Please note that all links on this page for EarthHero are affiliate links. That means when you make a purchase from them using one of these links, I also earn a small commission that goes straight into supporting this website and its mission. If you would like to know more about the brands I partner with as an affiliate, please view the full California Minimalist Affiliate Disclosure.
Part of the California Minimalist mission is to inspire action by sharing information and starting conversations about sustainability. To support this, the brands that I partner with and mention throughout this website are thoughtfully, and intentionally, chosen. This is why these brands deserve a spotlight for their role in changing our world.
Introducing: EarthHero
EarthHero is an online marketplace that makes you feel good about your purchases. They are a one-stop-shop for everything sustainable, offering thousands of trusted eco-friendly products from over 250+ ethical brands. This team of passionate environmentalists are pioneers for genuine eco-friendly shopping. And they are backing up their eco-talk by walking the walk with a clear vision of making responsible purchasing second-nature.
Technology's rapid evolution allows us to buy nearly anything with the click of a button. This ease of online shopping also drives consumerism: the preoccupation of society with the acquisition of consumer goods. And this unprecedented rise in consumerism heavily contributes to the misuse and deterioration of our resources, and our planet.
Luckily, there is an upside too! Technological advances on a whole are making huge strides in figuring out how to regenerate our planet. Technology also empowers companies like EarthHero to provide environmentally friendly products that fit into every lifestyle.
Instead of writing off online shopping altogether, (which I tried to do and failed), you can now pivot your approach. Start to feel good about your purchases! If you need help getting started, check out 5 Steps to Transforming your Online Ordering Habits on this website.
Enter: EarthHero
The High-Standard Stamp of Approval
Have you ever tried to use a search engine to look for “green, ec0-friendly products”? If you haven’t, give it a whirl right now! You’ll find it is about as useful as looking up what that rash is on your arm. The green market has become over-saturated with thousands of companies claiming to provide eco-friendly products. (aka greenwashing: the process of using misleading branding to deceive consumers into believing that a company's products are environmentally friendly).
To take the washing out of the green, EarthHero developed a straight-to-the-point method for sourcing the brands they partner with. Similar to how I find brands to partner with and promote, they sift through the facts. This process helps them find companies that make authentic eco products before selling them on their website.
The EarthHero Proprietary 5-Step Sourcing Methodology
- Material and Ingredients: The first thing they look at when sourcing products is what they are made of. They look for products made from the most sustainable materials or ingredients and that also avoid harmful ones. Just because something is partially made with bamboo doesn’t mean it’s an eco-friendly product, right?
- Company Responsibility: It’s not enough to have an eco-end-product. Anybody can look good on paper. EarthHero takes a deeper dive to make sure these brands align with their values. Taking action on behalf of the well-being of our planet isn’t something to compromise on.
- Give-Back: Giving back is how we transform conversations into action and lead by example. EarthHero looks for brands that consistently give back to organizations focused on the health of our environment.
- Packaging: Packaging is something often overlooked in the big picture. That’s why they take the time to look at the tiny details like packaging to make sure every step of the process meets their standards (aka Earth’s standards).
- Sustainable Lifestyle: Living sustainably is a mindfully chosen lifestyle that doesn’t just happen on its own. EarthHero examines the core of the companies that make the products they sell. They make sure their products promote living a more sustainable lifestyle.
By taking the time to ask these questions, they make it easy to stand behind the products they sell.
Why I Love and Promote Them
It might already be clear by this point why I love and promote EarthHero. They are a genuine company. They not only have good intentions, they research them, back them up, and they don’t cut corners or compromise their values when it comes down to what they sell.
This makes it easy for me to shop for the things that work in my life. In fact, when I first came across their brand, I thought it was too good to be true. I was deep into the ease of a prime (you know what big-box-giant I’m talking about) lifestyle. I excitedly transformed my shopping habits and switched over to using EarthHero immediately.
They put so much into bringing ethically made and environmentally friendly products into my home! Which means I can confidently refer them to friends, family and to the entire California Minimalist community! It’s like anything you’re really in to—it’s natural that you can’t stop talking about it.
And lastly, EarthHero lines up with my personal values as well as the mission and vision that drive California Minimalist. When I first wrote the outline content for my website, I was already shopping with EarthHero, but hadn’t dug deep into reading their entire website. I was just amped up on being able to feel good about what I was buying!
As I was researching their affiliate program and read their entire website, it was as if we shared a brain. I couldn’t believe how in-sync we were in what we both had to say about sustainability! It’s like when you find an instant best friend that you connect with. I get them. They get me. And if you’re reading this, then you get us! We’re all here for the same reason.
Why You Will Love EarthHero Too
Hopefully once you check them out, you’ll love them for some of the same reasons I do. They offer the value of making responsible purchases easy. And they provide a way for you to start conversations about sustainability with the people in your life.
One way they do this is by the gift boxes and bundles they put together. They are a perfect way to introduce a taste of responsible purchasing to people who aren’t familiar with the importance of sustainability. They cover all the bases from boxes for newborn babies and pampered pups to non-toxic laundry and zero-waste lunch kits.
Zero Waste Lunch Kit
Non-Toxic Laundry Bundle
Sustainable Explorer Kit
New Baby Gift Box
Castile Zero-Waste Dishwashing Kit
Eco-Living Gift Box
If you’re not sure if a gift box lines up with the gift receiver’s lifestyle, you can also send them a gift card. I did this recently for a good friend of mine. While I knew their values and interests lined up closely with mine around sustainability, I wasn’t super familiar with every belonging in their home. Since you receive free (carbon-neutral) shipping with every purchase of $50 or more, I sent them a $50 gift card. It was a great way to introduce them to the brand!
One of my all-time favorite features about shopping at EarthHero is their “Sustainability Features” section on each product page. This section includes EVERY detail you could possibly imagine (and some I didn’t even think of considering) in relation to sustainability. From the origin of the product and materials used to make it to the packaging it comes in and the product’s end-of-life (my personal favorite slice of info).
From their BRUSH WITH BAMBOO Adult Bamboo Toothbrush (which I own and love!!):
Bottom Line
If you’re here at California Minimalist, then you are already part of the conversations that inspire action and change the world. So, as you are exploring powerful ways to support environmental sustainability from within your lifestyle, give yourself a break—shopping at EarthHero not only makes you feel good, it is good. And in today’s climate (pun intended), that is saying a lot.