Comments on: A Different Approach to Holiday Giving http://thisgreenblog.com/2008/12/different-approach-to-holiday-giving.html Musings, tips and hard information on green living Sat, 31 Dec 2011 18:49:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Vicki's Vegan Vice http://thisgreenblog.com/2008/12/different-approach-to-holiday-giving.html#comment-21 Vicki's Vegan Vice Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:52:00 +0000 #comment-21 great idea! sort of like a white elephant exchange without being wrapped up! nice. great idea! sort of like a white elephant exchange without being wrapped up! nice.

]]> By: Anonymous http://thisgreenblog.com/2008/12/different-approach-to-holiday-giving.html#comment-22 Anonymous Tue, 09 Dec 2008 22:29:00 +0000 #comment-22 Long before it was the "green" thing to do, I saved wrapping paper, tissue, ribbon and bows to reuse. I must admit it was more an economy issue rather than conservation driven. My family used to laugh at me and my friends called me cheap-now look whose laughing!... and still using the same ribbon to wrap this years gifts that I used 10 years ago.<br/><br/>Linda Long before it was the “green” thing to do, I saved wrapping paper, tissue, ribbon and bows to reuse. I must admit it was more an economy issue rather than conservation driven. My family used to laugh at me and my friends called me cheap-now look whose laughing!… and still using the same ribbon to wrap this years gifts that I used 10 years ago.

Linda

]]> By: Anonymous http://thisgreenblog.com/2008/12/different-approach-to-holiday-giving.html#comment-23 Anonymous Tue, 09 Dec 2008 21:00:00 +0000 #comment-23 I purchase a tree each year from a local tree farm. It supports local families, keeps the farm in business and is replaced with a new planting. At the end of the season the tree is returned to the earth. I purchase a tree each year from a local tree farm. It supports local families, keeps the farm in business and is replaced with a new planting. At the end of the season the tree is returned to the earth.

]]> By: Anonymous http://thisgreenblog.com/2008/12/different-approach-to-holiday-giving.html#comment-24 Anonymous Tue, 09 Dec 2008 18:33:15 +0000 #comment-24 My family saves wrapping paper, ribbons, bows and our home-made gift tags. Wrapping with paper from deceased gramas and various family members brings back fond memories. We only need to buy one or two new rolls for the house each year. Just set the wrappings aside during the Christmas morning excitement and later smooth the paper flat and pack into a big flat box. My family saves wrapping paper, ribbons, bows and our home-made gift tags. Wrapping with paper from deceased gramas and various family members brings back fond memories. We only need to buy one or two new rolls for the house each year. Just set the wrappings aside during the Christmas morning excitement and later smooth the paper flat and pack into a big flat box.

]]> By: Anonymous http://thisgreenblog.com/2008/12/different-approach-to-holiday-giving.html#comment-25 Anonymous Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:33:17 +0000 #comment-25 By supporting tree farms, land may be protected from development. By supporting tree farms, land may be protected from development.

]]> By: Anonymous http://thisgreenblog.com/2008/12/different-approach-to-holiday-giving.html#comment-26 Anonymous Sat, 06 Dec 2008 14:40:28 +0000 #comment-26 There's a lot of things we can do to green our holidays. For example, not to go out on a limb, but I’d ask if you really need a tree. Last year, for example, was the first time in many years I had a tree at all, but it was because my house was where everyone gathered—family from both coasts and a European representative stayed with me over the holidays, so I got a real tree from a local farm, and I recycled it at the end of the season. This year, though, I won’t have a yuletide forest. It’s a bit of a sacrifice, but it makes even more special all the public Christmas trees. <br/><br/>Check out www.salamanderpoints.com, an individual daily carbon counter website, for more information on how to green your holidays and every day! There’s a lot of things we can do to green our holidays. For example, not to go out on a limb, but I’d ask if you really need a tree. Last year, for example, was the first time in many years I had a tree at all, but it was because my house was where everyone gathered—family from both coasts and a European representative stayed with me over the holidays, so I got a real tree from a local farm, and I recycled it at the end of the season. This year, though, I won’t have a yuletide forest. It’s a bit of a sacrifice, but it makes even more special all the public Christmas trees.

Check out http://www.salamanderpoints.com, an individual daily carbon counter website, for more information on how to green your holidays and every day!

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