Best of the Holidays: Eco-Friendly Shopping
We need your feedback in the next category for our Best of the Holidays issue coming in December. Please post your suggestions for Best Eco-Friendly Shopping in the comments section. If you or your friends and loved ones are devoted to the green movement, where do you recommend like-minded folks to their holiday shopping this year? Remember, we’re looking for Intown businesses (and that includes Decatur, Buckhead, Sandy Springs and other places inside the Perimeter). We’ll select nominees from reader suggestions for a final vote at the end of October.
Meg Barton
September 21, 2009 at 10:14 am
The Attic Treasures Thrift Shop in Chamblee is the best kept secret in eco-friendly shopping! Attic Treasures is a non-profit thrift shop that provides the major source of funding for philanthropic programs supported by Assistance League of Atlanta. 35,000 metro Atlantan’s benefit yearly from the efforts of Assistance League including 7,500 children who receive new clothing for school via Operation School Bell. Shopping at Attic Treasures helps your wallet while you help others. What could be better?
Joyce Herring
September 21, 2009 at 4:24 pm
Attic Treasures Thrift Shop in Chamblee has a great assortment of holiday decorations, ornaments and gifts — all gently used and donated by members of the community. This wallet-friendly “repurposing shop” lowers our carbon footprint by saving valuable energy and landfill space. One person’s trash is anothers treasures. Proceeds benefit more than 30,000 children and adults in need in the Atlanta area.
Ronnie Genser
September 21, 2009 at 10:14 pm
Attic Treasures Thrift Shop is the best eco-friendly shop in town! Lots of brand names normally found in higher-end department stores. Everything is in great condition and their marketing of the merchandise inside the store as well as their weekly e-mails are amazing! The dressing rooms are imaculate and the racks are always full of interesting things!
Ann Wells
September 21, 2009 at 11:00 pm
My vote for best Eco-Friendly Shopping in Atlanta is Attic Treasures in Chamblee. Great bargins (clothes, household items, books) and the money goes toward helping adults and children in the Atlanta area.
barbara Arthur
September 22, 2009 at 12:15 am
Best shop in town
Maria Eaves
September 22, 2009 at 5:14 am
Attic Treasures Thrift Shop in Chamblee is one of the best stores I’ve been to EVER, bar none! It’s the only place where you can buy a brand-new (tags still on it) Ann Taylor gown for $10. This store’s quality and selection are unparalleled!
Lori Vrionis
September 22, 2009 at 9:15 am
Attic Treasures in Chamblee is just that—–a treasure!!! The merchandise is first-rate, the shop is decorated like a boutique and the volunteer staff could not be nicer or more helpful! It will completely change your attitude about thrift shops. I’ve saved the best for last. Thousands in our community benefit from the proceeds of Attic Treasures. Everyone wins!!
Matt S
September 22, 2009 at 9:40 am
Are we done spamming for Attic Treasures? How about a REAL shop that provides eco-friendly goods like ecoEmporium, Patagonia or EcoBella. I think that’s more the focus of what they want. My vote is for Patagonia but I like all three.
Martha Turner
September 22, 2009 at 9:58 am
Of course they are my all time favorite Thrift House because of the wonderful work they do, esp. for women, but what is more eco-friendly than repurposing thousands of items a week that would otherwise be amassed in our already overflowing landfills? Not to mention that no factories or shipping agents are involved. It’s local, it’s fantastic, it’s for the community and it’s definitely making the world a better place in which to live and thrive. Every neighborhood needs one. Thanks Attic Treasures.
Carolyn Warlick
September 22, 2009 at 10:40 am
Attic treasures has the best of everything! Best value, best stock, best staff and VERY eco conscious.
Susan Smith
September 22, 2009 at 10:49 am
Attic Treasures is eco-friendly! All donations are used, so every thing is recycled. I don’t know of a better definition of eco-friendly!
Roxanne R.
September 22, 2009 at 10:52 am
I vote for Attic Treasures! I always find wonderful clothes and household items there at great prices! And all sales benefit six different charities! Who could ask for more?
