Archive for 'Great Gifts' Category

Eco-Friendly Gift Ideas for Mother’s Day

By Tatiana - Last updated: Wednesday, May 4, 2011

For the spa mom: http://www.gifts.com/search/product/Gaiam-Non-Toxic-Nail-Polish-Iced-Ginger?ideaID=1527&prodID=421074
For the cooking mom: http://www.gifts.com/search/product/Food-to-Live-by-The-Earthbound-Farm-Organic-Cookbook?ideaID=16264&prodID=405580
For the sporty mom: http://www.gifts.com/search/product/Womens-TOMS-Striped-Slip-On-Shoe?ideaID=8192&prodID=417712
For the new mom: http://www.gifts.com/search/product/Organic-2G-Baby-Carrier-in-Walnut?ideaID=13325&prodID=418158

Eco-Friendly Beauty for Mother’s Day

By Tatiana - Last updated: Monday, April 25, 2011

 
In celebration of Earth Month, actress Alicia Silverstone designed a 4-Piece Backstage Vanity Brush Set for her EcoTools collection and donates 1% of its sales to the Wildlife Alliance.  The set, which retails for $12.99 at Walmart stores, includes a Finishing Brush to brighten your complexion, an Angled Eye Shadow Brush to shade and detail your eyes, [...]

Top 10 Green Gifts for Your Red Hot Love

By Tatiana - Last updated: Friday, February 11, 2011

The Tribal Gals’ top 10 “green” gift ideas to fire up the romance this Valentine’s Day are below:
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Playing Footsie this Valentine’s Day

By Tatiana - Last updated: Wednesday, February 9, 2011

The Tribal Gals celebrated Valentine’s Day in style last night with a trunk show co-hosted by the sophisticated Henley & Sloan’s British menswear line.  Guests perused our latest pieces from Africa and Brazil while enjoying shortbread cookies decorated red in the spirit of the holiday with a glass of bubbly.  The most popular gift for men [...]

Baking for Good Causes

By Tatiana - Last updated: Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Looking for a unique eco-friendly wedding favor?  Try the organic hand-iced sugar cookies from Baking for Good.  Not only do they taste good, but your wedding guests won’t feel guilty devouring them.  Why?  Because Baking for Good donates 15% of every order to a nonprofit or community fundraiser of the bride and groom’s choice.  Their [...]

Luxurious Pashminas by Artisans of Kenya

By Tatiana - Last updated: Friday, January 7, 2011

Inspired by home, fashion designer Anna Trzebinksi uses authentic indigenous designs as inspiration and draws on the rich colours and raw materials of her native Africa.  She explains that the Maasai and Samburu people are at the heart of her creativity, but that the original crafts and traditions of other African tribes and creations of [...]

Eco-Toys for Girls and Boys

By Tatiana - Last updated: Monday, December 20, 2010

Running out of gift ideas this holiday season?  Check out Amazon’s list of their top-selling eco-friendly toys and make others, even adults, green w ith envy.
Green Toys Dump Truck: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001Q3KU9Q/ref=pe_72020_17997870_pe_epc_t1
Green Toys Tea Set: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001543YEY/ref=pe_72020_17997870_pe_epc_t2
OWI Frightened Grasshopper Kit- Solar Powered: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000QX3NYG/ref=pe_72020_17997870_pe_epc_t3
Green Toys Chef Set: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002KE5OZ0/ref=pe_72020_17997870_pe_epc_t4
Plan Toy Arabian Rocking Horse: ttp://www.amazon.com/dp/B000S5ZOVM/ref=pe_72020_17997870_pe_epc_t5
Green Toys Recycle Truck: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001Q3KUA0/ref=pe_72020_17997870_pe_epc_t6
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Show Me the Green Dough

By Tatiana - Last updated: Monday, December 13, 2010

Eco-Friendly Art Supplies

Handmade from natural ingredients and produced by green art supplier Eco-Kids, these dough and paint gift sets are a safe, eco-friendly way for kids to have fun.  Both the molding dough and the powdered paint are colored using plant, fruit, and vegetable extracts and packaged in 100% compostable containers.  The dough, for example, is handmade with [...]

Celebrating Women as a Global Force

By Tatiana - Last updated: Friday, December 3, 2010

Prosperity Candles invests in enterprising underprivileged women who are eager to start their own businesses producing unique candles for local and international markets.  It partners with women in regions ravaged by conflict and social tension, ruined by natural disaster, and severly impoverished, including Afghanistan, Haiti, Rwanda, and, currently, a pilot project in Iraq.  In providing the women with the opportunity, tools, and resources to develop their entrepreneurial [...]