Last Minute Gift Suggestions from Our Sister Site GreenandMore.com

Added by: Mercia Tapping

Get your friends and family off to a green start with Green Gift Baskets which are very substantial looking and well presented. Choose between an introduction to Green Cleaning supplies for $44.95; or perhaps you know someone with a green thumb who would like the Gardening Basket at $64.95? Or who has just recently had a Baby and could use a Baby Gift Basket at $59.95?.

I have had great success this year in giving magnificent teak cutting boards, either in round or rectangular shapes to our children, who are constantly entertaining their wide circle of friends and family. These Cutting Boards from $17.99 are made of the sapling teak trees thinned out to make room for the larger trees. I would recommend the 14” round one – it is a knockout and makes an unusual gift. On my own personal shopping list is the Soda and Seltzer Maker starting at $89.99 which I have been eying for a long time. I will use it for our office holiday party and then take it off home afterwards! I drink about a liter of mineral water or seltzer every day, so in three months my new seltzer maker will have paid for itself. One of my staff has had one for 10 years, so I reckon I will be saving money and being good to the environment as the same time – no more plastic bottles to recycle.

My sister chose the recycled black wool poppy bag Wool Poppy String Bag at $159.99 for herself on a recent trip from England. It was so pretty and well made that both myself and a girlfriend are getting one as a holiday gift to ourselves and for going to parties with a little purse conveniently dangling from ones wrist, the little Wool Droplet Purse is on my list.

My 17 year old niece on the other hand reports back that her choice of a Recycled License Purse starting at $59.99 has been the subject of great admiration from her friends who think it is very cool, so if you are at a loss on how to please a teenager, here is an idea for you. When I was told we were going to carry a line of purses and travel bags made out of recycled inner tubes I was very skeptical – even though I was told they were quite the rage. However, I have to tell you that the line up of messenger bags Pascal is quite something. Either the Large Messenger Bag (for $234.99) or the Brief Messenger Bags (for $249.99) would be a perfect gift for the man in your life. I would buy one for my husband, but I bought him something similar last year and do not believe in lining up duplicates in his closet – but they are very handsome indeed.

I am also going to spruce up my kitchen with some beautiful Organic Kitchen Towels, $26.99 for a set of three and also give some to my friends as hostess gifts. I am tired of looking at the sorry towels that are hanging in my kitchen right now – time to throw them out. I have also found that my Reuseable Shopping Bags at $24.99 for a set of 4, get left in my car or a myriad of other places, and I never have them to hand when I shop. So both I and my friends are going to get treated to some bags which fold up so small they can be stashed in one’s purse, where they are likely to be found and actually used.

Also for use in the kitchen and entertaining are some very handsome Soapstone Casserole Dish for $110.00 and Soapstone Griddle just $94.99 as well as a Soapstone Wine Holder for $51.00. These are not gifts for your grandmother as they are quite heavy, but soapstone which is a natural substance is naturally stick free, and retains heat or cold for much longer than other materials.

Our grandchildren are getting the cutest little eco friendly Child Back Packs at $48.99 and also our Kitty Crank Flashlights sweet at $14.99. Our LED Torchlights at $59.99 were used with great success by us this summer on our deck provide emergency lighting, and my husband uses one on his walk at night for safety reasons and is known in our community as the “flashlight guy”. These were admired by a good friend, so guess what she gets in their holiday stocking! Another great gadget gift for a grandchild, or even one of those “big kids” in your family who is also a cyclist, is the Hymini solar and wind charger at $49.99 for a cell phone and other small accessories. Just clip this baby onto your bike, go for a bike ride and its little fan whirls around charging itself up like crazy.

We are going on a trip next spring and are taking some travel Soy Memory Foam Pillows starting at $46.99 with us. We have given them to all our kids this year who have given them rave reviews, and use them for the grandchildren to fall asleep on in the car, so we thought we would try some out for ourselves! Also in use around both our house and our kids are Soybean Bathrobes at $118.00. These are the softest bathrobes imaginable and my husband loves to lounge on a Sunday morning in this bathrobe reading the Sunday newspapers and eating his blueberry pancakes.

If the man in your life is a real do-it-yourselfer type then he will appreciate both the Touchless Faucet at $59.99 which is one of those faucets which senses when you hands are underneath and immediately stops when you remove them. The Kill-A-Watt meter for $39.99 which tells you how much electricity each of your appliances is consuming was very popular last year. Also if the guy in your life is an outdoors type, we have some pretty nice rugged Solar Back Packs starting at $129.99 which do double duty as a backpack and for emergency recharging of your cell phone in the wild – just think of how many lives could have been saved in winter accidents if people could only have charged up their cell phones.

When all else fails give a GreenandMore.com Online Gift Certificates. They have some beautiful photographs taken from my safari trip a couple of years back. They come in denominations starting at $25.

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