From Cheap to Chic, 10 Holiday Gifts That Respect the Earth
No matter how you celebrate this holiday season, chances are you’ll probably be giving a gift or two. We’ve compiled a few suggestions that will allow you to spread the cheer and hold your moral ground, from the obvious to outlandish.
Your iPod can run off the grid with this solar powered iPod Case Charger.
Give someone Wheels When They Need Them with a ZipCar membership.
Great for hot and cold beverages, this tumbler will save a lot of trees and CO2 used to produce coffee cups. To emphasize your point, toss in a gold tone coffee filter to cut down on the paper ones that get pitched each day.
Your favorite tea lover can brew on the run with this combination tumbler-infuser.
Green those meals with a CSA Membership (Community Supported Agriculture). This site will find the closet farm throughout the U.S. for you to purchase from.
Rid friends and family of energy vampires with the Smart Strip Power Strip.
Power small electronics like a GPS or cell phone, with the Solio Solar Universal Charger.
Get your colleagues to ditch the plastic utensils in the office kitchen with reusable bamboo tableware that works great on the go. Utensil holders give plastic bottles a second shot at a useful life, and an opportunity to stay out of our landfills. Made out of RPET (recycled PET plastic).
Chico has taken the reusable shopping bag one step farther with The Messenger, a super hip bag that folds into a small pouch.
Instead of a gift card to the local mall, try the gift that keeps on giving with Microplace.com, a Microfinance organization that serves a range of focuses from Fair Trade to women.
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5 Comments
November 24th, 2009 at 9:59 am
Does the iPod charger also work for the iPhone? That would be great!
November 24th, 2009 at 12:11 pm
Yes! The iPod charger also charges the iPhone. Or, you can choose the iPhone solar powered charger/case: http://www.novothink.com/products/nt02/
November 24th, 2009 at 12:40 pm
Have you seen what they have on http://www.useless.org? They have totes and messenger bags made from 100% recycled billboard ads, so no two bags are alike! It’s a unique gift that also gives back: 10% of their profits go toward water sanitation projects in the developing world.
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