(Not) My 2008 Green Gift Guide

Dec72008

Filed under: Uncategorized — admin @ 10:41 pm

If you haven’t noticed (since September), the holidays are upon us. After watching The Story Of Stuff, it’s difficult to want to buy anything. Since we “have” to – at least maybe we can support the green movement at the same time. Perhaps I should offer some advice that I use on a daily basis. I happen to have a certain sense of humor that is very quick and often offensive. In actuality, there is a filter. Many people can’t believe there is a filter, but there is. So here’s the advice. Know your audience. Here’s an example for the green gift guide. If your relative is an SUV-driving oil lover who doesn’t care about the environment at all, then don’t buy them a TerraPass gift certificate for carbon credits. Maybe you get them a nice Patagonia fleece made from recycled materials or a Sigg bottle or something? (but if you’re rich enough to buy a relative Patagonia – can I be your relative?) They won’t know that the product is green and you’ll feel better buying it.

Why is this called the (Not) My 2008 Green Gift Guide? Well – simply because I don’t think I need to reguritate the same gift guide that everyone else in the green community is doing. So I’m going to link to a few of theirs. Happy shopping and don’t let all of the commercialism get your holiday spirits down.