In honor of Ashlie from the fabulous SixExits.com’s writing a beautiful post in honor of Blog Action Day, about why she has become a cruelty-freeist and vegetarian (and she linked to my blog! I’m so honored!), I thought I’d compile a list of organic, cruelty-free cosmetic/household products. I think organic products are environmentally-friendly because they do not encourage the use of pesticides and don’t release any synthetic chemicals into the water supply that may adversely affect wildlife, and cruelty-free products are environmentally-friendly because they do not promote hurting and killing laboratory animals, which I think are an important part of the environment. (I’d love to buy biodynamic, rain forest certified, food alliance certified, forest stewardship council certified, nonGMO certified, bird certified, and biodegradable certified products as well, but I haven’t found that list. Also I suspect it’s a pretty short list. So I’m sticking with just organic. For now.)
Organic, Cruelty-Free Products:
Dr. Bronner’s (sort of organic)
Healthy Times Baby’s Herbal Garden
Heather’s Natural and Organic Cleaning Products
Melvita (France)
(Have I missed any? If you find any CCIC-approved-cruelty-free, organic brands, please tell me. Or if I am including some that you don’t think are especially organic, or if I should include some that may not be organic but are good for the environment in other ways, please tell me too.)
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