Welcome to Green Zebra

It’s an exciting time to live on the West Coast, with more progressive “green” options cropping up every day…fair trade items, organic fare, products made locally from recycled materials, and green businesses setting a new standard for sustainable business practices.  For anyone who finds the sea of green overwhelming…for anyone just interested in practical ideas for doing what they can, when they can…there’s Green Zebra guide. 

We liked Green Zebra guide right off the bat, because it’s a practical tool for making sense of the chaos.  It’s not about deciding what is and isn’t absolutely green.  It’s about partnering with like-minded individuals and businesses in the community.

What do those partnerships look like?  It’s a customer who feels better shopping for clothes from an independent designer who uses organic cotton.  It’s a family choosing one of the GreenTable restaurants for their next evening out.  It’s a not-for-profit organization opting to fundraise by selling Green Zebra guide because they know it’s also not-for-profit. 

Green Zebra is also about discovery.  Leafing through the guide, new names and interesting ideas jump off the page.  All sorts of restaurants, stores, markets, and services close to home are finding ways to put sustainability first, and we want you to have as much fun discovering them as we’ve had. 

At TB Vets Charitable Foundation, we were proud to take on this grassroots initiative…an idea that began in San Francisco, was adopted for the Vancouver community by two eco-conscious business partners, and will now support the work of our Foundation year after year with the book’s net proceeds. 

Please enjoy Green Zebra guide, and discover how easy it is to change your stripes.