Welcome. Cape & Islands Self-Reliance is a non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation, whose mission is to promote environmentally sound technologies and sustainable practices through education, advocacy and collective membership that provides tangible benefits.
Cape & Islands Self-Reliance was founded in 1980 to identify, facilitate and educate the public about sound environmental practices that help protect our ecosystem. By educating and empowering the consumer, Self-Reliance acts as a catalyst in implementing cost-saving, pollution-reducing opportunities for homeowners, businesses and municipalities. Self-Reliance’s community-supported buying cooperative was established over 20 years ago to place the purchasing power in the hands of the consumer by enabling citizens of Cape Cod and Southeastern Massachusetts to buy necessary services at affordable group rates.
We invite you to learn more about us by using the links to the left.
Green·wash (grn'wŏsh', -wôsh') – verb: the act of misleading consumers regarding the environmental practices of a company or the environmental benefits of a product or service.
In an effort to describe, understand, and quantify the growth of greenwashing, TerraChoice Environmental Marketing Inc. conducted a survey of six category-leading big box stores. Through these surveys, TerraChoice identified 1,018 consumer products bearing 1,753 environmental claims. Of the 1,018 products examined, all but one made claims that are demonstrably false or that risk misleading intended audiences.
Learn more about greenwashing and how you, as a consumer, can recognize it!
Proudly making a difference in the following Cape Cod, Massachusetts towns and villages: Barnstable, Bourne, Brewster, Buzzards Bay, Centerville, Chatham, Cotuit,
Craigville Dennis, Eastham, Falmouth, Harwich, Hyannis, Hyannisport, Marstons Mills, Mashpee, Orleans, Osterville, Provincetown, Sandwich, Truro, Wellfleet,
Woods Hole, Yarmouth, Yarmouthport
Oil Cooperative also serves the following southeastern Massachusetts towns and cities: Abington, Acushnet, Assonet, Avon, Berkley, Braintree, Bridgewater, Brockton
Brookline, Buzzards Bay, Canton, Carver, Cohasset, Dartmouth, Dedham, Dighton, Duxbury, East Bridgewater, Easton, Fairhaven, Fall River, Foxboro, Freetown (Assonet)
Halifax, Hanover, Hanson, Hingham, Holbrook, Hull, Humarock, Kingston, Lakeville, Manomet, ,Mansfield, Marion, Marshfield, Mattapoisett, Middleboro, Milton, Needham New Bedford, Newton, Norfolk, North Carver, North Dartmouth, North Dighton, North Easton, Norton, Norwell, Norwood, Onset, Pembroke, Plymouth, Plympton, Quincy, Randolph
Raynham, Rehoboth, Rochester, Rockland, Sagamore, Sagamore Beach, Scituate, Seekonk, Sharon, Somerset, South Carver, South Dartmouth, South Easton, Squantum (Quincy), Stoughton, Swansea, Taunton, Walpole, Wareham, West Bridgewater, Westport, Westport Point, Westwood, Weymouth, White Horse Beach (Manomet), Whitman
