There are lots of ways to go green when it comes to buying gifts this year. We found a great guide over at the website of the Environmental Defense Fund including this little guy. He's a Miyim Organic Bear.
posted originally from: AT:Nursery
Green Ideas: Good Gifts
A few other tips/suggestions from EDF:
• Buy books that will teach your kids about recycling and protecting the planet. See the article for the list.
• If you're going to give them chocolate- buy the organic- better for them, and the environment!
• And then when they've eaten all that chocolate, make collages and wrapping paper with your child to be reused to wrap another gift later.
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I'll post the same comment here that I posted @ nursery: In my opinion, stuffed animals are NOT green gifts, no matter how organic they may be. Yes, they are irresistibly cute, but most kids I know have more stuffed animals than they will ever play with. Goodwill, etc. won't take them because they can't be washed. And if there's some way to repurpose 40 stuffed animals, somebody please let me know. So they are destined for the landfill sooner or later, and in the meantime just take up space. I truly appreciate the sentiment behind each and every stuffed animal that was given to my son, but I wish the givers had known what I know now.
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