4) Eco-Local Season
(1st Seasonal Theme)
Let’s face it, when it comes to consumerism, the Holiday season is absolute wrought with it. You can’t walk down the street without a retailer ‘screaming’ from their windows: “BUY!”, as soon as Halloween is over.
Whether you’re succumbing to the ‘screams’ from the retailers, to societal pier pressure of traditional consumerism, or whether you just genuinely want to buy something nice for that special someone, we thought some sustainable gift lists and green shopping ideas might help:
- Eco-Local Gifts List (from A to J)
- Eco-Local Gifts List (from K to Z)
- Sustainable Stockings
- Greener Holidays with Bridget Oland
- Holiday Waste Reduction by Bridget Oland
- CRUSISIS Everyday Environmentalist for the Holidays
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14 December 2009
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From “Art” to “Eco-Fashion”; “Kid & Baby-Friendly Toys” to the “Zuppa Circus Cookbook”, we’ve got an A to Z style eco-local ‘wish list’ sure to make Santa smile.
In an effort to compliment the “Eco-Business Matrices” (Sustainable Vendors Lists) of our Holiday Guide ’09, AND the launch of our new “Eco-Local List” (fall ’09), we thought we’d put forth a little ‘sampler list’ of green and local gift buying ideas of varying sizes and costs.
So here it is in an easy to find A to Z format (section K to Z second)… a lofty list of gift ideas sure to make your Holiday an “Eco-Local” one.
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14 December 2009
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Do people line up in your house to collect all the holiday waste and wrapping?
Probably not because there is SO much of it!
Below, Bridget Oland, Environmentalist, speaks to the increase in waste during the Holiday season and how we can minimize it with just a little planning, as she lays out for us. And maybe, we can even help someone else have a better Christmas with some good old-fashioned Holiday purging...
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14 December 2009
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Are you making your Holiday 'green' this year?
Below, we share thoughts about how there is a lot more than "eco-gift-giving" to make your Holiday 'green'.
Also, Bridget Oland chimes in with some great 'green' decorating, non-toxic entertaining and alternative wrapping ideas!
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14 December 2009
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“Good things come in small packages!” The saying is never more true than during the Holidays when stockings are ‘stuffed’ by the chimney with care…
We must admit that part of our motivation for creating a “Green Stocking” Stuffers List was actually to challenge ourselves to think of smaller gifts, thus reducing material requirement to produce, packaging required and wrapping if used.
It can also be a way to save money… although small things don’t always have small price tags! Nevertheless, we’ve collected a short list of “small items” that would be ideal to “green-up” your stockings this year!
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14 December 2009
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4) Eco-Local Season
From “Art” to “Eco-Fashion”; “Kid & Baby-Friendly Toys” to the “Zuppa Circus Cookbook”, we’ve got an A to Z style eco-local ‘wish list’ sure to make Santa smile.
In an effort to compliment the “Eco-Business Matrices” (Sustainable Vendors Lists) of our Holiday Guide ’09, AND the launch of our new “Eco-Local List” (fall ’09), we thought we’d put forth a little ‘sampler list’ of green and local gift buying ideas of varying sizes and costs.
So here it is in an easy to find A to Z format (section A to J first)… a lofty list of gift ideas sure to make your Holiday an “Eco-Local” one.
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14 December 2009
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Make yourself an Everyday Environmentalist and if you’re not already undertaking some or all of the our Holiday suggestions (below), challenge yourself to do as many as you can this season, for ‘People, Planet and Community’.