Commons - Sustainable Spending

Commons App

About this app

** Fortune Impact 20 Company, 2023 **
** App of the Day, 2022 **
** TIME100 Most Influential Companies, 2022 **
** Woman of Color Founder and CEO **

It can be hard to live sustainably in an unsustainable world. Commons makes it easy. Join tens of thousands of people using our dollars to build a greener economy.

Use Commons to earn rewards as you track and reduce your carbon footprint, get personalized guidance for sustainable living, and earn rewards for thousands of everyday sustainable purchases like thrift stores, public transit, EV chargers, farmer’s markets, and more.

1. EARN REWARDS FOR SUSTAINABLE LIVING: Earn rewards for sustainable living, offsets, and climate-friendly purchases like thrift stores, public transit, EV chargers, farmer’s markets, and more.

Earn seeds and badges as you build your sustainable life, and redeem rewards for cash or offsets. 

2. DISCOVER SUSTAINABLE BRANDS: Skip the greenwashing. Use Commons to browse hundreds of brands you can trust — brands that are supporting low-carbon business models or responsibly offsetting their emissions. Discover hundreds of brands like Vuori, Thrive Market, Athletic Greens, Cotopaxi, Goodr, Blueland, Peak Design, Pela, and Wildfang.

Find eco-friendly options for clothing, shoes & accessories, baby and kids, groceries, dining, beauty, wellness, sports & outdoors, home, pets, travel, utilities, thrifting, and more.

3. SAVE MONEY: From laundry to groceries, Commons gives you personalized, practical guides for eco-friendly living. Learn ways to live more sustainably and save money.

Try our guides on eco-friendly laundry, sustainable flying, greening your bank, secondhand furniture, composting, eating local, and more.

4. TRACK AND LOWER YOUR CARBON FOOTPRINT: With a personalized footprint tracker, see the emissions of each purchase and track your progress over time. To give you the most accurate carbon footprint, Commons calculates the emissions of each transaction based on your carbon profile and what you purchased.

Get personalized tips and insights to lower your footprint and watch it shrink over time.

5. OFFSET YOUR EMISSIONS: Offsets are a way to compensate for our unavoidable emissions.
When you offset your emissions with Commons, you invest in a vetted, diverse portfolio of climate solutions that are lowering global emissions, supporting local communities, and restoring ecosystems.

Our offset portfolio includes:

• Charm Industrial: Converting agricultural waste into bio-oil and storing it underground
• Running Tide: An open-ocean farming project that stores carbon in kelp
• Pachama: Using satellite imagery to monitor and measure carbon captured in forests
• Eion: Permanently capturing carbon using enhanced rock weathering
• Delta Blue Carbon: Restoring mangrove forests to scale coastal carbon sinks
• Tradewater: Collecting and destroying the world's most potent greenhouse gases

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Ratings and reviews

Love this app and the different challenges! I wish there were more options for a sustainable purchases. I shop mostly secondhand, and it's frustrating that Goodwill purchases are the only ones I get rewards for. I also take the bus and put money on a bus card, yet for all the promotion of using public transportation, that transaction isn't recognized by the app as a sustainable purchase. This isn't to say I don't love the app, I just wish they could expand the sustainable purchase options

I'm pretty new to this app, but I like it. I do think there should be more features to help people spend money sustainably, such as a map with local sustainable stores and stuff like that. Asking me to spend sustainably doesn't help too much when I don't have the time to research every store, restaurant, etc in my town. I'd also like to see some recipes, as I struggle to find healthy foods that are also sustainable.

This is a great app to track your footprint and offers a lot alternatives and ways to change your habits. The reason I say 4 stars is that the UI is very busy, and can be overwhelming for anyone who is easily overstimulated.

What's new

Ready to ditch your Amazon habit? Let’s curb overconsumption together! Join Commons’ October Collective Challenge to skip Amazon and choose more sustainable brands instead.