Let’s talk about green gifts for a moment …

Next time you are thinking of giving someone a present, consider green gift giving. A green gift makes a statement in a number of ways. It confirms your commitment to being environmentally conscious while supposing that your gift recipient is caring and thoughtful when it comes to environmental concerns, as well. In this way, your gift becomes even more complimentary than it otherwise might be.

When gift shopping, forget the usual suspects and concentrate on organically produced items, like handcrafted soaps or candles. Nowadays, even organic cosmetics are available to consumers. Holiday and special event greeting cards made of recycled materials can be purchased almost anywhere. Give a cloth grocery tote or shopping bag to help reduce the use of non-biodegradable plastics. Refillable sport bottles made from post-consumer materials help to cut down on the glut of plastic from bottled water. Buy clothing made from organic materials like cotton or hemp as a green gift.

Consider giving non-material items as a green gift. Cook dinner for a friend or a family. Give the gift of your time or offer to a run an errand or do a chore. Take a grandparent or an elderly relative who does not get out often to the park or the beach for a day. Make a green gift of planting someone a garden. Give organically grown flowers or herbs from your garden instead of buying something from a floral retailer.

A green gift can be something you made with your own two hands. Give a nature lover a hand made bird feeder or bat house. Carve something, paint something, sculpt something from clay. A creative personal green gift shows that you care about the earth and the recipient of your gift.

If you are purchasing for the handy homeowner, get them plans or designs for renewable energy projects or a gift card to purchase eco-friendly building and repair materials.

A green gift can be sourced from almost anywhere and can be almost anything that you can imagine. The essence of green gift giving is to remember that, whatever you do, your goal is to give something that in some way helps to reduce the environmental impact made by other types of gift giving. This is a fairly easy model to follow, but you might still experience some challenges in coming up with ideas.

Fortunately, the Internet can provide you with all kinds of resources for green gift giving. Simply visit your favorite search engine and enter your key words. For example:

• Green book titles
• Organic treats
• Sustainable gifts under $20
• Cheap green gifts
• Sustainable gear for pets
• Ridiculous green gifts
• Green gifts for gardeners
• Gifts made from recycled materials
• Artisanal food gifts

You will quickly be presented with hundreds of pages, filled with great products and inspired ideas for giving environmentally friendly gifts. Many of them will be presents that you can purchase outright, while some of the gifts you find will be things you can create, cultivate, or grow yourself. Maybe, you’ll decide to purchase a pig or a cow to a deserving community or village in the name of the person of your choice, through an organization like Heifer International. You can also do something like plant a tree or save part of a rainforest.

Whatever green gift you decide to give will be a special statement of care and respect for the person receiving it and the planet we all live on.

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