Earth Day is finally here and it’s time to prioritize giving the earth some love today—and every day. Luckily, there are so many brands that put a major focus on creating sustainable initiatives and practices in their business so that we can feel good about making purchases. The fashion industry is such a huge cause of pollution and carbon emissions, so it’s good to know that there are retailers out there who we can trust and stand behind.
Here are our fave sustainable retailers to shop for Earth Day.
MAVI
Mavi has over 30 years of experience mastering the art of jeans. The brand is constantly innovating to become as sustainable as possible, with a mission to make sustainable denim the norm, not just the premium exception. Mavi creates eco-friendly denim that uses less energy, water, and chemicals, and uses sustainable materials like Tencel. Learn more and shop sustainable denim here!
Everlane
Everlane ensures it stays committed to developing sustainable supply chains by using recycled materials, addresses water use and chemical inputs, and invests in carbon offset projects. The shop is full of organic cotton pieces, denim with low-impact dyeing, and accessories made from recycled plastic bottles.
SELV Ritual
SELV is always thinking of ways to reduce its ecological footprint. To do so, all packaging is made with recyclable glass jars to compostable paper bags! One of its hero scents, Le Rituel Nordique, is packaged in seed paper which can be planted in soil and will eventually grow to become beautiful wildflowers! SELV creates these boxes with different products and raw materials that they no longer need or work with, which makes them a minimal-waste company.
Tentree
Tentree is dedicated to finding and sourcing the most sustainable fibres and materials available. The brand takes great pride in finding better, healthier, and more eco-progressive solutions for its customers. In addition to placing such a large focus on amazing materials, Tentree plants 10 trees for every item purchased. How cool is that?
Chatters
Chatters strives to offer the most inclusive and environmentally sustainable salon and shopping experience. The company previously launched Style Consciously, an initiative about making mindful choices. It showcases a curated selection of items that positively impact health, lifestyle, and the environment. Plus, in honour of Earth Day, enjoy 25% off select Style Consciously products!
Kuwalla Tee
Kuwalla Tee prides itself on being eco-friendly and minimizing waste, without compromising quality, style, comfort, and affordability. All of the brand’s packaging is made from recyclable and biodegradable material and it’s also a proud partner of 1% for the planet! This Earth Day, shop its Endangered Species Collection where 30% of proceeds will go to Nature Canada!
Reformation
Reformation is not only known for its stylish it-girl-approved fashion, but also for its sustainability initiatives! Sustainability remains at the core of everything Reformation does, from its manufacturing factory in LA to its fabrics, packaging, and retail stores. It’s committed to pushing the industry forward and investing in future-focused solutions; it’s currently a certified climate-neutral company and commits to being climate-positive by 2025.
Allbirds
If you’re on the hunt for sustainable sneakers, check out Allbirds! It creates sneakers using natural fibres and focuses on driving its carbon emissions to zero. To address its climate impact, Allbirds takes a three-part approach: measuring emissions, reducing its footprint, and working to support the removal of carbon emissions from the atmosphere.
Raw Sugar Living
Known for its clean personal care products and “do no harm” philosophy, Raw Sugar Living is making clean and affordable green beauty accessible to all. Its products are vegan and cruelty-free, crafted with clean, organic extracts and good-for-you ingredients, and packaged with 30% post-consumer recycled plastic (with a commitment to 100% PCR by 2030).
Lover’s Tempo
Certified B Corporation, Lover’s Tempo is making waves in the jewellery industry. The Vancouver-based brand developed the innovative Full Circle Artist Program, an initiative which incites positive change and dialogue about circularity within the jewellery industry, transforming its products from waste to art.
Everist
Founded by Toronto-based Jessica Stevenson and Jayme Jenkins, Everist was named one of Time’s Best Inventions and Fast Company’s World Changing Ideas. The brand is leading the waterless beauty movement with the first-ever hair and body concentrates! Made in a base of glycerin and aloe vera instead of water, its products are created with the hair, scalp, and skin in mind, and happen to have a 77% smaller carbon impact.
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Earth Day is coming up this week, so what better way to celebrate than to shout out some of our fave brands that have focused on creating sustainable initiatives. We all know that the fashion industry has a major negative effect on the planet, so it’s always important to seek out brands that are putting in efforts to reduce harm.
Here are our fave brands with sustainable initiatives.
Tentree
Tentree is dedicated to finding and sourcing the most sustainable fibres and materials available. The brand takes great pride in finding better, healthier, and more eco-progressive solutions for its customers. In addition to placing such a large focus on amazing materials, tentree plants 10 trees per every item purchased. How cool is that?
