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Girlawhirl's holiday '06 gift guide: Eco conscious gifts Dec 5, 2006
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Girlawhirl's found a few gifts that might help improve the environment and save the earth… • Girlawhirl recently read that some shower gels can take up to 300 years to break down after they're rinsed down the drain. Not shower gels from Korres Natural Products, which are mineral oil, petrochemical and silicone free. Girlawhirl's been using them – and their matching body milks – for years because they smell great and leave her skin soft and lightly scented, but now she's out to convert everyone else.
Assorted scents sephora.com $11
Scents to coordinate with shower gels sephora.com $15
• For those on her list who think that going green is just too much work, Girlawhirl has a copy of It's Easy Being Green: A Handbook for Earth-Friendly Living by Crissy Trask. Or a subscription to Plenty Magazine, which even has a digital subscription option. Both are full of ways to get a little greener every day without a complete lifestyle overhaul.
amazon.com $12.95
6 issues per year $12 click here to purchase
• Kids aren't the only ones who will benefit from building a Power House with The House That Nature Built model kit. Everyone learns about alternative ways to keep this house running, like wind, plant and solar energies. There are 70 experiments with full instructions that can be done once the house is built.
For ages 12 and up uncommongoods.com $150
• Recyclers and vegans can appreciate the work of designer Heather English. Her sleek black briefcases and handbags are made from recycled tires and inner tubes.
uncommongoods.com $135
uncommongoods.com $75-85
• Does a light bulb sound like a silly gift? Maybe. But Girlawhirl thinks that these eco-friendly Evolution Light Bulbs are pretty terrific. Not only do they last for 10,000 hours but if every household in America put bulbs like these into three of their most used lights, a trillion pounds of CO2 would be kept out of the atmosphere!
14, 20, 25 watts, equivalent to 60, 75 and 100 watt bulbs Soft white or full spectrum gaiam.com $8-$10
• Girlawhirl can give the Gift of Green via a tree that's planted on behalf of someone on her list. A tree absorbs as much carbon dioxide during its lifetime as a car that's driven 740 miles creates. That got Girlawhirl thinking that everyone on her list could use a few trees planted in their name!
The Gift of Greenbegreennow.com
$9.95
• And for those who haven't joined the fight to save Mother Earth, a copy of either the book or DVD version of the Al Gore narrated An Inconvenient Truth, might just get a fire started in their soul.
amazon.com $15.36
amazon.com $20.98
Girlawhirl Giveaway! Goodies from Korres Natural Products are part of today's Girlawhirl Gift Guide Giveaway! Plus additional gifts from Bond No.9, Gaiam, Hint Essence Water, Juice Beauty, Kernel Season's, Numi Tea and Tarte Cosmetics! You're already registered if you've signed up once and have a girlawhirl login. Not registered? sign up
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Korres Natural Products Shower Gels 
Korres Natural Products Body Milk
It's Easy Being Green by Crissy Trask
Plenty Magazine
The House that Nature Built Power House
Rubber Soul Rubber Briefcase
Recycled Rubber Purses
Evolution Light Bulbs
An Inconvenient Truth by Al Gore
DVD directed by Davis Guggenheim
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