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Holiday Gift Guide: Decorations
As the season draws to a close, many of us will be tempted by the outrageous discounts on holiday themed bric-a-brac. But apart from that ephemeral high that comes from getting a great deal, there really isn't much to be said for loading up on Santa
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Green Gift Guides
If you haven't caught the drift from our extensive Holiday Gift Guide - there is plenty of evidence that 2005 is shaping up to be the Year of Green Giving. The options are seemingly endless, with eco-gifts being promoted by everyone from Grist to TIME
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Holiday Gift Guide: Gift Certificates
The final week before Christmas is when many of us finally start giving some real thought to our gift shopping. Unfortunately this can be a challenge if we hope to have something under the tree in time for the main event. This is where the blessed
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Etsy: Online Marketplace for Things Handmade
It is a little close to the holidays, but we just discovered Etsy, "an online marketplace for buying and selling all things handmade" It is sort of an eBay for handmade stuff- nothing on the entire site is mass-produced. (Treehugger previously mentioned
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Organic Bouquet Holiday Arrangements and Wreaths
During the holiday season, in cases where
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No Giftwrap Required: More Donation Ideas
Kara and Erin did a great job on the Holiday Gift Guide and suggested a few ideas for donations in lieu of blenders- We thought we would add some more to the mix. This treehugger's father was involved in a charity that made micro-loans to immigrants
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Holiday Gift Guide: Mommy-To-Be
There's nothing that mommy-to-be's want more this holiday than items to prepare them for what's to come as well as maybe a little something for themselves. We've rounded up a few of our favorite items featured on TreeHugger to bring you the
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Root Basket of Organic Fruit
We featured a root ball platter by VivaTerra previously. Now they are offering this unusual, hand-carved "root basket" made with reclaimed wood. It has a selection of 12 heirloom apples and pears inside. The fruit is grown on a farm in the Northwest
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Recycled "Honeycomb" Bowls
Here's a good example of recycling with a modern aesthetic. These attractive "Honeycomb" bowls are crafted out of recycled metal. We aren't told what type of metal, but I'm guessing it's iron or copper. The price ranges from $46 to $89. ::
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Soybu Micro Chenille Throw
The Colorado Trading Company has created a fabric they call "Soybu" which is a blend of bamboo fiber and soy fiber. The fiber feels like cashmere — it's soft and buttery. There are two Soybu products available so far: this Soybu Blanket Throw and a
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Sustainable Pop-Up Cards from Nepal
These pop-up cards are hand-made with paper with Daphne Bark. The trees are harvested from a managed forest in the hills of Nepal. The product is manufactured by artisans in the town of Bhaktapur. Proceeds from the sales are used for community
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Straw Ornaments
Ornaments don't get much more renewable than this. These ornaments were inspired by a tradition in Sweden that dates back hundreds of years, when seasonal straw ornaments were first used to symbolize fertility. The collection comes in a reusable storage
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Tree Ornaments from Old Lightbulbs
What do you do with your old lightbulbs when they burn out? (and you replace them with compact fluorescents, of course...) You could save them to stomp on at Jewish weddings or you can throw them out, or you could paint them and make charming tree
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Women & Cycling Calendar
Here is yet another great bicycle calendar from the Community Bicycle Network. The best entries in a poster competition have been printed "by our friends at Warren's Waterless Printing on recycled paper through their patented waterless process" as a
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Sarah Harmer on protecting the Environment
Many stars and performers talk the talk about the environment, but Sarah Harmer walks the walk- literally. She spent last summer on the Niagara Escarpment, the 725 kilometer ridge running from Niagara to Tobermorey in Ontario. This supposedly protected
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Everest Recycled Glitter Ball
It's another recycled Christmas Tree ornament, but this time the material comes from Mt. Everest. The tinsel inside each of these glass globes is made from slender fragments of aluminum oxygen canisters discarded on Mt. Everest. An artist, Jeff Clapp,
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TreeHugger Holiday Gift Guide: Hanukkah
This year the Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life (COEJL) has put together a wonderful set of resources for celebrating an environmentally-friendly Hanukkah. "Let There Be (Renewable) Light: A New Look at Hanukkah" is an awesome guide to
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MAKE Magazine Gift Guide
While we were busy making our Holiday Gift Guides, our friends at MAKE Magazine were creating their own DIY wishlist. In MAKE's Mostly Under $100 Gift Guide there is a bunch of cool stuff for the DIY TreeHugger: screwdrivers, soldering equipment, and
