Toronto’s Going Green

lisa delaney

Grassroots

One of the first green retailers to open shop in the Greater Toronto Area, Grassroots has been loyally serving eco-friendly followers since 1994. Their product offerings are continuously growing, adding to the existing deep product availability of hygiene and personal care products, home décor, household goods, natural cleaners, stationery and office supplies, air and water filters, along with a limited selection of apparel.  Price points for the sustainable products are affordable, ranging from $2.99 for a bar of soap to $359.99 for a solar energy barbeque. There’s truly something for everyone looking to live earthly to the max!

Grassroots: 2831 Danforth & 408 Bloor West, Toronto ( www.grassrootsstore.com )

Left Feet

Helping its consumers pave a path to a healthier lifestyle, Left Feet is a vegan friendly retailer that opened for business in 2005. Offering eco-friendly and unique shoes, belts and accessories made from natural rubbers, poly-cottons and nylon, not only is the store sustainable, but it’s affordable with price points ranging from $7 - $150.

Left Feet: 88 Nassau, Toronto ( www.leftfeet.ca )

Peaches & Green

At Peaches and Green, they want you to put your trust in their products, trust in their knowledgeable staff, and trust in their offer of fair value. Their goal is to help you to make educated choices so you can live life naturally.  Their product assortment and service offerings include a wide range of vitamins and supplements, personal hygiene products, health assessments, healthy living tips, healthy eating recipes. Most recently, Peaches and Green introduced complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), which is a diverse group of healing systems that are not presently considered to be part of mainstream medicine. Peaches and Green has been proudly serving its clientele since 1999, and its list of loyal consumers continues to increase as more individuals seek natural remedies help enhance and retain proper body functions.

Peaches & Green: 1561 Bayview, Toronto ( www.peachesandgreen.com )