Portland Green Living Guide

2627 SE Clinton St, Portland, OR 97202 (map)

Eco-conscious parents trust this eastside store to provide a large selection of natural products for their tots and toddlers. Looking for Knickernappies? Stainless steel baby bottles? All natural bottom balm? This is your spot.

1001 SE Water Ave Ste 455, Portland, OR 97214 (map)

Throngs of green-minded Portlanders eschew trips to the grocery store and instead head to this increasingly popular farmer?s market to stock their kitchens with fresh produce and artisan goods. They?re practicing the art of eating locally, and eating well with such finds as crackly crusted artisan bread and bright heirloom tomatoes worth planning a supper around.

2150 NE 82nd Ave, Portland, OR 97220 (map)

This dentist-wellness center hybrid makes it hard to hate getting your teeth cleaned. Dental services come with hand massages and audio therapy piped through iPod ear buds. It?s feels like an added bonus then that the staff also utilizes green practices such as using Mercury and metal free fillings.

2209 se hawthorne blvd, Portland, OR 97214 (map)

Every location of this eco-friendly dry cleaning franchise uses alternative, bio-friendly dry cleaning solutions to snuff out your toughest stains. And, they offer free pickup and delivery service for corporate and residential customers--saving you and your gas guzzler a trip to the store.

1909 SW Sixth Ave, Portland, OR 97201 (map)

This isn't your average chain pizzeria. At Hot Lips, the staff measures the food miles of the ingredients they source, and then delivers the handmade pizzas they make with those responsibly-sourced ingredients by bike. And at their Pearl District location, they've even installed a waste heat recovery system on the oven that supplies hot water for tasks like washing hands and doing the restaurant's laundry.

310 SE 28th Ave, Portland, OR 97214 (map)

As the first sustainable sushi restaurant in the nation, Bamboo Sushi put Portland on the (green) map. Inside this slick, modular space, Portlanders can order sustainably certified sushi and seafood entrees from a restaurant that walks the green talk.

1135 NE M L King Blvd, Portland, OR 97232 (map)

This popular burger joint proves that green practices translate well to chain restaurants. It sources pasture-feed beef and cage-free eggs for popular menu items, and utilize local ingredients like blackberries and hazelnuts seasonally. The company also purchases wind power credits equal to 100 percent of their electricity use and have an employee-led recycling and composting program to reduce the 340 tons of waste their locations generate every month.

4440 NE Fremont St, Portland, OR 97213 (map)

Fife is the restaurant pick for locals who abide by the 100-mile rule (only eating food sourced from a 100-mile radius of home). Chef Marco Fife supports sustainable agriculture and local farmers by sourcing nearly all his ingredients from within a 100-mile radius of this Eastside restaurant. But the rule doesn?t limit his New American menu, which features walnut-crusted cast iron chicken and havarti stuffed squash blossoms sided with fried onions and beet cream.