What do vegetable and soy inks, recycled and bamboo papers, fair trade chocolate, and an organic wine have in common? A great gift of course! For the eco-conscious couple that thinks about today’s actions for a better tomorrow [for your kids, and kids' kids..] or for the rest that wants a well-thought-out gift idea, here’s a short list. Moral sugar tooth Flowers and emotions spilled on paper He: “I got the freshest flowers for you babe!” So yea, …maybe you still need a bouquet of flowers.. anyway here’s a list of other eco-friendly cards. For the wine snob [wannabe] The grub and the venue We leave that up to you, but we do have one recommendation… how about you stay in and cook something? Tags: bamboo paper, green gift guide, organic chocolate, organic wine, recycled paper, soy ink,vegetable ink
Dagoba‘s blend of rich dark chocolate from organic cacao beans, with raw sugar and other natural ingredients [healthy! ..in moderation] will address that craving for your sweet tooth, and it will make you feel great, considering the fact that these great chocolatiers have Fair Trade business practices. Local farmers in cacao-rich Central/South America and Madagascar grow and prepare these goodies with beneficial returns for their land and their communities. In addition, they use recycled paper wrappers and print them with vegetable based inks! Here’s a link to other organic chocolatiers.
Whether you craft your emotions on paper or you need someone to say the things for you, we don’t care. But we do think it would be pretty cool to get some eco-friendly cards. By far our favorite, the plantable [yes, as in seeds!] cards from Botanical Paperworks let you give the gift of freshly grown flowers from a card! So if you forget to get the flowers, you actually have a pretty sound excuse:
She: “Yay! you’re the best! where are they?”
He: “They’re in the card, how cool is that?! …you still have to grow them.”
She: “…”
He: “fresh flowers babe, it can’t get any fresher than that.. you’ll have them for months!”
The USDA Organic seal has some very strict guidelines to follow. And when a great-tasting meal pairing is obtained with wine from organically grown grapes, then we toast to the wine maker! Grapes are frequently grown with the use of synthetic pesticides and fertilizers, so when wine makers drop today’s commonly used fast-paced growing methods and deliver a good glass of wine, we all benefit. Our favorite here is Bonterra Vineyards, a farm that has been growing food organically since 1987. Their 2008 Cabernet Sauvignon holds strong accolades with a 92 point rating by Wine Enthusiast. A toast to Bonterra.
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Several Sweet Gifts
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