Spring is the time for appreciating co-workers, teachers and volunteers. Just look at its abundance of special days. Administrative Professional Day on April 24. National Volunteer Appreciation Week, April 21-27. Teacher Appreciation Week, May 6-10.
Sure, you can go with the usual flowers or the traditional apple. (Does anyone do that anymore?) But below are some ideas for eco-friendly giving. Hint: Stock up now for October’s Customer Appreciation Week and National Bosses Day.
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Soy Chalkboard Candles
A nifty gift for teacher, boss or colleague, and quite pretty, too. These chalkboard candles are 100% clean-burning soy wax. The containers are reusable ceramic pots or tin cans. Personalize it with your own chalk-written note.
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Recycled Stationery
I remember giving my grade-school teachers pencils with “World’s Best Teacher” printed on them. Now you can give pens made from recycled materials, and screen print something snappy on the barrel. HALO Branded Solutions offers several other eco-friendly promotional products including notebooks, picture frame magnets and bamboo USB flash drives. Or check out these recycled mouse pads. Since items must be ordered in bulk quantities, they make ideal gifts for appreciating large groups like staff or volunteers. Everything can be personalized.
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Trees and Seeds
No, don’t drag a mini dogwood into the office. The cleaner option (and arguably, the greenest gift idea) is to dedicate a tree planting. Dedications start at $25 for one tree (for that special administrative assistant) or $100 for a whole grove (for a group of volunteers). Or buy seed bombs in bulk. Recipients will enjoy tossing the bombs—compacted wildflower seeds—into vacant lots or a co-worker’s messy desk drawer. Bags can be personalized.
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Reusable Lunch Boxes
Perfect for the teacher or employee who brings her lunch to school every day. Fluf offers stylish, BPA-free, organic bags and snack packs. Or try one of these BPA-free, lead-free, stainless steel containers from Eco Lunchbox.
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Grow Your Own Marinara
This garden kit includes tomato, basil and oregano seeds that can be grown right in the bags (dirt included). Perfect for a personal garden or classroom windowsill. Pair it with this marinara recipe.
Environmentally friendly (also eco-friendly, nature friendly, and green) are ambiguous terms used to refer to goods and services, laws, guidelines and policies claimed to inflict reduced, minimal, or no harm at all, upon ecosystems or the environment.:-
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