Make Tracks to Eco-Carmel for Products with a Healthy Footprint

This year I launched a newsletter designed to give people a look at Carmel life from a local's point of view.  With Earth Day fast approaching...it's April 22nd...I wanted to take a moment to introduce you a local shop that is focused on global success.

Nestled among the shops in Stonehouse Terrace, Eco Carmel offers its customers an array of environmentally friendly and socially responsible products.

Owner Kristi Reimers opened the store in August, in a property her family has owned since the 1930s. Among the items shoppers will find in her store include paint, hardware, fixtures, home and garden materials, and baby products.

Eco Carmel carries Fire & Light Originals, which produces glassware from recyclables. The Arcata, Calif., based business has taken recycling to a high art form, and offers a stunning array of dinnerware, drinkware and decorative bowls and vases.

Another product, the People Towel, are 100-percent organic cotton hand towels for use on the go, whenever a paper towel would be used, like a public restroom. The towels come in an array of designs and colors on an ecological theme.

The Kill A Watt plugs into any outlet to gauge how much it costs to run any electric appliance, even when not in use. The easy-to-read LCD screen displays electricity costs by week, month, and year.
Eco Carmel also raises money for Save Our Shores, the Carmel River Conservancy and StepUp2Green by not using a bag. The store charges 25 cents for recycled paper bags to encourage shoppers to bring their own reusable bags. Reimers helped sponsor a screening for the documentary “Bag It” this past November at the State Theatre in Monterey; it tells the story of a man who stops using plastic bags at all cost, and how their prevalence impacts the environment.

Eco Carmel is located in Stonehouse Terrace, San Carlos Street between 7th and 8th Avenue 
Hours: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.   |  (831) 624-1222  |   www.ecocarmel.com