Green Living launches guide to shopping, eating and living green in Toronto

Green Living magazine is launching an editorial digest-sized directory of more than 375 sustainable stores and services in the Toronto area. Green Living Guide will be published September 14 concurrently with the next issue of the magazine, but will be available at participating retailers across the city.

The magazine has already had online guides for Vancouver, Calgary, Ottawa and Toronto, but this is the first time for the Toronto print edition.

"Toronto has so many great businesses that make sustainable living a whole lot easier,” says Lindsay Borthwick, editor of Green Living, in a release. “But they’ve never been showcased together in this way before. With the help of the Green Living Guide, consumers can now locate businesses that fit their likes and needs—and feel confident that they’re getting truly greener options.”

An online version will be available at GreenLivingOnline.com/guide where readers are encouraged to post their own comments, reviews and recommendations. The Guide will also be available for purchase at greenlivingonline.com as of September 15 for $3.95.

Our editorial team looked for indicators that companies were committed to protecting the environment, including steps taken to source materials sustainably, to reduce energy use and waste in operations, and to showing efforts at implementing life-cycle approaches to services or product stewardship.