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Powering Clean Yoga-gear trend-setter Prana ( prana.com) offsets the environmental impact from the energy it uses in its headquarters and partner stores by buying wind-energy credits. Vermont clothing company Ibex ( ibex.com) powers its offices with cow waste. (The local energy company uses methane gas produced by manure to fuel generators.) Aqua shoemaker Mion ( mionfootwear.com) and outfitter Timberland ( timberland.com) put labels on their shoe boxes that tell you how each product was produced, right down to the amount of renewable energy their factories used.

Making Gear That's Eco-Friendly Plastic soda bottles are reincarnated as surprisingly soft polyester thread used to create products like the Moutainsmith Tour lumbar pack ($70; mountainsmith.com) and Achieve O2 socks ($14; achieve-o2.com for stores). Pull on a Patagonia Synchilla vest ($70; patagonia.com) and you'll be wearing 100 percent-recycled Polartec. The company also runs the Common Threads program, which turns all kinds of used Polartec fleece garments into new ones. Drop off items at any Patagonia store.