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
Key West
Rachel Burrows Art and Jewelry
Rachel Burrows Art and Jewelry is a Key West local artisan creating and selling original art and handcrafted jewelry at the Key West Artisan Market, Key West Farmers Market, and local events throughout the Florida Keys.
The Lower Keys
Good Food Conspiracy
Organic market and juice bar in Big Pine Key offering vegan wraps, smoothies, and holistic wellness products.
Key Largo
Horizon Divers
Explore vibrant reefs and shipwrecks with expert scuba training and tours in Key Largo!
Islamorada
Islamorada Fish Company
Islamorada Fish Company Market — fresh seafood retail market in Islamorada, where Keys flavors and top-quality catches meet.
The Lower Keys
Looe Key Reef Resort & Dive Center
Looe Key Reef Resort offers beachfront accommodations, daily scuba and snorkeling trips, a full-service dive shop, and a Tiki Bar with live entertainment in the Florida Keys.
Key West
Shade Ceramics and Shutter Photography
Shade & Shutter Key West is a serene, artisan gallery where handcrafted ceramics meet evocative nature photography.
Marathon
Abu's Argentinian Grill
Abu's Argentinian Grill is a Florida Keys mobile food truck bringing the bold flavors of Argentina to local markets and events, serving handmade empanadas with a variety of fillings, steak and sausage sandwiches, lobster platters with skewers, and hot dogs straight from the grill.
Key Largo
Num Thai Restaurant And Sushi Bar
Num Thai Restaurant and Sushi Bar – A vibrant, family-run dining spot in Key Largo blending bold Thai cuisine with generous sushi rolls.
Key West
The Marker Key West Harbor Resort
The Marker Key West Harbor Resort is a luxury hotel located in Old Town Key West, offering a blend of classic Florida Keys elegance and modern amenities.
Weddings Max
100
Meetings Max
70
Total Space
655 sq ft
Largest Room
655 sq ft
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
Key West
Doing Work Coffee
Doing Work Coffee is the southernmost coffee roaster in the United States, slinging artisan coffees, cold brew, nitro coffee, and secret recipe hand-crafted waffles from their cozy spot inside Wicked Lick Ice Cream on Duval Street — where every cup is fully compostable and every sip is genuinely worth the trip.
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.
Marathon
Marathon Yacht Club
Exclusive waterfront community with boating, dining, and social events.
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.
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.
