I just finished reading Green Christmas: How to Have a Joyous, Eco-Friendly Holiday Season. This stocking-stuffer sized book just came out and it’s filled with tons of great tips on how to go green for the holidays.
A lot of the information covered is basic eco-knowledge, so if you know someone who is interested in learning more about how to go green, it would make a great gift. (The book retails for about $8, making it an affordable gift idea for friends and family, and it’s printed on 100% post-consumer recycled paper, so no worries there either.)
Some of the tips were things I never would have thought of. I loved all of the ideas about how to start new holiday traditions focused on activities with friends and family instead of on sheer consumption. There were tons of green DIY tips on how to make the holidays more special and how to throw less wasteful holiday parties. There were also some really great ideas about how to get kids involved during the holidays and how to teach them the real spirit of the season. (I loved the ideas about starting a tradition of going bird-watching as a family on Christmas afternoon and taking kids to a trash dump to see firsthand where all of that waste really goes!)
In the spirit of giving, I’d like to pass on my copy to one of you. If you’re interested in reading Green Christmas, just leave a comment on this post before midnight on Saturday, November 1, 2008 (Central Standard Time - go here to figure out what time that is where you are). I’ll pick the recipient at random from the comments.
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This is so generous of you! I’d love to read Green Christmas ideas - and of course winning the book would be a super treat.
Wow, that is a green decision! I live in Mexico and everything arrives here eons later so it would be wonderful to win and be able to read a new release “hot off the press”!
Thank you for sharing and I wish you a beautiful fall season.
There are so many green things we can do to improve on Christmas waste and excess: regifting your copy of Green Christmas is a great idea and one that would work elsewhere as well. Why keep a gift you can’t use? (Of course you don’t want to offend the giver, so give it some thought before regifting.) I’d love to get more ideas from this book. Here’s a couple of my own ideas: take your own cloth shopping bags with you when you holiday-shop; and shop locally as much as you can to keep your community thriving.
So disappointed I missed the deadline for the contest. I came on the internet this afternoon to research Going Green, as this is the theme of my Christmas tree this year. I would so love to get a copy of the Green Christmas Book.
Thanks for the great ideas!
And the randomly chosen winner is… Sara! Congrats Sara, I’ll be emailing you to find out where to send the book!