Go green and give back to the earth when you shop for that eco-conscious gal on your list.
Tear it up
Say adios to the carbon footprint with The Bye Bye Handy Shredder. The hand-crank is all the power she needs to shred her documents. Keeps her business and the earth safe. And it’s pink, $44, aplusrstore.com.
Stir it up
Make her kitchen happy with the recycled melamine Confetti Bowl Set just like grandma used to have. They’ll liven up her cabinets, $29.99 for a set of 6, target.com.
She dangles
WANT. I mean, um, any eco-friendly fashionista will want to unwrap these awesome recycled Russian Silver Quill Feather hoop earrings. She’ll never take them off, $68, ecoutrement.com.
Hold the clutch
Unlike any other handbag is the incredible 1975 AMC Gremlin clutch by Kim White Handbags. Made out of reclaimed car upholstery from the ’70s and ’80s, each bag comes with a tag, showing the model and year of the car it came from. Spendy but so incredibly worth it, $175, kimwhitehandbags.com.
Conscious cosmetics
Makeup sets are one of my favorite gifts to get, and truly earth-kind cosmetics are hard to find. The Earth Day Argan Essentials Kit by Josie Maran has it all. The eco-chic kit comes with mascara, cream blush, plumping lip gloss, eye liner, and 100% organic Argan oil, all packaged in a box made from recycled materials. It’s time for a touch up, $48, josiemarancosmetics.com.
The gift that gives back
Any true green goddess won’t want more for herself but will instead love to pass on sustainable living gifts to other women in her name. Consider Heifer International and Charity Water. You can donate goats, honeybees, provide clean water, or fund a project to communities in need. Trees For A Change will arrange for a tree to be planted in a U.S. National Forest by a certified employee of the Forest Service. For displaying the sentiment and the certificate, purchase a rustic wooden picture frame made from recycled barns or old homes. For any price range, treesforachange.com + heifer.org + charitywater.org.
Very uunique gifts.