5 Limes - Livin’ La Vida Local
A little while ago we received an email from Chris Sukornyk, founder of FiveLimes, letting us know that he was going to be launching some exciting new features.
As a bit of an aside - for those of you who are unfamiliar with FiveLimes, essentially it was (and is still) a really cool place to go and find reviews for many different products and services that fall into the realm of ‘green’.
Well it seems with Chris’ latest launch that FiveLimes has decided to tackle the often-challenging issue of finding green businesses in your area, and I certainly commend him for his efforts!
You may or may not recall my post about LimeLocal, an interesting service provided by our friends at the Lime network (no relation to FiveLimes) whereby web surfers can (hopefully) track down some green goods and services close to where they live. While Lime Local does look quite comprehensive for some U.S. cities, sadly they have not yet expanded north of the border.
I was very happy to see that FiveLimes features cities from all over North America (Chris is a fellow Canadian, so I certainly wouldn’t expect anything less!) - I was even able to find some green businesses listed for my area. I have a feeling the FiveLimes local search is only going to get better over time as more and more people get involved.
Aside from the reviews and local listings, another great feature of FiveLimes is the community atmosphere. It definitely has a web 2.0 ’social’ feel about it - thus providing a great way to connect with like-minded greenies. In order to participate you simply have to sign up and create your own profile - it only took me a couple minutes.
If you have not already done so, I highly recommend you check out FiveLimes for yourself and add this one to your favourites - this is definitely a green site with a LOT of promise!
Technorati Tags: fivelimes, 5limes, Lime, green products, product reviews, eco friendly, sustainability
Written by Bentley on April 3rd, 2007 with
no comments.
Read more articles on Interesting & Notable and Product Reviews.
- [+] Digg: Feature this article
- [+] Del.icio.us: Bookmark this article
- [+] Furl: Bookmark this article
