Newcomer Ecovian is joining an ever-growing group of environmentally friendly eco-sites. Ecovian’s focus, however, is on local businesses.
It acts as a business directory for the cities of San Francisco, Seattle, San Jose and New York among others. Users will find convenient lists of restaurants, dry cleaners, markets, CSA programs, building contractors, etc; all business included either sell green products, or are actively participating in making environmental contributions. As a member of Ecovian, you can add reviews and ratings along with new listings and ideas about how to improve the site. Each business is given a greenness score, indicated by between one and five trees, the more trees there are, the more ecofriendly it is. The site also features community groups, event calendars and tips.
Ecovian.com In Their Own Words
“Ecovian is a community website for finding eco-friendly local businesses and sharing other information to help you live a green lifestyle.”
Why Ecovian.com It Might Be A Killer
Ecovian gives environmentally conscious consumers a practical and well organized directory of green businesses. Thus, being green gets to be a little easier. Rather than having to do the research themselves, consumers need only consult the site to find all that they need.
Some Questions About Ecovian.com
With the growing number of this types of sites, will Ecovian be able to reach critical mass? How will it attract more users to write more reviews? Will it expand to other cities? 
