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made by jtrentadams on Nov 14, 2007

Assuming we're all gonna' buy stuff anyway... the folks at UTNE Reader …

Assuming we're all gonna' buy stuff anyway... the folks at UTNE Reader have teamed up with Moment Marketing to create EarthMoment.com. The online shopping site sells stuff from standard retailers (Apple, Barnes and Noble, Circuit City, Macy%u2019s, Sharper Image, etc) at what appears to be MSRV. They then donates half of their commission-based revenues to Carbonfund.org, a nonprofit organization supporting projects that reduce carbon dioxide emissions.

It seems like a relatively good idea... though I'd prefer to see them work out an integration model with existing shopping portals. By building their own, they're going to have to get the word out it exists for it to succeed.

If you end up using it (or something similar), I'd be interested in your thoughts.

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kemper, Nov 16, 2007:

I've never used one but I agree that it needs to be more integrated into the bigger online retailers. Another option would be to use a credit card that does the same. The best I could find was Working Assets. They offer a Visa card through Bank of America and donate 10 cents of every purchase to various non-profit groups. My local credit union also does a donation locally for signed purchases on my debit card. Here's a few other shopping portals that are like you mention: Smartly Green and Non-profit Shopping Mall. The best solution though would be to stop shopping. Help support the Buy Nothing Day this November 23.

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