n this site you will find more than 1000 links to products that benefit your health and the environment. After more than 25 years as a consumer advocate for health and the environment and looking for products to use in my own personal life, I know where to buy a few things and how to choose green and nontoxic products. 
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Babies & Kids
Maggie's Soap Nuts
The best soap for baby things. "Soapnuts" are nature's laundry soap. They are the dried fruit of the Chinese Soapberry tree, which contain saponin, a natural cleaner used for thousands of years to clean clothes. These completely unprocessed nuts--used by people all over the world--release their soap when the shell comes in contact with water. You just drop a few nuts in a small cotton bag and place it in the washer with your items to be washed. I tried these and everything came out clean and soft. No fragrance, no residues. After several loads of wash (I got three loads from mine), you can just toss the remaining shells in the compost pile. Site also contains instructions for making a liquid cleaner from soap nuts that can be used for washing humans and pets, fruit and vegetables, spot treating laundry, hand washing delicates, cleaning kitchens and bathrooms, washing cars and plants, repelling pests, cleaning jewelry, and washing windows (they sell it ready-made now too, with lavender and tea-tree oil added). About 50 cents a load. "Maggie's Pure Land reserves the Soapberry harvest years in advance, providing families with guaranteed income from living Soapberry trees. By using Maggie's Soap Nuts you are preserving tropical forests! You are supporting real people in their local economies, cultures and communities! You are using the safest, most natural product available!"
CaliforniaVISIT WEBSITE
Baby Bunz & Co.
"A special collection of baby basics" including diaper covers, clothing, blankets and bedding, baby care, feeding products, and toys (even an organic teddy bear!). All are natural, many organic.
WashingtonVISIT WEBSITE
Baby Eco Trends
A one-stop shop for "green baby must-haves that we can count on to be safe, socially responsible and sustainable. With concern for the health of the planet as well as the health of our family, we work hard to find products that are ecologically friendly and have minimal footprints. Whenever possible, we opt for organic, USA made, sustainable and cruelty free products." Products include baby cribs, changing tables and dresers, Moses baskets and cradles, baby mattresses and bedding, rocking chairs and gliders, children's furniture, nursery art, baby toys, baby clothing and gear, strollers, and diapers and diapering accessories. Lots of selection in one place. Good descriptions of health and environmental attributes of each product.
FloridaVISIT WEBSITE
Decent Exposures
100& cotton and organic cotton clothing for pregrant women and nursing mothers, designed by women for women. Fabrics are prewashed. Read selections carefully as some items are made from synthetic or blend fabrics.
WashingtonVISIT WEBSITE
Go Natural Baby
Quality, organic cotton clothing for babies and kids, at excellent prices, from a mother-owned business. "My son is my inspiration and because of that I have a business that treats its customers and the planet with care and integrity. Fair trade and ecological awareness are core values of Go Natural Baby. We will only put our name on products that are made with Fair Trade values, including providing a healthy work environment for its workers, paying a fair wage, and ensuring that children are not in the work environment. Our factory is certified fair labor by SA 8000. It is a priority to make our goods from 100% certified organic cotton. From the field to the factory each step in our garment business is dedicated to providing the highest quality organic cotton. All of the cotton is tested and certified organically grown and processed by Control Union (formerly called SKAL International). Our cotton goods are GOTS. The factory that cuts and sews our garments is dedicated to only producing organic cotton garments, thus no cross contamination." In addition to clothing, you'll also find natural toys, accessories, crib and child mattresses and bedding, and more. Free shipping and price matching.
OregonVISIT WEBSITE
Heart of Vermont
All products are handmade in Vermont from natural fibers. All cotton is organic, FoxFibre™ Colorganic©, low-impact dyed, or untreated. Their pesticide-free wool is washed in hot water and soap, and processed into batting on their own machines without oils or mothproofing. Organic cotton flannel receiving blankets, hand-woven palm leaf-fiber bassinets, cotton and wool futons (with doctor's prescription) heirloom quality "Starry Night" weave cotton baby blanket, and an organic cotton stuffed bear.
VermontVISIT WEBSITE
Mighty Nest
Organic, natural and BPA-free products for baby, family & home. Handpicked "organic, natural, non-toxic and eco-friendly products to help you create a healthy and safe home...a unique Web site that provides parents the ability to research, get advice and buy natural, organic and non-toxic products all in one place. All products are free of lead, BPA, PVC, phthalates, parabens, chemical flame retardants and any other known toxic ingredients." Everything from art supplies and baby bottles to teethers and toys.
IllinoisVISIT WEBSITE
Nobby Organics
Organic cotton and wool clothing, bedding, sleepwear and toys for babies. "A small family-owned business which began with a pursuit for certified organic, toxin-free clothing and bedding for our own five children...At a time when most commercially-available products are saturated with chemicals which cause serious damage to the body and brain, we believe that the everyday choices we make affect not only ourselves but those around us...We carefully choose our products from around the globe with the mission of being safe to people and friendly to our environment. Our produts are carefully selected for quality, purity, and design, and produced without chemical treatments from organically grown cotton, silk, wool, and wood. Our suppliers actively support Organic and Biodynamic farms and strictly adhere to Fair Trade guidelines.
New YorkVISIT WEBSITE
Organic Grace
Just about everything you might need for your baby, chosen to be safe by a real mother for her baby. Cribs and mattresses, bedding, glass bottles, cloth diapers, baby blankets and clothes, herbal products, dolls, teethers, toys, pactifiers, pillows, and more--all made from nontoxic, natural, and organic materials. Even organic cotton baby carriers!
CaliforniaVISIT WEBSITE
Satara Baby
Specializes in natural, organic and safe products for infants and toddlers: organic baby bedding, organic crib mattresses, baby clothes, cloth diapers, baby carriers, baby bath prodcuts, non-toxic toys, feeding products and more."
WisconsinVISIT WEBSITE
