Strange and Unusual Eco-Friendly Gifts
In an ongoing series this month, HappyHippie.com will provide tips on how to have a Green Holiday and offer hand selected eco-friendly gift ideas that are both useful and thoughtful. Do you have a hard-to-shop for loved one or friend? Happyhippie.com has hand-selected several unique gifts that are by no means ‘typical’.
Secret Storage Books – It doesn’t get any cooler than this. Real previously loved books have been converted into boxes by hollowing out the actual pages. Place your favorite novel on the coffee table and no one will know your treasured items are hidden inside. These also make the most unique ‘gift’ boxes! Cost approx. $29 and up.
Tire Purse – A cool good-looking, sturdy bag is hard to come by, but now you can be eco-en-vogue and skip on the leather. Made from rescued rubber inner tubes on their way to the landfill, this bag is a green, cruelty-free alternative to leather.
Cost approx. $23 – $103
Fairtrade Salt Lamps – Not only are glowing salt lamps beautiful to look at, but many studies have shown that salt crystal lamps can increase the negative ion count. Negative ions benefit asthma patients, people with chronic lung illnesses, and allergy sufferers. As well, they help improve learning, memory, and emotional well being. By creating a balance of ions in the air, they stimulate natural drive and healthy energy. If you know someone that could use a little ‘winter mood enhancement’, why not try this all-natural time tested remedy? Cost. approx. $29 and up.
Reusuable Grocery bags are nothing new, but these are both interesting and 100% recycled. Constructed from rice & feed bags originally used for transporting various goods in Asia, these bags are Handcrafted in small batches by disadvantaged workers in Cambodia. No two are exactly alike!
Cost. approx. $22.95, or buy 2 or more – $19.95 each
This gift may not be romantic, but it does say ‘ I love you.’ Remove chlorine and heavy metals from your shower water with a shower filter. The shower and bath water filters release miniscule traces of zinc and copper into your bathing water. In proper amounts, both are necessary for healthy body functions. These are defined as food supplements and nutrients by the Food and Drug Administration. The trace amounts in your bath water are a small percentage of the minimum daily requirement. The EPA has declared that this water filter media imparts nothing harmful into the water. The National Sanitation Foundation found it to be in compliance for water treatment plant applications and for aesthetic effects of taste, odor and chlorine reduction. From $50 and up.
A Raw Food Gift Basket – Make your own raw food diet gift basket – what a great way to introduce these healthful foods. Although not for everyone, adding raw foods to a diet is something that everyone can easily do. From tasty agave nectar to anti-oxidant rich goji berries, these foods are fun to learn about as well.
Do you know someone who likes earthy jewelry? Well it doesn’t get anymore earthy that this! Fish Scale Necklace – This beautiful hand-crochet choker is made from dyed fish-scales. It comes with a pair of matching earrings and is extremely light and fun to wear. The scales are dried and painted, so they are sealed and beautiful.
$19.99 – comes in different colors.
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