Green Options

You may know him for his Pride & Prejudice role as Mr. Darcy or in Bridget Jones Diary, The English Patient, Shakespeare In Love, Love Actually, Girl With The Pearl Earring and most recently, Momma Mia!, but after opening two fair trade coffee shops in London, Colin Firth opened Eco-Age, a full-service green living store in Chiswick, England.   

Together with his wife, and two partners they’ve created a three story ecologically-renovated shop that provides inspiration, services and products for living a greener life.  In addition, they’ve started a campaign to make Chiswick the first “eco village” in London by encouraging businesses and homeowners to commit to:

Hop on over to Coco’s concept boutique “mingling the most coveted fashion and beauty care with sustainability and eco-consciousness. We provide a distinctive assortment of fashion, accessories and beauty products for the most discerning Fashionistas who care about how they look and their impact on our environment.” Here are a few designers we also reviewed over the summertime for example, Kelly B who’s adorable swim wear we love, has some sale items over at Coco’s:

There is an end of summer sale happening over at Eco Citizen.

… Eco Citizen was born from the simple desire to help people and contribute to the well-being of the world. “It feels good to know that the items I sell are not only well designed but also fair trade, organic and sustainable- to know this gives me a purpose.” Joslin Van Arsdale

Green boutiques are not lacking in the city by the bay and Christine Kay, owner of Ladita is quite aware.  Winner of the Best Of The Bay Area award and recently featured in the September issue of Lucky mag, their mission is to offer the latest eco brands and limited-editions.  They’re stocked with coveted labels like Del Forte denim, Toggery, Covet, Stewart+Brown and James Jeans amongst others.  You’ll also find a selection of handmade and/or recycled jewelry and even eco-duds for baby.