Top 10 Green Gift Ideas
We've compiled a list of the Top 10 eco-friendly Green Gift ideasfor you to choose from...complete with great pictures and descriptions to help you choose and see the benefits of going green.
So if you are ready to start cycling to work or in need of some canvas grocery tote bags to replace your plastic ones, sit down, relax and shop from home!
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(Earth Day is April 22, 2010)
#1. Plastic bags are a thing of the past!
pick up a designer tote to carry your groceries in
Most North American households tuck away a constantly growing number of plastic shopping bags in various spots throughout their kitchens.Only a small percentage of plastic bags are actually recycled.
Many recent plastic bag bans (especially grocery stores) have hit areas of North America...so what are we to use? Canvas tote bags are your answer!
photo credit: b-e-a-c-h.org
Great Canvas Tote Bags on eBay
great designs, great colors, great deals!
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#2. Think before you Drink!
Plastic water bottles are also "out". Trendy, eco-friendly stainless steel drinking bottles are "in"!Plastic bottles are everywhere...from the fridge to every restaurant in town.
Plastic Water Bottle Facts:
(from greenupgrader.com)
* Plastic bottles take 700 years to begin composting
* 90% of the cost of bottled water is due to the bottle itself
* 80% of plastic bottles are not recycled
* 38 million plastic bottles go to the dump per year in America from bottled water (not including soda)
* 24 million gallons of oil are needed to produce a billion plastic bottles
* The average American consumes 167 bottles of water a year
* Bottling and shipping water is the least energy efficient method ever used to supply water
* Bottled water is the second most popular beverage in the United States
photo credit: twilightearth.com
Amazon carries Stainless Steel Water Bottles!
Stylize your bottle through color and design
#3. Hand Crank Flashlights!
...my kids love these!
"Currently, only a very small percentage of consumer disposable batteries are recycled (less than 2%) and most waste batteries are disposed of in landfill sites."~ wasteonline.org
Batteries can be found in every room of your house...from remotes to clocks to cameras to cordless telephones...and lets not forget, FLASHLIGHTS!
However, there is a battery flashlight solution! Go Battery-less, and get on board with the eco-friendly hand crank flashlights.
photo credit: wisebread.com
Battery-less Flashlights on eBay
...wind them, crank them watch them glow!
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Why not make a charitable donation to the recipient's favorite charity?
...it may be to the Cancer Society, CNIB, or even an environmental charity!
It'll make you both feel good!
#4. An Electricity Monitor!
...that's right! Monitor your usage!
These innovative devices, aim to help in the fight against climate change.Their job is to show us just how much electricity we waste in our homes, as well as show us how, where and when we can all save money.
An electricity monitorreveals exactly how much electricity is being used, how the cost of electricity per hour changes (during peek times and non peek hours) and how much harmful CO2 your home is emitting.
By simply turning off certain appliances when not in use, the energy conscious consumer can actually save on their electricity usage...a savings on their monthly bill and their households' harmful carbon emissions.
photo credit: energycircle.com
Affordable Electricity Monitors on eBay
...don't get caught without one!
Fetching new data from eBay now... please stand by#5. Solar-Powered Chargers!
"Solar Chargers need sun to charge the batteries, i-pod, cell phone, laptop, gps etc. Solar chargers obtain solar energy from sun and store it in an internal battery. It is connected to other devices to charge their battery using that stored power.The chargers are available from 2 to 30 Watt range. The size of charger is depending upon solar panels used on them. The foldable solar panel is good for you when you are going on extreme hiking, camping, boating. This is light weight and foldable. You can put it almost anywhere you want to. The only thing is that you put it where it gets more sun light. Usually the chargers charge battery fast compare to power chargers. It depends upon the size of solar panel, the amount of sun it is getting and panel orientation."
reference: solargadgetsinfo.com
photo credit: gadgetsboytoys.com
Solar chargers on eBay
Fetching new data from eBay now... please stand by#6. A bicycle!
...give the gift of exercise & pedal power!
"In cities across the globe, the personal automobile is the single greatest polluter, as emissions from a billion vehicles on the road add up to a planet-wide problem.Driving a private car is a typical citizen's most air polluting activity. The negative effects of automotive emissions are maximum when you sit in traffic surrounded by cars, their engines idling."
referenced: nutramed.com
photo credit: telegraph.co.uk
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New or pre-loved!
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#7. Give the gift of plants!
a tree...a seed starter kit...a plant!
There's an old saying that goes..."Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime."With this in mind, why not give the gift of seeds...plants...vegetables...food!
This year our family built a vegetable garden. Our children expressed an interest in starting seeds...so we chose to grow some lettuce, green onions, carrots, radishes, corn, peas and beans.
We are also going to plant flowers (from seed), tomato plants, sunflowers and herbs.
Teaching our children that we can grow all this produce ourselves is a great gift!
photo credit: globallygreenliving.com
Start planting!
it's very rewarding to plant, pick & eat what you grew!
Fetching new data from eBay now... please stand by#8. Wooden toys for the kids!
...the way toys used to be!
Plastics are used in 80% of new toys. Next time you have a toy purchase on your list of things to do consider forgoing the plastics for good old fashioned, natural, sturdy wood toys.The benefits of wooden toys for your children are their durability, they are educational, they encourage imagination growth, they are easily cleaned, they don't have any sharp parts or pieces, and they can be easily grabbed by small hands.
photo credit: global-b2b-network.com
Wooden toy deals on eBay
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give something old a new life
"One man's trash is another man's treasure".Trash-obsessed artists with the ability to create unique art from abandoned refuse...what a great way to reduce, reuse and recycle!
photo credit: keetsa.com/blog/category/recyclable/page/6
Recycled Art from eBay Artisans
who knows?...it maybe a Picasso one day!
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#10. Composters come in all sizes!
from small counter units to large garden composters!
Composting offers the obvious benefit of creating a useful product from organic waste that would have otherwise been placed in landfills.Spread this self made free fertilizer on your flower beds, gardens and lawns for healthy green growth!
photo credit: eartheasy.com
Composters on eBay
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- fanfreluche fanfreluche Dec 5, 2009 @ 6:22 am
- Nice! I love your ideas. Everyone can do its part to help mother earth. Imagine if people just start using the 2 first idea you posted: Canvas Tote Bag and Stainless Steel Drinking Bottle! Only this could have a huge impact! And this is not difficult to do, does not require a big budget.
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- PaulHassing PaulHassing Dec 4, 2009 @ 5:06 pm
- Great concept, beautfully executed. Well done! :)
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- JaguarJulie JaguarJulie Nov 6, 2009 @ 10:43 am | in reply to JaguarJulie
- ... er, is there an echo in here? Fa la la la la ... la la la la!
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- julcal julcal Jul 6, 2009 @ 2:32 pm
- This is a great lens! How innovative! Solar chargers? I had no idea!
I love my composter - try it out! And if you're an apartment dweller they make them that fit under the kitchen sink with no stink!
I adore the trash art! It reminds me of a scene from "The Fisher King" Robin Williams is on a date and pulls something out of the trash. It's the top of an old champagne bottle. He sculpts it into what looks like a beautiful chair. he says "you never know what you might find in the trash" of course there's great symbolism going on, having to do what beauty we have thrown away in what Jung calls the "shadow' - but I'll leave that alone for now :)
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- JaguarJulie JaguarJulie Jun 18, 2009 @ 6:32 pm
- I'm all for anything that we can use that is solar-powered. When we vacationed in Southern Spain recently, I was totally amazed to see all the windmills -- that was my first time up close and personal.
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