Green Businesses
Choose Businesses That Care for the Keys
The natural beauty of the Florida Keys is part of what makes being here so special. Across the island chain, local businesses are taking steps to conserve natural resources, reduce waste and help protect the waters and ecosystems around them.
You can be part of that effort. Use the listings below to find accommodations, restaurants, marinas, dive operators, fishing guides and other businesses recognized for environmentally responsible practices.
Find Green Businesses in the Florida Keys
Ready to make your trip a little greener? Browse the businesses below and use the filters to find participating places to stay, eat, dock, dive, and fish.
Green Lodging
Rest easy knowing your stay can make a difference. Florida Green Lodging properties are recognized for efforts to conserve resources such as water and energy and reduce waste. Look for the Green Lodging leaf when choosing where to stay in the Keys.
Blue Star Operators
Heading out on or under the water? Choose a Blue Star-certified dive operator or fishing guide. The Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary’s Blue Star program recognizes operators that help visitors enjoy diving, snorkeling and fishing while following practices that safeguard the Keys’ marine resources.
Clean Marinas
A day on the water starts at the dock. Clean Marina businesses help make environmentally responsible boating part of the Florida Keys experience. Use the listings below to find participating marinas throughout the island chain.
Ocean Friendly Restaurants
Make your next meal a little friendlier to the ocean. Ocean Friendly Restaurants are recognized for making choices designed to reduce waste and support healthier oceans.
Skip the Stuff
Sometimes less really is more. Restaurants and food trucks participating in Skip the Stuff help reduce single-use waste by providing items such as plastic utensils, straws and condiment packets only when customers ask for them.
Visitors can help, too. Simply say “no thanks” to the extras you don’t need.
Plastic Free Key West
Plastic Free Key West celebrates Key West businesses taking action to reduce, and ultimately eliminate, single-use plastics. Participating businesses make voluntary commitments to reduce plastic use through more sustainable choices.
Protect Our Seagrass
Seagrass beds are part of what makes Florida Keys waters so special. They also need a little help from boaters. Propellers can damage shallow seagrass beds, leaving scars behind. Check tide and navigational charts before you head out, and steer clear of shallow areas. A handy local reminder is: “Brown, brown, run aground. Blue, blue, sail on through."
Jet Ski Safety
Explore The Florida Keys with a knowledgeable local guide who can help you navigate shallow waters, protected areas and restricted zones. Pay attention to no-motor, idle-speed/no-wake and no-entry signs, stay in appropriate channels and avoid sensitive seagrass flats. Be courteous to other boaters, especially anglers fishing for Tarpon and Bonefish, by giving them plenty of room and keeping your speed and wake down. Always maintain a safe distance from swimmers and divers, follow posted speed restrictions and stay aware of changing conditions throughout your ride.
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Key West
Dawgone Licious
Dawgone Licious has been handcrafting healthy, dietary-friendly dog treats right here in Key West since 2014, with a lineup that includes custom-made snacks tailored to your pup's specific needs, adorable bandanas and collars, and seasonal fun like Smash Cake Pawrties and Pup-cream cones.
Key Largo
Sail Fish Scuba
Sail Fish Scuba is a PADI 5-Star Dive Center in Key Largo offering guided scuba and snorkeling tours, PADI certifications, private charters, in-water photo guidance with free photos, and full-service gear support.
Marathon
Sea Bird Marina
A working marina at mile marker 69.5 on Long Key with a ramp that handles boats up to 38 feet, ethanol free fuel, gated trailer parking and center consoles to rent. Check the calendar first though: they are closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
Key West
Namaste' Eco Excursions
Namaste’ ECO-Excursions delivers immersive, eco-focused reef and mangrove snorkeling adventures in Key West—small-group, “citizen science” tours with expert guides, coral assessments, and hands-on ecology presentations.
Key West
Folklure Charters
Folklure Charters offers offshore, reef, and wreck fishing trips aboard the 27-foot "Leviathan" in the Florida Keys. Led by Captain Frank Betz, they provide 4, 6, 8, and 10-hour charters targeting species like mahi-mahi, tuna, grouper, marlin, yellowtail, tarpon, and kingfish.
Key West
Roostica Pizzeria
Roostica Wood‑Fire Pizzeria — authentic Neapolitan‑style pizzas in Key West on Stock Island, where quality Italian ingredients meet a lively island ambiance.
Key West
Ginger Voodoo
Ginger Voodoo is a Key West mother-and-daughter organic skincare brand crafting handmade, vegan, cruelty-free bath and beauty products — from therapeutic salves and body butters to SPF tanning oils and insect repellent — sold online and at local Keys markets and events.
Key West
Mavka Permanent Jewelry
Mavka Permanent Jewelry is Key West's most unforgettable souvenir experience, creating custom clasp-free bracelets, anklets, and necklaces welded right onto you in minutes at the Shops at Mallory Square, in sterling silver, gold-filled, or 14-karat gold with charms to celebrate any milestone worth marking forever.
Key West
Key West Community Sailing Center
Learn to sail and enjoy vibrant community events at Key West Sailing Center!
Key West
Ocean Key Resort & Spa
Ocean Key Resort & Spa sits at Zero Duval where Key West meets the Gulf, with an oceanfront pool, SpaTerre, and sunset dining at Mallory Square.
Weddings Max
200
Meetings Max
50
Total Space
870 sq ft
Largest Room
850 sq ft
Marathon
Bongos Botanical Beer Garden
Keep your eyes peeled at Mile Marker 59 on Grassy Key because Bongos Botanical Beer Garden is one of those places you could easily miss and never forgive yourself for. Opened in 2020 inside The Lagoon adventure park, this tropical beer garden is surrounded by mature palms, banana trees, and an organic herb and fruit garden growing the fresh ingredients that go straight into your cocktail, with over 20 craft beers on tap, a daily food truck, weekend brunch and live music, hammock chairs for swinging, lawn games, and a genuinely dog-friendly policy that extends to a plain beef patty for your pup.
Key Largo
Silent World Dive Center
Explore the serene underwater world of Key Largo with expert scuba and snorkeling tours.
Key West
Yolicious
Yolicious is a Key West small business crafting mouthwatering organic, gluten-free, and vegan snacks, baked goods, and stone-ground raw nut butters for health-conscious locals and visitors who refuse to compromise on flavor.
Key Largo
Baker's Cay Resort
Baker’s Cay Resort Key Largo — boutique waterfront resort with beach access, watersports, dining and family-friendly amenities in Key Largo, FL.
Meetings Max
400
Total Space
14706 sq ft
Largest Room
3522 sq ft
The Lower Keys
World Angling
World Angling, founded by Captain Will Benson in 1999, offers expert fly fishing charters in Key West, specializing in tarpon, permit, bonefish, and barracuda.
