What do you get when you combine an online environmental news service with a digital community of green thinkers and top it off with shopping section featuring products from the top environmentally conscious producers?  You get the phenomenal website that is www.Ecofactory.com.   You also happen to get Green Cities Florida’s newest media sponsor.

New to the environmental movement, editor Gabe LeBlanc had the idea behind Ecofactory about two years ago and gives most of the credit to the work of Al Gore and a shift in worldview after becoming a father.   Ecofactory is the one stop spot for the “world’s green thinkers” as it not only gives you the latest environmental news from around the nation, but also offers a spot for the audience to respond and contribute content in the form of blogs and even videos.  Fresh off the success of their beta site, Ecofactory has developed a unique platform for those seeking to learn more about the green movement, which is constantly evolving from the ideas of both the original creators and users.

“I really feel that the Ecofactory project has been a liberating experience for me in that it has freed me from any guilt of apathy,” LeBlanc says. “Plus, I am always learning and working to become more green. The education I receive through my own research and as an editor reading others’ works has helped me evolve to think differently about my own habits and about the importance of being involved in the green movement in general.”

The past year brought upon a wave of new environmentally oriented sites.  Ecofactory went with a big idea of combining various services into one interface to make itself stand out.  Between the balanced reporting, an online community with numerous outlets for contribution and the soon to come “Shop Green” section Gabe LeBlanc has created an online resource that could very well change the way people connect members of a community.

On Twitter?  Of course you are.  You can keep up with the goings on at the Ecofactory by following them at: www.twitter.com/ecofactory