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Holidays: Gift baskets for tough gift recipients

Posted by Siel in consumerism,environment,fairtrade (Wednesday November 29, 2006 at 9:11 am)

[Check out these links for green gift guides for Angelenos, guys, gals, kids & babies, or green LA girl. Gift baskets and non-consumer gifts here :)]

I’m only givin’ you two different orgs that’re offering gift baskets — cuz really, these 2 have so many gift baskets that there’s something for everyone :)

The Garment Worker Center in LA’s offeringa buncha fair trade, anti-sweatshop gift packages this season, including:

* Bath Pamper Kit
* Hot & Spicy Cooking
* Start The Day in a Gourmet Way
* Kid Special Basket
* Stress Recovery
* Starving Artist Care Package

What might a package include? The Starving Artist Care package has a relaxing incense set, soup mixes from the Women’s Bean Project, and recycled paper journals from Mr. Elli Pooh, which I wrote ’bout here.

Global Exchange offers even more baskets. There’s the expected, like a basket for the sweetheart, mom, dad, baby, kids, or teen, for the Coffee, Tea, Chocolate, gourmet, or snack lover, or for the fair trade conscious. But GX offers a lotta unexpected baskets:

* Holiday, Illumination, and Peace on Earth
* Event: Wedding Day, Housewarming, Get Well, Bon Voyage, Birthday, Graduation
* Work: Star Employee or Office Gang
* Other: Jungle Fun, Women Around the World, Harvest Gift Basket, Bath & Beauty

A sample: The Get Well gift basket includes fair trade, organic hot cocoa, chocolate bar, and tea, plus a hand-crafted kaisa grass basket and mug, an eye pillow.

Happy Holidays to the basket cases :)

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4 Comments

4 comments for Holidays: Gift baskets for tough gift recipients »

  1. the fair trade store in my town has some gift baskets, or more common: compose your own, choose a basket and fill it with whatever goodies you prefer. they wrap it for you.

    a slightly different take on the foot print calculators:
    http://www.mycarbonfootprint.eu/
    see how some simple actions together can save literally tons of carbondioxide emissions

    Comment by Johan — November 29, 2006 @ 9:28 am

  2. Siel, thanks so much for mentioning our baskets! Hopefully we’ll see you on Saturday at our anniversary party?

    Comment by GWC — November 30, 2006 @ 6:06 pm

  3. Unfortunately no, due to the WorldChanging event :( Will be there in spirit though :)

    Comment by Siel — November 30, 2006 @ 6:39 pm

  4. Here is another great place for personalized gift baskets, for baby, mom, dads etc. http://www.mamabebe.com

    Comment by Sarah — March 9, 2007 @ 2:04 pm

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