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WorkingWonders Offers 20% Off on Products for the Holidays

by Kara DiCamillo, Newport, Rhode Island on 11. 5.09
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The cold weather is quickly approaching, which means it's time to start thinking about the holidays! Whether it's gift-giving, entertaining, or curling up to a warm biofuel fireplace, WorkingWonders has what you are looking for in the upcoming winter months. And what's better is that WorkingWonders carefully researches everything they offer, selecting only what meets their unique eco-standards, and then they make that information transparent to all of us.

The company also offers their very own Green Guide in which they ask their manufacturers to identify within eight categories their products fall into and, based on their information, WorkingWonders then assigns the appropriate green icons to assist us in making better buying choices.

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Is "Locally Grown" the new greenwashing catch phrase?

by Pablo Paster, San Francisco on 07.20.09
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I was perusing the produce section of my local Safeway supermarket when I began to notice signs proclaiming that certain fruits and vegetables were "Locally Grown." I thought that this was great. Supermarkets, which had finally fully embraced organics, are now beginning to understand the consumer demand for locally grow produce. My joy was muted when I spotted the fruit pictured above.

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Sex-y Giveaway for Earth Day from Good Vibrations

by Daniel Kessler, San Francisco, California on 04.15.09
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San Francisco-based Good Vibrations is having a green giveaway for Earth Day. Enter to win a collection of eco-friendly sex toys and goodies and celebrate Earth Day in sustainable style with someone you love.

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2009 Recession: Putting Roadkill Back on the Menu

by Eric Leech, New York, NY on 04.12.09
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The L.A. Times recently published a wonderful article on the many lessons that can be found from depression era cooking. While having not fallen far enough yet to compare ourselves to the extreme hard times of The Great Depression, there are some very interesting and important lessons that can be learned from this era...

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Jewelry and Gems Shine Eco-Brighter with Brilliant Earth

by Naturally Savvy on 03.27.09
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Brilliant Earth uses recycled metals and ethical, eco-friendly gems and pearls in their fine jewelry. Image source: BrilliantEarth.com

Is your soon-to-be fiancé eco-chic? As you're getting ready to pop the question and thinking forward to your green wedding, don't overlook the importance of a green engagement ring.

Unethical treatment of workers is a big problem in diamond mining, as is conflict diamonds (also called "blood diamonds" and "war diamonds"), so it's important to know where the diamonds in your jewelry come from. Mining metals and gold in particular is also extremely hard on the environment. Enter Brilliant Earth.

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Top Ten Ways To Get Your Gift-Giving Even Greener

by Greg Haegele of Sierra Club on 12.11.08
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Tree Planting. Image credit: MD DNR Celebrating Arbor Day

Ahhh…the holidays. You want to join in the holiday tradition of exchanging gifts, but you also want to stay true to your green sensibilities. Here are my ten top gift ideas. Help me out by adding your own ideas as comments to this post so I get a hand with my own holiday shopping.

1. Don't give a "thing" at all. Rather, give a gift certificate for an experience (a massage, movie tickets, a pound of coffee, lunch in a nice restaurant), a service you'll provide (a cake on demand, several hours of baby-sitting, volunteer time for a friend's favorite charity), or a membership in an environmental organization or other group that shares your values.

2. Contribute to a social or environmental program in your friend's name: adopt a baby seal, plant redwood trees, or - our favorite - Sponsor A Wild Place like Yellowstone, Yosemite, Giant Sequoia, or the Arctic. You'll be contributing to a good cause, and in our case, your friend will receive some gift, like the polar bear pictured here - the same kind of bear that Steven Colbert brought to life by having it ask questions of our executive director, Carl Pope, when he appeared on the Colbert Report.

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Holiday Gift Guide: For the Foodie

by Jeff Nield, Vancouver, British Columbia on 11.14.08
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Welcome to TreeHugger's 2008 Holiday Gift Guide, "Give Green to Save Green," your blueprint for the season's best earth-friendly gifts. Don't expect any electric roadsters or solar-powered robots, though; this year, we're all about real stuff for real people--affordable, eco-conscious presents that will delight your giftees while helping them go green and save money, too. With more than 100 gift ideas across 12 categories, we've got everyone on your list covered, from the Green Geek to the Fashion Buff. We're leading off here with gifts for the Foodie, but you can check in at the Give Green to Save Green main page to browse all sections as they roll out over the next several days.

Foodies are the easiest people to please on any holiday gift list. Who else would be happy with a block of cheese, a bag of local walnuts, or an envelope with a few seeds in it? Here's the key to giving the perfect present: green foodies like to feel connected to their food. If they know the farmer that grew it, if they can cook it for friends and family in their own kitchen, or if it came from their own backyard, they'll be content. And while imported foods from abroad were once de rigueur, today's emphasis on locally-grown food means the goodies that get the biggest smiles are the ones that also save you a bundle on shipping. (You're welcome.)

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Satch & Sol Sustainable Clothing Works with Artists in Mongolia

by Jenna Watson, Barcelona on 10.23.08
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Satch & Sol Kids' Booties. Image Source: Satch & Sol.

A beautifully, glowingly pregnant friend (there seem to be a lot right now) told us about Satch & Sol : an inspiring eco-friendly, mom-owned and operated business. These ladies are created children’s clothing that is handmade worldwide, fair trade and earth-friendly. They have partnered with artisan cooperatives worldwide to bring you their clothing for newborns to 10 year-olds.

Their most recent collection is from Mongolia “reflecting the country’s passion for color.” The collection includes slippers, boots, knits and more delightful items for your eco-tots made by artists in Mongolia. And as you probably know, Fair Trade ensures that the artists receive liveable wages that are appropriate for the art they create and to support their families and communities.

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We'll be working on better category archives soon. In the meantime, take a look at the weekly archive if you really want to dig around, or use the search box at the top of the page.

TreeHugger breaks it down for you in a series of in depth how-to articles that will help you green your life. No time like the present!

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