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Giving always feels good. Give green this year and you’ll feel even better!
We’ve found 30 thoughtful, eco-friendly gifts for the singular people on your list.
This is your gift guide if you know anyone you might describe as a ...
Eco-Chick
Earth Mamma
Gadget Guy
Natural Beauty
Yoga Lover
Fitness Buff
Green Gifts for the Eco-Chick
For the groovy girl on your list who always makes eco-conscious look absolutely fabulous ...
Reclaimed Pottery Shard Jewelry
Old pottery scraps have never looked so hip. This eco-conscious jewelry maker cultivates sea glass, collectible pottery nuggets and sterling silver into recycled art your favorite earth-loving fashionista can feel good in and about. Necklace, bracelet and earrings.
Price: $99 – $128 Buy glass gifts
HER Design Eco Handbags
Show your favorite eco-chick you know her so well—this collection is without a doubt her bag. Made of hemp canvas, organic cotton, vegan leather and C2C-certified wool, Helen E. Riegle’s cruelty-free handbags are planet friendly and style savvy. Bold shapes, bright colors and hip detailing are drawing celebrities like Helen Mirren—the Queen herself—to these “green” purses.
Price: $49 – $209 Buy this gift
Recycled Label Pillows
Salvaged soda bottle labels are transformed into bright green and purple cotton-backed pillows that really pop. South African artisans hand-make these recycled accoutrements, bringing needed income back to their villages and sending good green vibes to each recipient.
Price: $45 each Buy this gift
ChicoBags Reusable Shopping Bags
Green-minded celebs are going ga-ga over these brilliant reusable shopping bags that squish into a tiny sewn-in pouch so they’re always handy in your car or purse. Crafted in vibrant colors from a fair wage and labor plant, ChicoBags are one smart—and stylish—way to save countless plastic bags from reaching landfills each year.
Price: $6 each; $15 for a set of 3 Buy this gift
Chick Magnets
A really smart chick in Portland melded eco-ethics and original design into these endearing recycled bottle top fridge magnets. A charismatic palette and little inspirations like “Play, Play, Play!” will motivate her and fulfill a necessity all at once.
Price: $19 for a set of 6 Buy this gift
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Green Gifts for the Earth Mamma
For the new mom on your list who considers trees almost as huggable as her baby—and wants to surround her little munchkin with the healthiest organic, natural and eco-friendly gear, from diapers and clothing to bottles, toys and baby furniture.
gDiaper Starter Kit
What a smart invention: the convenience of a disposable diaper without sending giant bags of soiled diapers to the landfill. The gDiaper system includes absorbent, biodegradable and flushable eco-liners hidden by adorable, washable “little g” covers in great kiddie colors. An earth-minded diaper that really works. Starter kits for babies 6 – 35 pounds.
Price: $42 Buy this gift
Tripp Trapp Chair
Want to give the new mom on your list an enduring gift, but not ready to spring for the crib? Made from durable cultivated beech wood, this chair grows with a child—eliminating the wastefulness of buying a high chair, then later a booster. It looks pretty cool, and it’s not a hunk of plastic (so your eco-mamma might actually want to keep it around after the baby phase).
Price: $199 Buy this gift
Wee-Go Nontoxic Baby Bottles
Free of bisphenol A (BPA), phthalates, PVC, polycarbonates and lead—and so fun to look at, mom and dad might not mind the drudgery of daily bottle washing quite so much. The last place parents look for danger is in baby bottles, but recent studies say the chemicals in plastic baby bottles are a concern. These bottles avoid the dangers because they're glass—with grippy plastic-free sleeves that are brilliantly colorful and dishwasher safe.
Price: From $36.99 Buy this gift
Baby Yoga Pants
Maybe her little munchkin hasn’t perfected tree pose yet. But what better to practice (or just play) in than these super-cute speecees organic cotton pants? Made in a sweatshop-free factory, the cozy bottoms come in irresistible colors like pumpkin and forget-me-not—with extra rump room for reusable diapers. 0-24 month sizes.
