Green Giving Guide

Posted by Steve McAllister on Nov 13, 2009 in Family, Other Stuff | 1 comment

Throughout this holiday season, we’re putting together a Green Giving Guide offering daily tips to help you give sustainably. Sharing gifts with loved ones is a wonderful way to celebrate the season and whatever holiday you might acknowledge. However, every year stores are flooded with sales on products that are harmful to the environment, potentially harmful to the user, and still cost more than most of us can afford. Be it Christmas, Hanukkah, Winter Solstice, Kwanzaa, or Festivus, the observance of your tradition can still be eco-conscious and should not put you into debt.

So this year, rather than spend loads of cash, give from your heart by fully appreciating the people you love.  Realize there are richer, more fulfilling, and more eco-friendly ways to celebrate our relationships than by just buying “stuff.” Our Green Giving Guide series will feature eco-tips and ideas, recipes, DIY arts and crafts, family activities, charitable giving, and some inexpensive green and fair trade products that will help to enhance your gift-giving without forcing you to max out yet another credit card.

Check back with Modern Hippie Mag every day for your Green Giving Guide installment. Of course, if you have any green giving ideas you’d like to share, we’re always open to hear about them and share them with our readers.

Steve McAllister  (360 Posts)

Steve McAllister, Modern Hippie Mag's resident Lifestyle Guru, describes himself as a Renaissance Man. An author, filmmaker, songwriter, and perpetual artistic experimenter, he has recently re-released his second book The Rucksack Letters into paperback to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the journey. His latest book, a comical foray into philosophical science fiction, is How to Survive an Estralarian Mind Meld. His latest artistic project is The Labyrinth of the Unbroken Path. .