For more than 40 years, Americans have been celebrating Earth Day by living greener. As a culture, we’re more conscience of the state of the world around us. We buy greener technologies and do our best to conserve so future generations can enjoy the same earth we do. We even teach our children to reduce, reuse, and recycle for a leaner and greener earth.
This year, let those around you know that the green theme can be carried into gift giving, too! I encourage you to go green with eco-friendly gifts, and have some fun while you do. Here are some great green gift ideas for Earth Day and any day!
Grocery Green
Going green is all about reducing waste, so join the movement and give the gift of reusable products! ReUseIt.com makes that a cinch with a whole line of reusable bags including sandwich bags, grocery bags, and even produce bags! While this may not seem like a gift, you can easily turn these practical items into an eco-friendly gift set. Simply buy a reusable grocery bag, add reusable produce bags
Light Up the Night
A wonderful gift for the gardener in your life, the Allsop Firefly garden light is art for the outdoors. By day, these gorgeous hand-blown glass blubs soak up the sun’s rays and then use them at night to create a brilliant ambiance in the recipient’s yard or flowerbed. There’s never any need to replace the LED light, making this eco-friendly gift a bright idea for gardening fans everywhere.
A Tote with a Purpose
A great gift for the college student or young, hip teacher in your life, this fun, colorful Maggie bag is crafted from recycled seat belts made from high quality polyester. It’s the perfect “green” tote for taking to the beach, or toting around your books and school supplies. Plus this eco-friendly gift is fashion forward and is sure to get some double takes from fashionistas walking by. Available in a wide variety of styles, bag types and colors, there is an eco-friendly bag for anyone on your gift list.
Eco-Friendly Home Decor
Lot 26 Studio cares about the environment and in an effort to make a green difference they are donating 5% of all website sales to benefit National Geographic. Which means all their wall decals, canvas wall art, and memo boards just became eco-friendly gifts. Honor Earth Day with them and buy wall stickers that will accent any home. My personal favorite are these modern flowers wall stickers, they add just the right touch of nature into your home. Lot 26 Studio has something for everyone’s taste and style, including a line of DIY decor, perfect for those self-made interior designers!
From April 16th – April 22nd 5% of sales will be donated to National Geographic!
A Candle All His Own
Go green and give eco-friendly candles this Earth Day. These soy candles from Green Nest are non-toxic, non-lead and 100% hand-poured vegetable soy wax. Green Nest prides themselves on making their products natural and pure without absolutely no animal testing, making this eco-friendly gift earth and animal friendly. Now that is something worth going green for!
Let’s celebrate the environment and Earth Day by going green and giving eco-friendly gifts. It inspires your gift recipients to be good stewards of our natural resources which is a gift to us all. Show them that you’re thoughtful, too, gifting those things that are unique and eco-friendly, and that they’re sure to love.
Have you gone green? If so and you are now a full functioning eco-friendly gift giver please share some ideas. We are on the lookout for the best eco-friendly gifts out there!
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Why not give a donation instead of a gift of “stuff?” More stuff means more landfill. Make a donation in their name to an earth-friendly organization.
I love all of these ideas. Thanks!