Commons - Sustainable Spending

4.6
198 reviews
10K+
Downloads
Content rating
Everyone
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About this app

Search before you shop to discover sustainable brands you can trust, and boycott the ones you can’t. Find practical tips for deconsumption and join collective climate challenges to be part of our community impact.
Along the way, you’ll earn rewards for thousands of everyday sustainable purchases like thrift stores, public transit, EV chargers, and farmer’s markets and get personalized guidance to track and reduce your carbon footprint.

1. EXPERT BRAND RATINGS: Skip the greenwashing and start your search here. Commons carbon experts have high standards for sustainability across brands’ accountability, materials, and marketing. See how your go-to fashion brands stack up!
2. EARN REWARDS FOR SUSTAINABLE CHOICES: Get rewards for thousands of climate-friendly purchases, like sustainable fashion, public transit, thrift stores, EV chargers, farmer’s markets, and more. You’ll also earn badges as you build your sustainable life.
Redeem rewards for offsets or gift cards at sustainable brands like Made Trade, Bookshop.org, Leaf Shave, and ettitude.
3. JOIN COLLECTIVE CHALLENGES: Take climate action with the Commons community! Every month, our community rallies together to use our money to build a more sustainable future. 
Past challenges: Boycott Amazon, Support Climate Causes, Secondhand Shopping, Support Farmers Markets, and more. 
4. TRACK YOUR DAILY PROGRESS: 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
• Pachama: Using satellite imagery to monitor and measure carbon captured in forests
• Delta Blue Carbon: Restoring mangrove forests to scale coastal carbon sinks
• Tradewater: Collecting and destroying the world's most potent greenhouse gases

→ JOIN OUR 170k+ Instagram community @commonsearth
→ Email us at info@thecommons.earth
Updated on
Feb 14, 2025

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
No data shared with third parties
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This app may collect these data types
Location, Personal info and 4 others
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.6
195 reviews
Olivia Heller
November 15, 2024
I like this app! It's nice that there's educational articles, community challenges, and store alternative recommendations! I also like the spending tracking. The one gripe is that, when it comes to the emissions scores on stuff/amount of points you earn for buying from sustainable stores, they only count the stores they're partnered with! I put effort into researching sustainable stores (that they don't always have that type of in their recommendations, btw!), only for the affiliate stores count
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