Home of Sustainable Shopping Streets of the World

This is the home of Sustainable Shopping Streets of the World - your guide to finding all the best sustainable shops and eateries across the Planet. Thankfully, there is an increasing number of green businesses setting up in this post-mass consumption era of sustainable living and many of them are locating next to each other in some of the nicest urban precincts you'll find.

Check out the East Village, New York, NY

Check out Melbourne, Australia

Check out Brighton, UK

Check out Berkeley, California

Check out Surry Hills, Sydney, Australia

Check out Portland, Oregon

ABC Radio Interview

Listen to Michael's recent interview with ABC Radio's Bush Telegraph Program in which he provides his take on how to have a sustainable holiday in Australia.

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Sustainable Shopping Streets - Portland, Oregon

Oregon's modern, clean and now rapidly growing capital (current population is 2 million and increasing) often tops America's greenest city lists. This is because it is very well planned - it has an excellent public transport network (particularly the MAX light rail), great walking and cycling links, and many parks and gardens.

Given its green reputation, it is no shock that Portland has a large number of sustainable businesses to choose from, especially organic restaurants, bars and micro breweries. You'll find many of these in the Downtown area (between Burnside and Jefferson east of the Willamette River) and in the trendy Pearl District north of the Downtown area. You can check out the most popular sustainable Portland shopping streets here.
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G Magazine Review of Sustainable Australian Travel For Dummies

It's generally agreed that holidaying at home is a greener option than flying to the other side of the globe for a couple of weeks. And considering how alluring a destination Asutralia is to people from all over the world, we have a pretty amazing "backyard" to explore.

Author and urban planning consultant Michael Grosvenor has put together a great guide book that makes it easy for you to make sustainable choices when planning your next domestic trip, with Sustainable Australian Travel for Dummies.

The information is specific in that all the information comes from a green perspective, yet broad in that it caters to a range of budgets and age groups.

A great deal of thought has gone into the structure of this book, making it very user-friendly. For example, there are masses of cross-references throughout the text so that you can jump to the relevant section without having to flick through the whole book.

The first third of the book deals with general travel issues: researching, planning and booking a green holiday, how to spot greenwash, supporting local economies and indigenous communities, alternatives to driving and flying, and carbon offsets.

The last two thirds address 12 regions with information about getting there, public transport and cycle paths within each region, eco-friendly accomodation, sustainable shopping, natural wonders, cultural attractions and eateries that serve organic and or local produce.

There are reasonably detailed maps of each region but not of individual towns or cities.

If you like Grosvenor's no-nonsense approach to green issues, check out his other book, Sustainable Living for Dummies.

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