Here are a couple of ideas to give Mom a Green Mother's Day. After all, Mothers are all about Nature, aren't they?
The following are not true endorsements, but ideas and websites you may want to check into.
1. Don't let Mom get stuck on the highway again! (Or, locked out of her car.) The Better World Club is a green alternative to the AAA Auto Club which heavily supports the highway lobby. I just joined this club; have not used their services yet. Heard it advertised on EcoTalk radio program on 760 AM.
2. Give some of Mother Nature to Mom: See The Nature Conservancy site. You can buy a gift subscription to The Nature Conservancy, send organic flowers, or simply have an E-card sent to her.
3. Donate to UNICEF in her name: Help a Mother immunize a child: $15 can provide enough vaccine to immunize 20 children against polio. Unicefusa.org
4. Find green gifts at this website for Co-op America. there are alot of options here; clothing, posters & stationary, fair trade coffee, gifts for the home, etc. (I have belonged to Co-Op America for several years.) lists.coopamerica.org
5. The Green Guide has alot of green gifts and ideas: the greenguide.com. (I have belonged to this group for a few years also)
6. Low on dollar$, but high on energy? Do some landscaping work for Mom, such as pruning, weeding, ferilizing, putting in soaker hoses or drip irrigation, planting a tree or shrub that she will watch grow and remember forever.
7. Take her to an animal sanctuary such as the one in Keenesburg, the Rocky Mountain (Arsenal) Wildlife Center which now has bison and some babies, a picnic and walk at Castlewood Canyon or a nearby open space.
8. Give her a "Green Beginnings" gift basket you assemble with items she may have been curious about but has not tried: compact fluorescent bulbs, natural cleaning supplies, herbs to grow, water saver
8. Perhaps best of all: Spend some time with her, re-living joyful moments and showing her how much you appreciate and love her!
Monday, May 7, 2007
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