Okay, holiday procrastinators, you鈥檝e got two days left to do it up all red-and-green like, emphasis on green. Here鈥檙e a few articles that might help you in the twilight hours scramble:
- Does your giftee fit a certain personality, such as 鈥渢ravel buff鈥 or 鈥渇oodie?鈥 Katherine Tweed offers green gift ideas for a variety of types, including that special someone, in 鈥.鈥 Show your fondness for 鈥渢he birder鈥 in your life with shade-grown, bird-friendly coffee, for instance, while bequeathing 鈥渢he intellectual鈥 with a museum membership.
- If you鈥檙e still mulling over how to spruce up your decorations and gift wrap while maintaining a semblance of eco-savvy, Shawn Query鈥檚 鈥溾 will point you in the right direction. Hate to throw away that charming wall calendar? Reuse it as wrapping paper. Then assign an owner to that gift with a handmade note, fashioned from an old greeting card.
- "," by Dierdre Gill, also serves up a platter of do-it-yourself projects to get you in the spirit, including garlands consisting of pinecones and berries.
- If you've got an eco-sensistive fashionista on your gift list, take a gander at Susan Cosier's "," which will advise you on what fabrics, manufacturing processes, and methods of garment care are easiest on the planet. Then find an outfit that fits the bill. Try checking out some of who displayed at New York Fashion Week this past fall.
- Michele Wilson recently about a few select green gift ideas that you might not come across in a run-of-the-mill catalog, such as toys born from recycled milk jugs, and housewares molded from vinyl records.