Earth’s Own
Earth’s Own, a Canadian brand behind some seriously delicious plant-based milk, is on a mission to change the way the world eats and reduce our carbon “food” print. To celebrate Earth Day, they’ve created #ThePlantChallenge, asking Canadians to eat plant-based all day on Earth Day to help save our planet. After all, it’s the single biggest thing we can do, as individuals, to reduce the impacts of climate change. To participate, eat plants morning, noon, and night, and visit @earthsowncanada to share their call-to-action post. For every share, Earth’s Own will donate 25 cents (up to $25k) to the Plant Project.
Club Monaco
Club Monaco prioritizes quality pieces that live on season after season. The brand believes it has a responsibility to reduce its impact on the planet and leverages responsible fabrics and has developed new ways to produce pieces sustainably.
Everlane
Everlane ensures it stays committed to developing sustainable supply chains by using recycled materials, addresses water use and chemical inputs, and invests in carbon offset projects. The shop is full of organic cotton pieces, denim with low-impact dyeing, and accessories made from recycled plastic bottles.
Kuwalla Tee
Kuwalla Tee prides itself on being eco-friendly and minimizing waste, without compromising quality, style, comfort, and affordability. All of the brand’s packaging is made from recyclable and biodegradable material and it’s also a proud partner of 1% for the planet!
Amika
Amika is a cruelty-free and vegan-certified haircare brand that focuses on becoming more sustainable in all of its business practices. It’s recently announced a brand new signature ingredient, Sea Buckthorn, which is sustainably sourced, organic, and fair-trade. This is a major step forward in the brand’s missions towards a more sustainable future.
LASPA
LASPA is on a mission to create clean and natural beauty products with only the finest ingredients. Its products are made from natural sources, which means its environmental impact is reduced. LASPA’s offerings are reef safe, biodegradable, and created with recyclable packaging.
Local European
Local European is seriously a brand to have on your radar for all of the right reasons. Not only does it manufacture all of its collections with deadstock fabric to save energy and lower its carbon footprint, it also produces its pieces in small batches to ensure waste reduction.
Garnier
In 2020, the brand Garnier announced its Green Beauty sustainable initiative. This is a complete end-to-end approach to sustainability, transforming every stage of Garnier’s value chain, and dramatically reducing the brand’s environmental impact.
Olive + Splash
Created by Melanie Wong, Olive + Splash, offers a selection of cashmere-soft, eco-friendly, and ethically sourced bamboo apparel. Bamboo is such an awesome material to use when focusing on protecting the planet, plus it’s breathable and doesn’t contain harmful chemicals.
Call It Spring
Call It Spring products are 100% vegan, PETA approved and made from recycled materials. The parent company, The ALDO Group, is a proud and active member of the Sustainable Apparel Coalition and it aims to resolve damaging practices and achieve environmental and social transparency demanded by consumers.
MUJI
MUJI is a brand that offers a variety of sustainable initiatives that include reusable products at affordable prices. It offers tote bags to travel-size storage, and everything in between, that will help you leave behind single-use items.
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As the New Year begins, it’s time to say goodbye to the old and make room for the new. And while you’re doing that, you’ll probably begin to see a pattern; the things you’re saying goodbye to are things that you only used a few times.
Though those things can be donated — you know what they say, one person’s trash is another’s treasure — it’s hard not to feel remorse over money spent on something that only sparked joy for a handful of moments.
Luckily as the years go on, wastefulness and the dangerous harms of fast fashion are recognized more than ever before. Our options for shopping better quality, earth-friendly, and socially conscious products are ever expanding, so when we are consuming, we can be smarter about it.
Instead of buying something you’ll regret the next time you’re cleaning out your house, check out these sustainable online stores that all ship to Canada.
One-Stop Shops
All Things Being Eco
Head over to All Things Being Eco to shop environmentally conscious and ethical home, baby, bathroom, cleaning products, and more. Our favourite section of All Things Being Eco is the zero waste page, where you can find refills on organic and natural products like shampoo, skin cream, deodorant, dish tabs, cleaning products, and more. Shop All Things Being Eco.
Whimsy + Row
Whimsy + Row is an L.A.-based brand that makes stylish clothing collections in ethical conditions using deadstock textiles and materials. Each collection is made in limited runs and is built to last. Not only that, but you can take pride in knowing that Whimsy + Row don’t use any water when creating their collections, only ship items with 100% recyclable packaging, and choose fabrics and materials that biodegrade faster than synthetic fabrics and use less water to create. You can also find homewares, skincare, and gifts from brands with similar ethos. Shop Whimsy + Row.
