Vote with Your Dollar Toolkit

Building the green economy is about more than being informed about corporations—it’s about actually supporting businesses that have adopted green practices, are growing the local economies, and pay suppliers fairly. Where you shop and what you buy when you do sends a direct message. So vote with your dollar!

What Does it Mean to Vote With Your Dollar? | Vote with Your Clothes | Vote with Your Food | Vote with Your Bank Account | Vote to Save Forests | Support Greener Businesses

What Does it Mean to Vote With Your Dollar?

Want to create a greener world that works for all people? One of the most important things you can do is vote with your dollars.

By Green America

Vote with Your Clothes

Sweatshop-Free Clothing

Keep sweatshops out of your closet! Find out how to make sure your clothes are sweatshop-free and help change the fashion and clothing industries.

Dress with Good in Mind at Green Corporations

Give these selected brands a chance to provide you with sustainable clothing.

Dress Better: Buy from Certified Green Businesses

Feel as good buying your clothing as you do in them. Trust these certified brands to give you quality and sustainable clothing.

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Dress Best: Buy Secondhand Clothing

Buying secondhand clothing is the greenest option of all. It keeps old items out of the landfill, and helps you save money. 

Vote with Your Food

Food that Nourishes People and Planet—The Next Climate Solution

Local, organic, and Fair Trade products can keep your food dollars away from destructive agri-businesses.

Go Vegetarian: Eat Less Meat to Cool the Planet

Reducing the amount of animal products in your diet can prevent tons of greenhouse gases from entering the atmosphere.

Child Labor in Your Chocolate? Check Our Chocolate Scorecard

Green America's annual Chocolate Scorecard looks at what major cocoa companies are - or aren't- doing to address child labor in their supply chains.

9 Ways to Support Sustainable Food

People are creating healthy, vibrant, sustainable, and local food systems. Help change the food system in your area in the following ways.

Vote with Your Bank Account

Break Up with Your Megabank in 10 Easy Steps

Learn how to break up with your megabank.

Add Socially Responsible Investing to Your Workplace's Retirement Plan

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