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28 June 2009
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Feeling the Love for Valentine's Day
There are lots of ways to splash some green into your Valentine’s Day.
Happy shopping with the Locally-made Gifts and Other Green Gift Ideas below!
Buy Locally-made Gifts
There are dozens of spots around that sell plenty of great gifts. Here are some quintessential Valentine’s gift ideas of chocolate and jewelery to get you started, including a few Market MentionsTM:
Chocolate (Local &/or Fairtrade &/or Organic &/or Raw or all of the above):
- Gourmandise Avenue: Chocolate and pastries artisans. Almost to beautiful to eat… if it wasn’t so irresistibly delectable! (Farmer’s Market or order from their Eastern Passage store @ 463-9138)
- JustUs!: The “grand-daddy” of Fairtrade chocolate in the area. Look for their Fairtrade chocolate hearts in their cafes.(www.justuscoffee.com or call @ 902-547-7474) Read more…
- Rawly Good Chocolate: Raw, local, organic & Fairtrade chocolate. Did you know raw chocolate is said to be one of the highest sources of anti-oxidants? Have it by itself or mixed in with nutritious foods for an energy-filled chocolaty treat. (on-line www.rawlygoodchocolate.com or @ Farmer’s Market)
- Rosemary’s Chocolates: Everything from cream-filled to barks, and everything in between. (Farmer’s Market or upstairs from Pete’s Fruitique on Spring Garden or email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
Jewellery (Market & Locally-Owned Stores):
- Gigi Bauer’s Gemstones & Pearls: (Hollis Rm of the Farmer’s Market)
- Tribal Designs: Earthy, elegant and created with organic materials such as cherry wood and coconut, the healing properties of natural gemstones and symbols from various earth-centered cultures. (Farmer’s Market or www.tribaldesigns1.etsy.com or 422-1125)
- Shelley Muchayi’s Zimbabwean-style Jewelery: Hand-made with all the colourful beauty inspired by African art and the natural woods and gems reminiscent of their country. See also her affiliated children’s charity below (Hollis Rm of the Farmer’s Market or 488-3421)
- Trudy Callagher @ Coconut Creek: If you saw Trudy’s work at the DalPlex Christmas show or if you’ve visited her shop in Fredericton, you know she is nothing if not fancy and fun! Find her wares at locally-owned Coconut Creek, bound to have other great gift ideas too! (Halifax Shopping Ctr.)
Sweet Treats, Baby Gifts, Giftware
Or other great locally-made ideas can be found in our green gift-giving section from our Holiday Guide: ‘Tis the Season to be Green
Other Green Gifts
There are certainly lots of ways to be more green for Valentine’s Day. Supporting local and community-based initiatives as suggested above are certainly among them. Here are a couple more suggestions:
- Discovery Center Membership: for your budding scientist (discoverycentre.ns.ca)
- Green Books: for your favorite book-worm (See P’lovers book club list & posts under Blog section @ www.plovers.net)
- Natural and Organic Spa Treatments: for your favorite sweetie (Be Well Spa)
- Nicaraguan Crafts: (fairly trade & locally-imported): for everyone (www.lahistoria.ca)
- Museum Membership: for your curious George. Membership includes Natural History Museum & other NS Museums (museum.gov.ns.ca)
- Carbonstok: Halifax's newest "green" store! Lots of earth-friendly products for your loved oneS and always fun if the Uncommon Group has a hand in it!
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