Little green gifts

  Here are small, green gifts that I thought about getting people for the holidays:

Motherboard Gifts sells silly stuff made from recycled computer circuitboards—money clips, notebooks, luggage tags, coasters, clocks, and more. You can even get personal engraving.

There are all sorts of handcrafted items made by Etsy's artistes. DIY? You can sell stuff here, too—whether you make morse code laptop sleeves, psychedelic light switch covers, or hand-poured candles.

Vintage jewelry is green--as in chrysropace--also purple as amethyst, silver like Danecraft, and all that glitters in between. I could spend thousands of dollars in about half an hour collecting 1920s through 1950s neclaces here, but I won't. Um, can't.

Typewriter key jewelry. OK, I really want one of these bracelets for myself. Lots of people are making these. You can get one personalized here and here.

Close the Loop's pretty pens, vases, and candle holders are made of shiny, recycled silverware.

I wish that I'd bought this at the Green Festival--a fruit basket that doubles as a rinsing colander, made of chopsticks. Now I can't find it. Can you?

Rosa grimaced when she saw yesterday what I was getting for my dad at Paxton Gate, but I think this mounted mousealope head is awesome, especially for a cat owner. And you could sort of say that it's sustainable, no? It's not wasting a little lab mouse.

LED lightbulbs!  OK, this might seem like a lame gift, until you let your friend know that it could last them a decade and help slim electrical bills.

Subscriptions! Make, Craft, and Readymade are fun for restless geniuses who like to get their hands all over things and remake them. Then there's the more traditional National Geographic, or the excellent On Earth, which comes with a donation to the National Resources Defense Council. Also check out the many green lifestyle magazines listed in the left column of this blog.

Ecoist's candy wrapper handbags--you can even shop online by color, just like at Etsy. Buy a bag, and Ecoist will plant a tree.

I'm not sure how sustainable this is, but it's fascinating. For about $100 per person, you can have family DNA analyzed by the Genographic Project, and find out where some of your ancient ancestors came from.

Better than the rest, you could do some truly unselfish giving this season to make impact around the world without even leaving your chair.

Comments

[Wendy Strgar]

Hi- Found you again through your link with greenglobalgirls where I am a featured blogger- can we offer some green love products to your readers for valentines day- let me know. would love to link- Warmly, Wendy

[Allison Kozdron]

A great green gift I discovered this year is a reusable shopping bag. This way I can say no to all those plastic bags that pile up from shopping. I found these bags that fold up into a little pouch and fit in my purse. I gave one of these to all my friends. I found them at ReusableBags: http://www.reusablebags.com/store/acme-bags-workhorse-style-1500-p-1.html

[Lori Munroe]

How about the Green search engine? The same person? Is there an Elsamary?

Lori
Me@GreenTV.com

[Lori Munroe]

PLEASE HELP! I am trying to locate the founder of this site.

Lori
ME@GreenTV.com