It is becoming more evident that the desire for a green life style is no longer reserved for the eccentric hippie-types and celebrities with an endless wealth source. An eco-conscious way of life has moved into commonplace acceptance.
With this growing demand, many Central Pennsylvania cities are interested in “going green”. Lancaster, Pa. has embraced the idea with rigor and, well, has gone green. With gusto!
Situated in what is referred to as “Amish Country”, surrounded by bountiful farmlands and an appreciation for a slower lifestyle, the desire to live a little gentler on the Earth is not a far stretch for this city of just under 60 thousand residents.
But the way in which the city’s business owners have brought this change to the community is anything but traditional. The emergence of several eco-friendly boutiques has made a green lifestyle even easier, providing convenient and unique alternatives to grocery shopping to home design and even the way we buy everyday household items.
Fresco Green Scene was developed on the idea of bringing safer, healthier, eco-conscious products into the daily lives of community and operates on their motto to “provide solutions, not simply sell products”.
The store features affordable household detergents and cleaning supplies, dinner and kitchen ware, gifts and accessories and personal and body care items for greenies of every age – from baby to adult.
Fresco Green Scene is also the city’s first provider of a true personal and home care product innovation - re-fillable stations.
The stations drastically reduce waste by allowing users to fill and refill empty containers with shampoo, conditioner, hand soaps, laundry detergents and common household cleaners. Containers are available for purchase and “BYOB” service is welcomed as well.
Fresco Green Scene is located just off Lancaster’s Gallery Row on the first floor of 104 West Chestnut Street
Expressly Local, located at 213 West King Street, was built with the goal to provide the convenience of having local food under one roof. The green grocer operates on the philosophy to offer “not just local but healthy food”, selling only products that are not reliance upon chemicals, fertilizers, pesticides or hormones.
Expressly Local stocks a variety of kitchen staples from organically grown produce, free-range eggs, grass-fed meats, raw dairy milk and cheeses, baked goods, organic bulk nuts and grains, green cleaning items and personal care.
Tellus, which means “earth” in Latin, offers economical and sustainable solutions to all aspects of living. Focusing on the end use of domestic and commercial applications, Tellus 360 aims to give customers the option to be more environmentally responsible when designing and shopping for the home and office.
Their retail location and show room provides a destination for custom-built, reclaimed wood furniture, roof-top solar hot water panel systems, green roofs, eco-friendly home décor and dinnerware, clothing, soaps, gifts and even a few eco-friendly toys for all the little ones in your life – including the little and furry.
Tellus 360 is located at 24 East King Street.
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