Shopping for environmentally friendly products from socially responsible companies doesn't have to be expensive (though it often is!). A lot of companies are lowering the prices of their green products and services to attract more buyers and get the products into mainstream markets. If you're looking for a deal when shopping for green goods, you might check out Green Deals Daily, a Digg-like social news site where users and editors post bargains and let the community vote on them. The site is brand new and just beginning to get attention.
Green Deals Daily uses the Digg model to rank and promote the deals and bargains posted to the site. Registered users (registration is free) and the editors behind the service post at least one deal each day, and the community votes on it. The higher the vote, the more people thought the bargain was worthwhile or at least worth being featured.
The service isn't just for new products and services, though; Green Deals Daily features a number of tips and tricks to help you reduce your environmental impact and make the most out of the products you already own. After all, it's important to reduce and reuse as well as recycle. Green Deals Daily does bring you bargains on products with socially responsible and eco-friendly companies, but just as often it suggests other relevant links and information.
To illustrate: On the home page today is a link to a credit card company that donates a portion of its profits (and each of your purchases) to eco-friendly organizations and environmental causes, five things you should know before buying LED light bulbs, and a site that'll help you find eco-employment if you're looking for jobs in Canada. If you're interested in older deals, just scroll down the page, or click the tag cloud to find specific stories on items that interest you. You can click on "new deals" to find the bargains and articles that have been recently added to the site. The most highly rated and popular deals (along with the featured deal of the day) make it to the front page.
Green Deals Daily looks to be new, and most of the articles and deals published on the site only have a few votes. But the site has a lot of potential to bring environmentally friendly deals and articles to the masses and provide a real source for people who are interested in reducing their impact on the environment.
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