The Green Singapore Sale 2012

The Green Singapore Sale 2012 brings you one month of eco-friendly, sustainable and ethical shopping from 22 June to 22 July!

Check out the green products and services in Singapore, and enjoy discounts and deals on non-toxic beauty cosmetics and cleaning products, organic and fair trade clothing and accessories, vegetarian and organic food and restaurants, energy saving lighting and devices, and more!

Here’s your chance to be a green conscious shopper, support local green businesses, and buy green products that benefit you, your family, the community, and the environment.

But always think twice before buying. Buy only what you need.

Find out more at http://www.greensingaporesale.com/

Win a free copy of Al Gore’s new book, Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis

Win a free copy of Al Gore’s new book, Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis!

Simply subscribe to our newsletter by 1 Jun 2012 and you could be one of 3 lucky draw winners to win the book.

This lucky draw is open to newsletter subscribers staying in Singapore. Winners will be notified via email on 5 Jun.

Sign up for our free newsletter now at http://www.greenstore.sg/newsletter-sign-up/ or use the form on the right.

Our Choice

This book is the sequel to Al Gore’s bestseller, An Inconvenient Truth, and this time, he offers a comprehensive overview of different solutions to tackle climate change. Read more

The 7 Habits of Green Conscious Singaporeans

The 7 Habits of Green Conscious Singaporeans is a book published by Eugene Tay, the Founder of Greenstore and Director of Green Future Solutions.

If you wish to go green and take action, this book makes it easier for you. Eugene has compiled a list of 7 habits that are commonly found in people who are green conscious and environmentally aware. All of us can start learning these 7 habits now and take action to improve and protect the environment. The 7 habits include:

Habit 1: Respect nature and renew your bond
Habit 2: Improve your environmental awareness and knowledge
Habit 3: Reduce your environmental impact
Habit 4: Spread the green message and influence others
Habit 5: Support green initiatives and groups
Habit 6: Participate as an active citizen
Habit 7: Choose to be a responsible consumer Read more

What Businesses Can Learn From The TÜV SÜD Green Gauge 2010

A new research study by TÜV SÜD Asia Pacific on the attitudes of consumers and businesses toward green products and services, provides insights for businesses in Singapore.

The research study, called the TÜV SÜD Green Gauge 2010, was conducted in China, India and Singapore. It included an online survey of more than 2,600 consumers who are decision makers in the purchase of products and services in 3 sectors: home electronics, food and beverage, and clothing and footwear. The study also included telephone interviews with over 450 management-level employees in businesses that operate in the 3 sectors.

The key findings for Singapore show that:

Majority of consumers and businesses in Singapore are interested in and increasingly aware of green issues.

The results show that 94% of consumers and 91% of companies are somewhat or very interested in green issues. Climate change was cited as the most pressing global green issue. In addition, 91% of consumers and 71% of companies said that the awareness of green issues somewhat or substantially increased in the past 5 years, and 81% of consumers and 69% of companies said that green issues will become increasingly prominent in the next 5 years. Read more

GAIA – Singapore’s first sustainable living mook

GAIA is Singapore’s first sustainable living mook (magazine book), published by Green Future Solutions. This free publication is for consumers interested in news, ideas, tips and products that benefit people and planet.

The first Sep 2011 issue of GAIA covers:

• NEWS
• FEATURE: Die Die Must Share – The Idea of Collaborative Consumption
• INTERVIEW: Carpooling 2.0 – Interview with MyRideBuddy
• HOME: Give It Away – 10 Ways to Clear Your Stuff
• HEALTH: Choosing a Healthy Dinner – 2 Tasty Vegetarian Recipes
• STYLE: Playful Elegance – Organic Clothing Mix and Match
• LEISURE: Simply Ling Kai – Supporting Local Music
• BOOKS
• DEALS

Download your free copy of GAIA now!

What is Santa’s Carbon Footprint?

While Santa is busy giving out presents this Christmas, here’s a fun look at his carbon footprint:

via Ethical Ocean – eco friendly products, fair trade and vegan shopping.

Die Die Must Share – The Idea of Collaborative Consumption

Eugene Tay, the Founder of Greenstore, is a person whom you would describe as a green maven – someone who reads and knows a lot about environmental trends and ideas, and who likes to share them with others.

Having come across many green ideas over the past few years, there is one recent idea Eugene would claim that he ‘die die must share’ – the idea of Collaborative Consumption.

Collaborative Consumption refers to the idea of sharing that is empowered by technology and social networks, and how it changes consumption and the way businesses operate.

Sharing also covers renting, swapping, lending, trading, exchanging, bartering, and gifting. The advantages of sharing are that fewer resources are used to make and ship products, and less waste are generated and disposed.

The term Collaborative Consumption was first described in 2010 in the book What’s Mine Is Yours: The Rise of Collaborative Consumption by Rachel Botsman and Roo Rogers.

Other resources with similar ideas on sharing include the book The Mesh: Why the Future of Business is Sharing by Lisa Gansky and the Shareable website. Read more

Wrap Your Christmas Gift the Japanese Furoshiki Way

Do you want to wrap your Christmas gift in an eco-friendly way? Furoshiki is a Japanese traditional wrapping cloth which is used in a creative and stylish way to wrap gifts and things. Watch how you can wrap your Christmas gifts Furoshiki-style.

The wrapping cloth can be reused or can be part of the gift too. You can use a Furoshiki cloth or any suitable scarf, tablecloth or used fabric. This idea is from the RecycleNow website.

Exploring New Green Consumption Trends – LOHAS and Collaborative Consumption

A global green revolution is gaining momentum and changing how people consume and how businesses operate. This generation of business leaders and companies will face new challenges but the green revolution also present exciting business opportunities.

Over the past few years, we came across several new green consumption trends. In particular, there are two new trends that we think would be emerging but important trends affecting businesses and consumers in the coming years. The two new green consumption trends are LOHAS and Collaborative Consumption.

LOHAS

LOHAS stands for ‘Lifestyles Of Health And Sustainability’ and is a marketing term that originated in 2000 in the United States to describe a group of consumers who are environmentally, socially and health conscious, and believes in a lifestyle that benefits both people and planet. The LOHAS concept quickly spread to Japan, and then to Taiwan and South Korea.

We believe that LOHAS is an important trend because it goes beyond “green” consumers and looks at the converging market of consumers who are interested in the environment, health and fitness, personal development, sustainable living, and social justice.

In 2009, a Singapore-based social enterprise, Asia-Pacific LOHAS, was set up to promote LOHAS in Singapore and the region. Asia-Pacific LOHAS aims to educate millions of consumers in Asia that consumption can be done in a better way and to help facilitate the growth of the LOHAS business community to serve these consumers. Read more

Welcome to Greenstore!

We see a growing trend for consumers in Singapore to live green, and choose green and ethical products and services. However, we hear frequent complaints about the lack of green choices and the difficulty in finding sustainable products and services.

So we started Greenstore to make it easy for you to find and choose brands, products and services that are better for both people and planet.

Greenstore is Singapore’s first review and rating guide for green consumers. We curate, review and rate green, eco, sustainable, organic, and ethical products and services that benefit you, the environment and the community.

We are also the first in Singapore to develop and use an internal Green Rating system to help us rate products and services based on their business, environmental and social performance, and to award them a Green Rating. Read more