscious Front-End to Amazon (and a Few Others)
Published by Joel April 23rd, 2007 in Deals. Share ThisGreenshopper.com, the “world’s largest environmentally friendly super store,” looks quite a bit like Amazon. There’s a reason for that: it’s basically just a front end for Amazon, except the products displayed are “green.” What makes a product green, according to GreenShopper?
We have often wanted to come up with a list of criteria that makes a product green, but it’s very difficult because we have almost 1,000 different categories of products (and the list grows daily). For example, we focuse on products made from pesticde-free sustainable materials, such as organic cotton, bamboo, hemp, recycled, etc materials. However, we also include products that reduce your energy consumption, such as CFL light bulbs and weatherization products. A light bulb by itself is not necessarily made from sustainable materials, but it reduces our coal burning fossil fuel consumption and is the best current green alternative. The bottom line is that any products you find on this website will be the best current green alternative that we could find and as new technologies replace old ones, we update the inventory accordingly.
More or less it’s a giant hand-picked product list, but the sheer number of products they’ve punched into the database is worth something. Might want to spellcheck the F.A.Q., though.
Home Page [GreenShopper.com]
You cut and edited some of the material above, which is a little upsetting. It also wasn’t offically released when you saw this site. We are working on a criteria for green products, but it’s difficult with 1,000 categories. Please see updated, spell-checked FAQ
Uh, I didn’t edit anything in the blockquote. I think your idea is solid; I was just trying to offer a little criticism.
Sorry, I clicked the submit button prematurely, and had the wrong e-mail address in. It’s info@greenshopper.com. Anyways, there were a few things missing from what you had put on there, mainly that it relies on user input because there are so many different types of products and categories. It works out really well thus far. But we appreciate the feedback, and you should send it to feedback@greenshopper.com or info@greenshopper.com. Thanks a lot and enjoy!
“GreenShopping.com: A Environmentally Conscious Front-End to Amazon (and a Few Others)”
The title of your article calls it “greenshopping.com. If you investigate further, the website you refer to as being a front for Amazon is greenshopper.com, not greenshopping.com. Greenshopping.com was established in 1995 with the intent of being the 24/7 backbone to a satellite delivered television “Green Shopping with Martyn St.David”. Please correct your references.
Thank you,
Martyn St.David
Owner
GreenShopping.com
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