Business & Tech
Patch Picks: 5 Newport Businesses Making it Easy to Go Green
These businesses provide excellent products that also happen to be good for the planet, making going green twice as good.
- - Whether you’re looking for fabulous eco-friendly fashions, cool recycled accessories for you and your home, or the latest books on how to go green, this Brick Market boutique has the widest selection around of eco-friendly products.
- - One of sustainable skincare’s most lauded brands was started right here on Aquidneck Island by Brenda Brock. Head up to their flagship store on Bellevue Avenue to see how sustainable skincare products can replace your standard beauty counter buys.
- - Just because you’re trying to go green doesn’t mean you can never eat out. This recently opened Lower Thames (as in the end of the road) restaurant specializes in creating a new menu each night with as many ingredients as possible from local farms.
- Grow RI- The end of summer doesn’t have to end the mark of your growing season. Grow RI offers a selection of products that allow you to grow vegetables all year long indoors through a hydroponic or aeroponic set-ups in your home.
- - If you want to reduce your carbon foot print, hit the road, but not in your car. Head down to Ten Speed Spokes to pick up bikes and riding gear for the whole family, and before you know it you’ll be cruising all over town without contributing a bit of air pollution.