Sustain Ecostore
Another one-stop on our list of sustainable online stores is Sustain Ecostore. The store was created by husband-wife duo Jonathan and Celine MacKay as a solution to toxins inside the home. Each and every product on the website — from kitchen and home, to skincare, baby, and more — has been personally researched and used by the founders, and puts the health of the earth and your family first. Shop Sustain Ecostore.
Logan & Finley
Another one of our favourite sustainable online stores is Logan & Finley. Based in Toronto, Logan & Finley is an eco-conscious general store that thoughtfully chooses everything features. Online you’ll find ethically sourced, sustainable giftables, clothing, skincare, cleaning products, and more that don’t compromise on style or quality. Shop Logan & Finley.
Ten Thousand Villages
If you want to feel really good about where you shop, check out Ten Thousand Villages. The non-profit partners with artisans in developing countries, giving them a space to sell their goods, share their stories, and earn a living. Currently, Ten Thousand Villages works with over 20,000+ makers in 26 different countries, and offers everything from kitchenware to home decor, furniture, clothing, accessories, and much more. Shop Ten Thousand Villages.
Fashion
ThredUP
Thrift stores can be daunting; sorting through racks and racks of clothing to find one perfect piece isn’t for everyone. But at ThredUP, the world’s biggest online consignment store, thrifting is easy and you’re saving a piece from making its way to a landfill! Using the filter option when you shop, you can easily sort through clothing sizes, styles, and brands. Plus, if you’re a first time shopper, you can get 50% off your first order. Shop ThredUP.
The RealReal
One of our favourite online designer consignment shops is The RealReal, which features thousands of gently used pieces of jewellery, clothing, shoes, handbags, and accessories from luxury labels like Gucci, Fendi, Prada, Louis Vuitton, and more. Each item is inspected and authenticated so that you know you’re getting the real deal. Shop The RealReal.
Reformation
By now, you probably already know Reformation, the sustainable brand that’s loved by celebrities. But what you might not know is that the L.A.-based brand also has a section on their website that help reverse the negative effects weddings, flights, and individuals have on climate. You can buy carbon credits starting at $32, which support Gold Standard verified projects through NativeEnergy and invest in clean energy and carbon-reducing projects around the world. Shop Reformation.
Beauty
The Detox Market
At The Detox Market, only the best clean beauty products are featured. Each product features pure ingredients, performs exceptionally, and is cruelty-free. Online you’ll find notable brands like RMS Beauty, ILIA Beauty, OSEA, Pai Organics, Alima Pure, Goop, and more. But if you’re new to the clean beauty game, start with the best sellers, which can be found on the homepage. Shop The Detox Market.
Clementine Fields
After being diagnosed with chronic leukemia in 2007, Ingrid Doucet became super aware of everything she put in and on her body, leading her to start Clementine Fields with her husband Tom. The online shop sells beauty products that are not only effective and green, but have the lowest environmental impact and are worthy of being displayed on your vanity. You can also shop plastic-free items to lessen your footprint even more. Shop Clementine Fields.
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With a new wave of sustainability, it’s hard not to notice how our everyday habits contribute to the 31 million tonnes of garbage Canada produces in a year.
In our beauty cabinets alone, we’re encouraged to refresh our cosmetics every three months to two years and our applicators every two to three months. Not to mention, even when our hearts our in the right place, sometimes we dispose of our old shampoo and face wash bottles wrong. Often tossed into blue bins without a quick rinse, plastic containers that aren’t cleaned out before they’re recycled can actually cause larger problems, including a leak that contaminates otherwise recyclable things.
But a new age of sustainability doesn’t only raise awareness, it brings us options as well — including stores like Toronto-based eco+amour.
eco+amour is fairly new on the scene. The boutique first opened in Scarborough in September 2018 and have been providing earth-conscious shoppers with low-waste beauty and home refills ever since. From Crush and Brush Toothpaste Tabs that come in biodegradable cardboard tubes and reusable cotton swabs, to soil-aiding tea bags and reusable beeswax wraps, everything carried in eco+amour share the core value of creating less waste.
The products that do come in packaging are sold with the intention of being reused or recycled. Take for example, Lines of Elan, whose co-founder, Sarah Marcus, is also one of the founders of eco+amour. While shoppers can purchase pre-filled bottles of shampoo, body wash, and more, they’re encouraged to bring in the same bottles to be refilled. Alternatively, shoppers can bring in their own bottles, or rent refillable containers from the store. And for items that can’t be recycled in the city program (which isn’t very much), they can be returned in-store in eco+amour’s TerraCycle box.
We had the opportunity to drop by the store to get a closer look inside. Take a peek below!
Visit eco+amour at 30 Bertrand Ave. Unit C9 in Scarborough. The store is open Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Thursday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Friday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., or shop them 24/7 at ecoandamour.com.
Featured image: Instagram/@ecoandamour
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