There he was, Benjamin Gott, in the belly of the beverage beast’s warehouse. Utterly surrounded by 160,000 sq feet of empty, name-brand plastic bottles. A weaker man might have cried.

With so many brands to choose from, nearly everyone has a favorite beer; New Belgium Brewing has a number of powerful fans. Literally. This environmentally-conscious company is the first wind-powered brewery in the US, and one that operates on a core purpose: “to operate a profitable brewery which makes our love and talent manifest.”

Planes, trains and automobiles have a lot in common: they’ll get you where you’re going but leave a trail of pollution behind them. Environmentally-conscious travelers will be pleased to find an organization that removes the guilt from the trip. iJourneyGreen seeks to un-do the damage of travel by offering “travel credits.” These credits allow travelers to invest in the economic development of their destinations.

Environmentally conscious consumers want nice things too, and can be caught in a guilty struggle when high fashion conflicts with going green. Ecoist provides a stylish solution with its mission to “merge design with social and environmental consciousness to provide stylish, functional and durable products.”