Here are a few distinctive gift ideas that make a positive ecological impact:
Give Organic Flowers
Conventionally grown flowers are often dangerous to the environment and the workers involved with growing them. An option to giving cut flowers is seeking out locally grown live houseplants. There are plenty of flowering varieties available, and they are beautiful, year-round gifts, which add vibrancy to homes and offices. One of the advantages to purchasing plants grown close to where you live is that you are not contributing to the resource use and greenhouse gas emissions of air shipping, which is common with imported flowers.
Give Natural perfumes and fragrances
Many perfume fragrances are synthetic and often made from toxic petrochemicals derived from crude oil. There are more earth friendly alternatives and it is easy to make your own natural perfume too.
Give cards that use recyclable paper, send e-mail cards, or make your own.- Choose a locally made card, rather than one that has been mass-produced and traveled a long way to reach you.
- Choose a card with little or no glitter
- these are easier to recycle.- Make your own card
- you might get extra points for effort.
- Go traditional and write your own love note.- Send an e-card (save the trees!).
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