UPDATE: It’s official – Congratulations to our 2 lucky winners: J. Valentine of Illinois and Catrina H. of Tennessee. J will receive a Stream throw and Catrina will receive a Mulberry throw. Thanks to everyone for participating, and to Gaiam for their generosity. Enjoy this beautiful season. (original post follows…)
The holidays are almost here, and our pals at Gaiam are helping us spread some good green cheer.
Available exclusively from Gaiam, 2 lucky readers will each get to wrap themselves silly in a plush, organic cotton Fireside Throw. You’ll love the cozy warmth, cashmere-like feel and ability to machine wash this eco fabulous gift.
You even get to choose your favorite style from 10 beautiful hues: chocolate, light brown stripe reversing to soft-solid brown, mulberry, natural, honey, sage, persimmon, shale, stream, or paprika. (Throw measures 71″ x 51″.) Retail value, $98 plus free shipping to anywhere in the USA or Canada.
To Enter this Random Drawing, simply:
- Visit gaiam.com and pick your favorite Fireside Throw.
- Then leave a comment on this post, telling us what you’re doing this season to make your holidays greener.
- Add the following address to your email address book: m at AlternativeConsumer.com.
Two lucky winners will be selected in our Random Drawing, and notified by email. Contest ends Thursday, December 17, 2009 at 11:59p (EST). Winners have 24 hours to claim their prize, or offer is null and void. Winners’ names will also be included on this post. Hey, if you don’t get selected in this random drawing, it’s a good buy and great gift for the holiday/winter season.
*One entry per person.
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my favorite is paparika fireside blanket.this year all of my gifts are recycled,i make quilts,dresses,purses, shawls,stuffed animals,all from our old clothes,cushions are the ones everyone loves.a lot of times my familly give me their old clothes so i can make them something like dress with their own material.books i buy new for gifts, but every thing else i make
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paprika is my favorite color. this year, i am celebrating greener by baking vegan cookies and vegan doggie treats for holiday gifts.
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My favourite throw is the light brown stripe. Beautiful!
We are using gift bags instead of wrapping paper, as we have been doing for awhile now. How come someone hasn’t come up with recycleable wrapping paper???
it’s a toss up
i like the SHALE
i like the CHOCOLATE…
I choose the persimmon. We are only buying gifts that are green. Example is a Brit water jug for my son. Our way of saying to the kids, living green is important.
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Thanks for the giveaway.
I LOVE the Mulberry Fireside Throw!
Thanks for a GREAT giveaway!
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I am making a conscious effort to use less wrapping paper this year. We are re-using gift bags from previous years, and wrapping some gifts in newspaper or brown paper that we’ve decorated ourselves. It’s not only greener, it’s funner! :)
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I can already picture the Chocolate Fireside Throw on me as I bundle up on a cold winter night.
I like the mulberry color!
I’m using recycled wrapping paper this year, to try to be greener :)
Thanks!
They look so cozy – - I would love one!!
Paprika is the one for me! We are having a green holiday by purchasing a live tree that we will then plant in the spring, making homemade gifts or giving gifts of experience (tickets to the theater, ski passes, gym memberships, etc), wrapping gifts only in newspaper or tea towels, and focusing on spending time with friends and family instead of shopping!
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I would like the “Natural” blanket. This year we have changed our laundry detergent to the green kind.
My favorite would be the paprika. These look so comfy! To be greener we are decorating outside the house with wreaths and swags, no lights and inside a smaller tree and no lights. (of course having an 8 week old Guide Dog puppy in-training has made us cut down on inside decorations!)
Love the Chocolate Fire Side Blanket.
This year our entire family has decided
to use gift bags instead of wrapping paper,
and we are going to save them, and use them
through the year, or for next Christmas!
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I really like the Chocolate Throw :)
To make my holiday greener – I purchased a bunch of wooden figures that had holes drilled in them and fancy string threaded through and they are now re-useable gift tags – no need to waste paper. Also we use re-cycled and home-made gift bags made out of old fabric from various items. They last for years!
I really like the Paprika Throw… What a gorgeous, deep colour! To make our Holiday’s Greener my family and I are only buying our groceries locally, using responsible suppliers and farmers and only naturally grown, organic foods.
Please accept this as my entry. Thank you!
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I like the light brown striped throw. Thanks for the chance.
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Love the Mulberry.
This year I am going to volunteer at the local shelter and help serve Christman dinner
We are giving gifts in reuseable cotton tote bags and reminding our friends and family to keep them in their cars for when they go shopping. Love the natural tote. Makes me want to go snuggle up and read a book. :)
I’m following all the green companies I can, including yours, on facebook. They all give great tips!
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I like the Chocolate Throw. This year, to be greener I am using reuseable gift bags instead of wrapping paper.
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I like the light brown stripe.
This year a bought a 13 lbs wheel of local cheese that I am cutting up in smaller portions and giving away.
I like the honey colored throw, and we’re going green by buying a live tree
I like the Chocolate Throw.
Keeping green this season by making homemade cards as you can cut out from magazines for pictures and use your own words.
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I like the chocolate
Does using a 3 year old artificial tree count as green? At least we save it from year to year.
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I love the paprika throw! They are beautiful and look so cozy and warm!We went green with our shopping bags and bags we carry for work.
Sage is my fave color.
We are skipping the cut tree and decorating an outside live tree with birdfood.
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I like the shale throw.
I like the light brown striped throw. We are using cloth shopping bags.
Love the chocolate fireside throw!
Instead of driving all over the state, we have decided to have a small christmas for ourselves at home!
I like the paprika throw. Some of the things we are doing to go green this holiday, we are once again using LED X’mas lights (and only have them on our indoor artificial tree), we are using an eco-friendly printer for our cards (and doing a lot of ecards) and using fabrics or reusable gift bags to wrap gifts. Thanks for the chance to win!
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