Price: $22 Buy this gift
Organic Baby Gift Set
Too cute! Eco- and infant-friendly organic cotton bunny, rattle teether and lamb burp cloth. Tell the earth-respecting mom on your list these green fabrics are sustainably made and free of any synthetic pesticides, fertilizers and other chemicals.
Price: $50 Buy this gift
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Green Gifts for the Gadget Guy
Gear up! Five great green gifts for the guy whose core sports, hobbies and obsessions of the moment fill his wish list with words like amp-hours, nano, photovoltaic and Wi-Fi.
Eco-Thermo Bamboo Sleeping Pad
Camping just got greener. This warm, lightweight and dye-free three-season Thermarest pad is wrapped in sustainable bamboo fabric so he can rest in comfort and good conscience. A Backpacker and Outdoor magazine Gear of the Year award-winner. Made in a carbon-neutral facility.
Price: Large, $150; medium, $145 Buy this gift
Solio Portable Solar Charger
Charges his cell phone, GPS device or other essential electronics even when he’s nowhere near a car or A/C outlet. Packs into a nano-sized pouch even a dude won’t mind toting, and comes with adapters to work with most small electronics. Retractable solar blades deliver way more charging power than he’ll need. Add a case made of recycled innertubes to go even greener.
Price: $109; case $29 Buy this gift
(Think that’s cool? Check out this Solar Camera Gear Bag with ingenious flexible solar panel top that charges digital cameras or other gadgets en route. $149.)
Eco Flash Drive
Made without lead, mercury or other toxins, the earth-friendly 1GB Firefly USB flash drive decomposes easier than conventional flash drives. This forward-thinking gadget comes in bold colors and includes a lanyard and snap pouch.
Price: $29 Buy this gift
Robomow Lawn Mower
Your gadget guy will flip over this. He can forget air-polluting, petroleum-consuming gas mowers. In fact, he can cross “mow the lawn” off his list altogether. This robotic mower uses perimeter-wire technology to do the job all by itself, saving up to 25 percent in irrigation and fertilizing costs. Also features “grasscycling” mulching—no more Hefty bags of clippings going to a landfill).
Price: $1,400 (prices vary by retailer) Buy this gift
Gidget Gadget Case
Green housing for his portable music player. This trendy pocket-size holder made of recycled billboards comes in fun color combos, complete with Velcro security flap, to dress his MP3 player and cell phone in environmentally friendly attire.
Price: $28 Buy this gift
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Green Gifts for the Natural Beauty
Green is beautiful! Give your favorite beauty a gift that does good and makes her feel gorgeous. These five pampering, polishing and prettying finds leave darned tiny footprints on the planet.
Bamboo Bath Towel Ladder
Useful, beautiful and eco-responsible. Sustainably grown bamboo crafted and sold under fair trade standards. Make her home spa complete.
Price: $48 Buy this gift
PlantLove Botanical Lipstick
Kiss with a conscience! Green has never been more beautiful than this satiny lip tint created without mineral oils or petroleum—just meadow foam seed, jojoba, shea butter and some fabulously intriguing stuff called Orchid Complex™. The green goes on: The tube she’ll twist this lipstick up from is corn-based and petroleum free, and comes in a clever flower-paper outer carton made with real seeds. Plant it and it’ll bestow pretty flowers on your lucky beauty.
Price: $20 Buy this gift
Wellness Shower Filter
What goes in doesn’t have to come out. Protect her body and nourish her skin and hair—with this healthy universal showerhead, featuring a high-powered filter designed to remove bacteria, heavy metals, chlorine and other impurities. The revolutionary unit also increases dissolved oxygen, re-ionizing it for enhanced antioxidants.
Price: $249 Buy this gift
Origins Skin Care Set
Spread the eco-love with this ginger-yummy skin care set from Origins, known for eco-friendly practices in everything from store design to organic ingredients to recycled packaging. Ginger Moments includes ginger-infused body cream, smoother, wash, oil and a bath mitt.
