Green Holiday Gift Guide

Help that special someone in your life go green this holiday season. Products that reduce energy consumption or that are eco-friendly make perfect gifts, no matter what holiday you celebrate. This guide provides some green gift ideas, and links to online merchants where you can purchase them. Have a happy holiday season!

Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs - Energy saving light bulbs make the perfect stocking stuffer. This is a great way to help someone in your life reduce their electricity bill. Click here to view a selection of bulbs.

Rechargeable Batteries and Charger - Everyone uses batteries, which can be expensive and bad for the environment when not disposed of properly. Give some rechargeable batteries and a battery charger as a gift. Rechargeable battery technology has improved significantly since first introduced, and costs have come down. Select the battery charger and batteries you want to give here.

Coffee Grinder and Organic Coffee Beans - If you are looking for a gift for that coffee drinker in your life, give them a coffee bean grinder and some organic coffee beans. Fair trade coffee beans are a good choice if you want to help coffee growers in the developing world. Click here to view a selection of organic and fair trade coffee beans. Use this link to check out coffee grinders.

Recycled Plastic Products - Plastics are ubiquitous in our lives. Purchase a product made from recycled plastic this holiday season. Weisenbach Recycled Products offers a large variety of products made from recycled plastic. Click here to view the company's catalog.

Composting Bin - If you are looking for a gift for that gardener in your life, consider purchasing a composting bin or composting tumbler as a gift this holiday season. Composting is better than putting organic material in landfills, and it provides nutrient rich mulch for gardening. Check out the Compostore for a variety of composting bins and tumblers.

Organic Clothing - If you prefer giving clothing as a gift, consider going with organic this year. Organic cotton or organic hemp clothing makes the perfect green gift. Click here to view Rawganique's selection of organic clothing.

If you do not see anything that catches your eye in this guide, check out Amazon Green for a wide selection of green gifts.

Whatever you decide, have a safe and happy holiday season!