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."
Filters
The Lower Keys
Good Food Conspiracy
Organic market and juice bar in Big Pine Key offering vegan wraps, smoothies, and holistic wellness products.
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.
Marathon
Fairfield by Marriott Inn & Suites Marathon Florida Keys
Waterfront hotel in the Florida Keys with pools, marina, and tropical dining.
Key West
Sushi Song
Sushi Song in Key West offers fresh, expertly crafted sushi and Japanese cuisine in a vibrant, welcoming atmosphere. Perfect for sushi lovers seeking authentic flavors.
Key West
Compass Rose Charters
Key West Florida Fishing provides personalized fishing charters targeting species like tarpon, bonefish, permit, snapper, and grouper.
Key West
Southernmost Pint Brewpub - Blast Beer Company Brewery
Southernmost Pint Brewpub pours house-brewed Blast Beer Company craft beer on Front Street in Key West, steps from the cruise port and Mallory Square. Short: Southernmost Pint Brewpub is Key West's home of Blast Beer Company, pouring fresh craft brews just off Front Street near Mallory Square. Grab a pint and settle into the lively Lower Duval scene
Islamorada
R-U Fishing Yet
R U Fishing Yet Charters, led by Captain Richard Burson, offers personalized backcountry and fly fishing trips in the Florida Keys and Everglades. Target species include snook, redfish, sea trout, bonefish, tarpon, and permit. Family-friendly charters are available for anglers of all skill levels.
Key West
Boat House Bar & Grill
Boathouse Bar & Grill in Key West serves fresh seafood, steaks, and cocktails in a lively waterfront setting with daily happy hour specials.
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
E11DROPS
E11DROPS is a Key West sustainable luxury skincare boutique at the Shops at Mallory Square where owner Mariam handcrafts eco-friendly soaps, lotions, balms, deodorants, and bath products from premium natural ingredients — with a Key West-inspired soap collection, a zodiac gift series, and soap-making classes that make self-care feel like an island adventure.
Key Largo
Seaside Eatery
Seaside Eatery — all‑vegan café in Key Largo where creative plant‑based breakfast, wraps and artisanal sandwiches meet laid‑back island charm.
The Lower Keys
Deer Run on the Atlantic
Charming eco-lodge on Big Pine Key with oceanfront views and Key deer nearby.
The Lower Keys
Longtab Charters
Luxury private charters from Summerland Key — fish, snorkel, dive, sandbars & sunset cruises aboard a 30′ Hydrocat.
