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Really, Really Cheap ECO Holiday Gifts: Envirosax
December 23, 2007
What: Envirosax Reusable Shopping Bags are available as single items ($7.95 ea!) as well as a set of 5 bags ($35). With reinforced seams, the surprisingly large bags hold the equivalent of 2 supermarket plastic bags.
Why it’s green: It’s not a plastic bag…
Who to give it to: Stylish friends who are looking for a good entry into eco-living.
Buy it: @ Enchanted Indigo, $7.95.
Really, Really Cheap Holiday Gifts: Chicks
December 20, 2007
What: For over 60 years, Heifer International has worked with communities to end hunger and poverty and to care for the earth. Today, millions of families in 128 countries have been given the gifts of self-reliance and hope. Heifers’s strategy is to “pass on the gift.� As people share their animals’ offspring with others – along with their knowledge, resources, and skills – an expanding network of...
