Top 10 best Green Gift Ideas 2011
When choosing gifts are you thinking about how they will impact our world? More and more people are now opting out of the usual gift market and instead choosing green gifts. Below are the best green gift ideas for 2011
1 - Give a gift of time. This can be anything that involves you giving up your time for that person. It could be a babysitting gift, a walk, time spent helping in the garden or decorating the home. These gift are often the most valuable to the receiver.
2 - Garden vouchers. Plants are great for the environment and a beautiful gift for any green fingered friends.
3 -Adopt an animal. When you adopt an endangered animal some of the money goes towards improving the animals natural living environment and conservation projects. AtWWFyou can choose your endangered animal by region, species or it's threat level.
4 - For computer lovers a great gift is theEco Button. This award winning power saving device can really make a difference to the environment and save money for the person you give it to. It looks funky too.
5 - Awater powered radio. How amazing is that. Again it's great for the environment and the person you give it to gets to save money.
6 - Gift acharity gift certificate. Choose from one of the many charities helping to support the environment.
7- Solar powered garden lights. There are an enormous selection of these decorative, practical and environmentally friendly lights available now to suit all style tastes.
8 - Staple free stapler. This is probably not the most exciting gift but it hits this top 10 list because it's just so clever. You can even get them in funky animal designs.
9 - Buy a book to help a friend or loved one understand how to live more environmentally friendly. Great choices are Green Living by Sarah Callard, The Everything Green Living Book by Diane Gow McDilda, Green Living For Dummies by Michael Grosvenor and Liz Barclay and The Rough Guide To Green Living by Duncan Clark.
10 -Adopt a plot of land. This is a quirky interactive gift that can make a huge difference to the environment. Using the latest web technology,Healthy Planetallows you to adopt a plot of land in a protected area and engage in its conservation from your own home.
