Eco-Friendly Christmas Stocking Stuffer Ideas for Teens

Teens are saving the earth. So it's not surprising that eco-friendly Christmas stocking suffers for teens are popular for this holiday season. This year there is an abundant selection of green stocking stuffers geared toward teens.

Eco-friendly No Staple EcoStapler

A green stocking stuffer idea for teens is an EcoStapler from Amazon.com ($9.00 for a 2-pack). Since it comes in a package of two, you can give one to your teen and keep one for yourself. This environmentally friendly stapler uses no actual staples. It binds up to 5 pieces of paper together with no costly staples.

Hemp Wallet

Hemp is a perfect eco friendly material, as it is sustainable and replaces itself quickly. Amazon.com has a wide selection of hemp wallets, which make great green stocking stuffers for teens (just type in 'hemp wallet' in the search engine). The prices vary from $4.95 up to $15 and there are feminine and masculine designs.

Book - Generation Green: The Ultimate Teen Guide to Living an Eco-Friendly Life

A book about living green titled, "Generation Green: The Ultimate Teen Guide to Living an Eco-Friendly Life", by Linda Siversten and Tosh Siversten is a great stocking stuffer idea for teens. This book, found on Amazon.com ($7.91) is essentially a manual on how to live a green life for ninth graders and up. This is a unique gift and can potentially be life changing for a teenager.

Gift Cards

Gift cards are an ideal eco friendly stocking stuffer for teens. Teens love to load up their iPods with songs. The lowest denomination of iTunes gift cards is $15, however you can purchase holiday packs of 3 cards for $30 (so you can give 3 teens each a $10 gift card). If you want to spend less, teen also enjoy spending time at Starbucks. You can purchase Starbucks gift cards in denominations as little as $5 at any Starbucks store.

Oggi Eco Friendly Aluminum Sports Water Bottle

A great green stocking stuffer idea for teens is an Oggi Eco Friendly Aluminum Sports Water Bottle. This water bottle comes with a screw top, bottle cap and carabiner clip (great for toting on a backpack). These gems can be found at Amazon.com for $5.50 each. They come in purple, gun metal and blueberry shades and hold 13 oz. of water.

Organic or Fair Trade Chocolate

An easy and inexpensive eco friendly stocking stuffer for teens is organic or fair trade chocolate. By purchasing organic or Fair trade, you are helping the environment and in most cases, these types of chocolates have a unique texture and better taste than most mass produced chocolate. For online shopping, a website called globalexhangestore.org carries a varied selection of fair trade chocolates.

Eco-Friendly Speakers

i-Ecko Eco-Friendly Speakers are a unique stocking stuffer idea for teens. These speakers are found on Amamzon.com for $12.95 a pair. These speakers are made form sustainable natural fibers and recycled materials. They fold flat, making them portable. These speakers are adaptable to iPods and MP3 players.

Grow Your Own Tree Kit

You can always count on Amazon.com for eco-friendly stocking stuffers. This site has a selection of Grow Your Own Tree Kits, starting at $5.80. The kit comes in a recyclable box and the tree is already planted in a biodegradable pot that is to be planted in the ground. DuneCraft offers 5 different tree varieties including Ginkgo, Apple, Elm, Pine and Palm.

Going green is in and giving eco friendly stocking suffers to teens is a great idea.