Mother's Day Gifts The Green Way

Time to get your last-second Mother's Day gifts!

1. You can't lose with flowers, but if you've got an eco-mom (or if you're an eco-offspring), you may want to find some flowers that have a lighter environmental impact than most. You can look for the VeriFlora, which signifies that your flowers are certified as better for the planet:

The farmers, distributors, wholesalers and florists who grow and handle VeriFlora flowers and plants are committed to delivering only the highest quality products, produced with rigorous environmental accountability while at the same time addressing the health and well-being of workers, their families and communities.

Try retailers like Organic Bouquet, More Than A Bunch or Diamond Organics.

2. For a greener, hypo-allergenic option, try making your own oragami flowers out of recycled paper!

Planet Green's Jaymi Heimbuch posted links to origami instructions for roses, tulips, lilies and more! (Oh -- and of course, you'll use recycled paper, right?)

Moms love handmade gifts.

3. A delicious vegetarian breakfast-in-bed or other meal. Give mom the gift of food, a healthy heart, a lighter carbon footprint and full, fresh flavors.

4. The gift that keeps on giving for the mom that keeps on cooking: a membership to community-supported agriculture! It's like a subscription to farm-fresh food. To find a CSA in your area, just search Google for your town's name and "CSA."

Comments

[MikeLicht]

Careful. Mother's Day can make you crazy.

See:

http://notionscapital.wordpress.com/2009/05/07/the-story-of-mothers-day/

[henyab]

Thanks for the great ideas and inspiration. I've just sent my mom a CSA membership with http://www.AlbertEve.com. They are offering 25% off for mothersday and I thought it would be such a positive gift idea. I got her the Deluxe Organic Box and she'll be receiving four weekly deliveries of organic fruit and organic veggies to her home in San Francisco. I think that she'll love it!!!

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[florist-guy]

You can also send flowers Carbonfree. FlowerPetal.com offsets the carbon footprint of each florist delivered item. See http://carbonfund.blogspot.com/2008_02_01_archive.html

[price313]

This campaign, called Men For Women Now, is a great way to tell your Mom you love her on Mother's Day in a green way! You can send her an ecard from "Dr." Jack Black humorously advocating the prevention of women's cancers through early detection screenings. A number of other celebs are also in on it from Ryan Seacrest to the entire cast of How I Met Your Mother. So fun and for a good cause too! www.menforwomennow.com

[rwext]

Ideally Ganggreen would have us all stay home on MOthers Day , no cards gifts or travel , and of course no animal flesh meals .... just think tranquil non carbon emitting thoughts

[gardenwriter]

Here's an idea. Instead of buying an expensive bouquet that has been sprayed with who-knows-what to preserve it, why not give eco-Mom or eco-Spawn a living houseplant? An African violet, in full bloom, is not only eco-friendly, but something that will be cherished for years. The cut-flower bouquet will be tossed within a week. http://agardeninthehouse.blogspot.com