Portland, OR, September 12, 2008 --(
PR.com)-- Grow and Make (www.growandmake.com) The Store for Sustainable Living opened it's online doors to the public today. With a focus on providing sustainable products, review, ratings and articles Grow and Make can help consumers make smart decisions when purchasing products which are sustainable. Founded on the premise that consumers should first consider growing or making what they consume, before purchasing from a 3rd party, Grow and Make provides information and sells products to help consumers achieve this end. Grow and Make also provides useful tools for measuring consumer carbon footprint, minimizing energy and water consumption and reducing contribution to landfill.
Individual and families can grow and make many of the products they purchase in retail stores or order online. With the right insight, advice and tools Grow and Make can help transition the process or growing and making more of what we consume. By growing and making what we consume, the carbon footprint, resource use and costs of consumption are greatly reduced.
Founded by Will S. Johnston, a successful entrepreneur in the online retail space for the past ten years, Grow and Make has a mission of becoming a definitive source for understanding the benefits and costs to consumer decisions for sustainable living.
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