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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Islamorada
Plantation Yacht Harbor Marina
Plantation Yacht Harbor Marina: A full‑service, top‑tier marina in Islamorada’s Founders Park — safe slips, fuel, and amenities for the boating life in the Florida Keys.
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.
The Lower Keys
Good Food Conspiracy
Organic market and juice bar in Big Pine Key offering vegan wraps, smoothies, and holistic wellness products.
Islamorada
Islamorada Dive Center
Explore Florida Keys' reefs and wrecks with expert guides at Islamorada Dive Center!
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.
Key West
Andrew's Inn & Garden Cottages
Charming tropical boutique inn in historic Key West with pool, breakfast, and happy hour.
Key Largo
Key Largo Conch House
Key Largo Conch House — beloved family-owned seafood restaurant in Key Largo serving fresh local catches and tropical favorites.
Marathon
Grassy Flats Resort & Beach Club
Eco-friendly boutique resort in the Florida Keys with oceanfront dining, water sports, and unique "olde Florida" charm.
Marathon
Captain Hook’s Marina and Dive Center
A Blue Star dive shop and marina at mile marker 53 on Vaca Cut, running reef and wreck trips twice a day, plus snorkeling, sunset cruises, boat rentals and a bait and tackle counter. They will also put you on a coral nursery dive with Mote Marine Lab, which is not something most dive shops can offer.
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.
Islamorada
A Fishing Guide
Captain Steve Friedman helped build the sanctuary's Blue Star Fishing Guide program and fishes under its certification. Sight fishing for tarpon, bonefish, permit, redfish and snook out of Islamorada, on a poling skiff or a bay boat with room for the whole family.
Islamorada
Puerto Vallarta Mexican Bar & Grill
P.V. Mexican Seafood — authentic Mexican-seafood dining in Islamorada, where fresh Pacific-Rim recipes meet vibrant island flavor.
The Lower Keys
Frayed Threads LLC
Frayed Threads LLC is a Key West women's boutique bringing the breezy sophistication of imported European linen to the Florida Keys — thoughtfully curated clothing, handpicked accessories, and beautiful shoes designed for women who want to look effortlessly elegant from the beach to brunch.
Key West
OverAchieving Tea
OverAchieving Tea is a premium handcrafted yerba maté and wellness shot brand crafting better-tasting, better-quality functional herbal blends, found at the Key West Artisan Market and local Florida Keys events.
Key West
Key West Historic Inns
Key West Historic Inns — a curated collection of five distinctive, historic properties in Old Town Key West offering boutique stays steeped in island charm.
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