-- Conscious Holiday Tips & Ideas --
As promised, I'll continue to offer wonderful eco-conscious gift and celebration options for you to consider over the holidays. Keep in mind that these tips for greening the holiday season can be applied to nearly every celebration you encounter be it a birthday or co-worker's advancement.
- Houseplants make wonderful gifts, and so do small, evergreen, potted Christmas trees or shrubs. These can be placed either inside for the holiday season, or on the deck in protective containers. Living plants remove far too many air pollutants inside, and outside the home but here is a list of just a few things plants remove from our air: carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, ammonia, ozone and nitrogen oxides. A living Xmas tree that eventually grows too big can be planted in your own yard where it will provide privacy, shade and soil erosion control. Alternatively, donate to individuals with enough land for a tree. Try asking the city, schools or parks in your area if they have a place for the tree and donate it to them.
- Houseplants make wonderful gifts, and so do small, evergreen, potted Christmas trees or shrubs. These can be placed either inside for the holiday season, or on the deck in protective containers. Living plants remove far too many air pollutants inside, and outside the home but here is a list of just a few things plants remove from our air: carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, ammonia, ozone and nitrogen oxides. A living Xmas tree that eventually grows too big can be planted in your own yard where it will provide privacy, shade and soil erosion control. Alternatively, donate to individuals with enough land for a tree. Try asking the city, schools or parks in your area if they have a place for the tree and donate it to them.
- Dehydrated, canned or preserved foods make excellent gifts, especially those you have made and/or grown with your own hands. Alternatively look for locally-produced jams, jellies, conserves, pickles, relish and other preserves.
- Frozen, homemade meals are also treasured gifts for time-suppressed or physically limited individuals. Lasagna, enchilada, manicotti, pasta, cabbage rolls, and many other dishes like these would apply. Perhaps a few jars of different kinds of frozen soups and stews would be welcome instead.
- Brazil or cashew nuts are a wonderful, healthy gift option since they promote a living tropical forest, increasing its value while supporting local peoples and preventing the clearing of rainforests for soybean and cattle production. Included in this category of "living forests": coconut products, maple syrup, chestnuts, walnuts, hazelnuts and banana products, among other tree crops.
- Books; i.e. Trash Talk which teaches how to save money by looking at waste as a resource – by Dave and Lillian Brummet.
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