permaculture

["L.SantoyoDesigns" <santoyo@earthflow.com>]

Great resources for green gifts:

CO-OP America's GreenPages:
http://www.greenpages.org/  - You'll find resources organized by 
state and topic here.

Gaiam Catalog for various home products
http://www.gaiam.com/retail/default.asp



Choose a theme and give gifts around that:

*green cleaning products gift basket and a coupon for the first cleaning

*luxury green bath items (hemp shower curtain, organic cotton towels, 
bathrobe, etc, organic bath products )

*for an outdoor themed gift, think heirloom veggie and flower seed 
selection and a promise /coupon to help plant them, plus solar 
footlights for the garden!

*gifts of compost or any cool soil amendment (bat guano, worm manure, 
etc) for the gardener plus a bat house or worm farm...

*enroll the giftee in a class that you know they would secretly enjoy 
but wouldn't treat themselves to

*treat them to a permaculture design consultation or workshop!

*find a local CSA and give a gift subscription to that- and not just 
to a friend, but consider giving CSA subscriptions to homeless 
shelters, soup kitchens, the local school ,etc. Imagine if school 
parents joined together and bought enough subscriptions to provide 
all the kids with fresh, local, organic produce throughout the year? 
CSA subscriptions to local dairies and chicken farmers as well!

*gift basket of locally grown organic/crafted products


*Magazine subscription to any progressive magazine such as
Natural Home, Dwell, Utne Reader, Permaculture Activist, etc....

This is just a fraction of the possiblities...think of the giftee's 
daily life and what the ideal would be to make it a green 
day...everything that is touched, used or consumed could be a better 
product or system....then treat them (and yourself) to that change.

Happy Hunting,

Kathryn Santoyo