Price: $57.50 Buy this gift
Natural Nail Polish & Remover
Such a shiny, happy treat to pull out of a stocking, and earth friendly, too. Water-based, fume-free, nontoxic nail polishes in 16 shades to match Honeybee Gardens’ lipsticks. Add Odorless Polish Remover to complete this pretty green gift.
Price: $6.99 each Buy this gift
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Green Gifts for the Yoga Lover
From wear to a retreat at a solar-powered studio, these eco-friendly gifts will help your favorite yogi do good and be green whether she's balancing in tree pose or just a-walkin' down the street.
Yoga Dance Fusion DVD
Your yoga fan will be downright giddy about this DVD’s green-ness—not to mention this joyful way to add variety to her practice routine. Gaiam’s new eco-friendly, plastic-free DVD packaging is made from post-consumer recycled paperboard, and it’s 100% recyclable and biodegradable.
Price: $15 each Buy this gift
W’s Sugar & Spice Shoe
A merrily mod Mary Jane that makes a foot-pampering pre- and post yoga slip-on. Check out how it’s inventively designed for environmentally smart glue-free assembly—pairing an all-natural latex outer with a footbed and frame made from recycled materials.
Price: $120 Buy this gift
Earth Lovers Yoga Mat
This is yoga expert Rodney Yee’s favorite new eco-friendly yoga mat from Gaiam—made with a clever blend of natural rubber and recycled materials. As grippy, cushiony and tough as it is “green.” Check out the cool bark-like texture.
Price: $70 Buy this gift
Maya Yoga Retreat
“Retreat” your favorite someone to a weeklong intensive at Maui’s eco-friendly, ocean-front Maya Yoga studio. New topics are explored each week in summer sessions (July 20-Aug. 15), ranging from Vinyasa Fusion to Backbends Week. The solar-powered, rainwater-fed, cedar-planked studio complete with an organic garden is truly inspiring.
Price: Weeklong session $250; monthlong session $800 Buy this gift
Organic Cotton Palazzo Pant
Made with 90% organic cotton and a little spandex for give, these über-comfy, earth-respecting pants will transport your yoga-loving loved one from yoga studio to night on the town in a New York minute. Black, charcoal or chocolate.
Price: $52 Buy this gift
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Green Gifts for the Fitness Buff
Give your favorite fitness fanatic's routine a kick in the pants without taking a bite out of the planet. We've rounded up five awesomely bright green gifts for the active-ist.
Kickbox Yoga Fusion DVD
What’s green about a workout DVD? In this case, the case—Gaiam’s new eco-friendly, plastic-free DVD packaging is made from post-consumer recycled paperboard, and it’s 100% recyclable and biodegradable. So while you gloat about how green your gift is, you can join your fave fitness fanatic in a kick-@#* workout with Patricia Moreno. Also in “green sleeves”: Quick Start Walking for Weight Loss, Total Body Cardio, Cardio Balance Ball and Yoga Dance Fusion.
Price: $15 each Buy this gift
Everything Fits Gym Bag
“Totally chic; both office- and studio-appropriate,” says Shape magazine about this roomy yet nonbulky, blissfully organized gem. Made of 100% recycled polyester in black or eco-hip bright green.
Price: $60 Buy this gift
GoLite Ether Wind Jacket
Ultra-light, breathable, wind-resistant, waterrepellent wind shell extraordinaire. It’s an ideal outer layer for high-intensity and, well, sweaty endurance sports. Men’s and women’s.
Price: $70 Buy this gift
Teko Socks
Talk about a stocking stuffer … these earth-friendly, knitted foot friends feel great from hearth to hills. Made with nontoxic dyes and thoughtful fabrics like organic cotton, recycled polyester and chlorine-free merino wool, Teko’s high-performance, low-impact socks are also packaged in recycled chipboard.
Price: $10 – $23 Buy this gift
Timberland Earthkeepers Boot
Big durability, little footprint. These versatile, waterproof boots are made with recycled materials. And Timberland supports global human rights standards for safe and fair factories, to boot.
Price: $160 Buy this gift
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