Betty Newell
September 22, 2009 at 11:07 am
Attic Treasures is a wonderful place to shop, because it is Eco friendly and everything is recycled.
Eve Horgan
September 22, 2009 at 12:35 pm
Attic Treasures is a great place to shop, I always find something whenever I shop here. Good pricing and good selection of clothing. They do so much for Chairity organization. I would recommend it highly.
Marilyn Lawton
September 22, 2009 at 11:30 pm
I recommend Attic Treasures @ the Assistance League as the best place to shop because the quality & cost of their merchandise can’t be beat. They support the community with many of their charitable projects with all the nice usable merchandise they receive in donations.
Fran McGivern
September 23, 2009 at 3:54 pm
Attic Treasures, hands down!
Lpyce Shurling
September 24, 2009 at 5:59 pm
Attic Treasures is the best source for a fabulous wardrobe while saving money and supporting a most worthy assortment of supportive programs. Thank you, AAL.
Tina
September 28, 2009 at 7:42 am
For fear of not being able to even get in the door again, I hesitate, but I would have to say Attic Treasures is the absolute best eco-friendly place to shop in our area that I know of…it is incredibly organized and a fun place to browse for wonderful bargains.
Georgann Delling
September 28, 2009 at 9:53 am
Attic Treasurers fulfills two functions with one stone! Good quality clothing, shoes, books, toys, household goods, furniture, jewely, toys, and decorating items for the customer, and helping so many children and adults with the proceeds derived from the shop. I understand about 95% is given back to the community. Quite a wonderful group of volunteers who run a fabulous store.
Pat Francis
September 28, 2009 at 9:37 pm
Not only is everything in Attic Treasures repurposed, items that are not sold are sent to various other charities to benefit the community. I understand the funds from this excellent thrift store clothe about 6,000 children! Now that’s repurposing with a purpose!!!
Ann Ruden
September 29, 2009 at 6:36 am
Attic Treasures in Chamblee has to be the best eco-friendly place to shop. It’s wonderful!
Bonnie Annis
September 29, 2009 at 8:04 am
Attic Treasures always provides me with good quality items for my home and family. We are very big into recycling, so it only makes sense to buy second hand clothing. It is not only a wonderful bargain, but it helps the environment as well. ALA is one of our favorite places to shop. It’s the best Eco-Friendly place in town. If you haven’t been there, you should try it. It’s so good you’ll want to keep the secret all to yourself, but tell your friends and help them help us keep our environment safe and clean.
Helen Harrison
September 29, 2009 at 4:58 pm
Attic Treasures Thrift Shop in Chamblee is the best kept secret in eco-friendly shopping. You can’t beat it for best value and best stock.
Susan Cicero
September 29, 2009 at 10:44 pm
Attic Treasures: Selling recycled, gently used clothing, shoes, housewares, books, collectables and jewelry to purchase new clothing for literally thousands of school children each year as well as many other philanthropic donations from layettes for indigent parents to college level scholarships. A true return to the community Treasure!
Sheila
October 5, 2009 at 8:08 pm
Attic Treasures best thing in Chamblee, always find some little thing I have to have, but fulfills my need to go “junkin”! Treasure Mart down the street is also interesting and fun!
Janice L.
October 5, 2009 at 8:57 pm
Great shop, well organized and friendly staff. Weekly updates are wonderful and keeps us going. This organization is dedicated to helping many individual in the metro area. We vote for Attic Treasures!!
Mariya
October 6, 2009 at 8:55 am
I’m shopping in this store for years and this is the best place for
bargain.
Thanks….
Sally
October 7, 2009 at 3:26 pm
ecoEmporium on the West side has great items that are made by artisans and are truly made eco-friendly.
Christy
October 25, 2009 at 4:25 am
ecoEMPORIUM at 1000 Marietta Street in Atlanta, GA is a beautiful, creative, informative, and friendly place to shop! Filled with everything green, the selection of products are great! Simple to shop, great prices, and earth-friendly products
with style!
http://www.theecoemporium.com/