Archive for 'Charity'

It’s that time of year.  Each of our contributors will be posting their own Green Holiday Gift Guide.  Here are some great ideas from our London-based writer, the fabulously green, Carrie.

For Men

The new MacBook Pro—More energy efficient and highly recyclable
Sigg Water Bottle—the gift I gave to my brother last year. A safe, long-lasting aluminum water [...]

Tired of bracelets speaking only of your taste in jewelry?  Want to silently, yet actively, express you concern for issues about which you care deeply?

The I’m Tired of bracelets allow you to make a statement while covering your wrist with feel-good fashion.
When you exchange ten dollars for one of these cause-related bracelets constructed of recycled [...]

The following post is written by guest blogger, Annmarie Kostyk. Annmarie has had a love affair with food since she was a toddler.  Her passion is chocolate, and her academic and professional life are centered around it.  She has been collecting and consuming chocolate bars from all over the world and currently has a collection [...]

As the economy plunges off a cliff all eyes turn to our newly elected First Family’s most important decision, the choice of a ‘first dog’.  The national symbol of love, bravery and companionship.
The outgoing ‘first-dog’, Barney the Scotty, (a traditionally cranky lot) is seen expressing his affection for the mainstream media in the photo on [...]

Now you can buy cool-looking, eco-minded sunglasses and support a socially responsible company at the same time. Unite for Sight, a non-profit that strives to eliminate preventable blindness and promote general eye health in developing countries such as Ghana, India and Honduras estimates that 80 percent of blindness is curable or preventable.
Jamie Lim, founder of [...]

Tired of same-old, same-old, when planning your child’s birthday party?  Not too thrilled by the gifts they receive and feeling guilty over the level of consumptive waste?  Checkout ECHOage, a new online service that allows you to celebrate the practice of giving while getting and encourage socially conscious values.

Basically, you sign up for the e-vite [...]

Love the jeans, love the t-shirts and appreciate the fact that they support Amnesty International.  Nudie Jeans is selling 30 t-shirts designed by a bunch of eclectic international designers who donated their services to benefit Amnesty International. Each organic cotton tee represents one article of the U.N. Declaration of Human Rights.  Amnesty gets 11 Euros [...]

Big wave surfer Laird Hamilton and casual apparel maker Steve & Barry’s are teaming up to launch a new surf, skate and beachwear collection for men called Wonderwall. The line, launched today in NYC, will donate a portion of each sale to Talk About Curing Autism (TACA).
The line’s style is a reflection of Laird’s [...]

These shirts are made in the USA from 100% organic cotton, grown without pesticides and harmful fertilizers and from non-genetically altered seeds. Better still, for every one you purchase Interwoven donates a shirt to reStart, a Kansas City-based homeless advocacy group. Keeping it local and showing some real style.
$25 plus $5 shipping @ [...]

Trash guilt, what a buzz kill. Don’t want your handmedowns and castoffs in the town dump or some godforsaken landfill? Got the urge to purge but afraid of what you might find?
Try Freecycle. This is an online non-profit community with almost 10,000 volunteers located throughout 75 countries and it could be the [...]

I must admit that I’m not obsessed with the marketing monstrosity that is Valentine’s Day. I do, however, need to pick something up for You Know Who. One option I happened upon was these animal-friendly confections from Walteria who packages Vanishing Creatures commemorative chocolates in boxed sets of three, with a percentage of the [...]

In case you haven’t heard, Brad Pitt is collaborating with the
Make It Right team on a truly green mission!
They’re offering a line of very affordable, green products which include certified organic tees, cotton hats, and bags that are fully recyclable. Dyes used are low-impact. Brad is wearing one of the shirts, at right.
All [...]