Green, Sustainable and Socially Responsible Gift Ideas
From Sustainable Ballard
Support the Ballard economy and protect people and the environment at the same time!
Below are some gift ideas we came up with. Know of other good ones? Please email us the info so we can add them to this list. Thanks!
• From Ballard’s BikeSport:
- - Totally Tubular! Includes a Flat Fix Card, includes tube and labor, and a spare tube. $15 ($24 value)
- - Get Out and RIDE! Gift Certificate for a Tune-Up, Casual BikeFit or Rent-a-Wrench. $50 ($75 value)
- - More holiday gift ideas from Bikesport
- - Totally Tubular! Includes a Flat Fix Card, includes tube and labor, and a spare tube. $15 ($24 value)
• From Equal Exchange Espresso - Fair Trade, Organic coffee, chocolate and more! Fair Trade ensures farmers get a fair pay, supports farming cooperatives, and rewards environmentally-safe farming methods.
- - Custom build a gift basket with any of EEE’s eco-friendly & ethically-sourced merchandise and fairly traded goodies!
- - Stuff an organic cotton t-shirt & tote bag in a handmade basket
- - Fill a made-in-the-USA ceramic mug with Fair Trade dark chocolate minis!
- - Add some local music from the Pancake Party Collective, like The Jesus Rehab’s “the highest highs and the lowest lows,” and rock the season!
- - Custom build a gift basket with any of EEE’s eco-friendly & ethically-sourced merchandise and fairly traded goodies!
• Give a copy of the new book by Rob Hopkins, founder of the Transition movement:
The Transition Companion: Making Your Community More Resilient in Uncertain Times
- What if the best responses to peak oil and climate change don’t come from government, but from you and me and the people around us?
The Transition Companion will be the new core text of the Transition movement. Incorporating stories and lessons learned from TI’s around the world, it offers a new pattern-based way to view Transition, and inspiration for raising the movement to the next level.
- What if the best responses to peak oil and climate change don’t come from government, but from you and me and the people around us?
- Get the book for 20% off the regular price! SB got a case of these books from the publisher for a special low price so we are passing the discount on to you! Available early December. Email Orna if interested.
- Get the book for 20% off the regular price! SB got a case of these books from the publisher for a special low price so we are passing the discount on to you! Available early December. Email Orna if interested.
• Support the Ballard economy and help sustain the SB Festival by checking out the offerings of our Festival Sponsors
• For an extra personal touch, give home-made baked or canned goodies in a pretty bow!
• Give an experience, rather than a ‘thing’!... Saves resources, and doesn't take up space!
- - Give a trip to the movies with a gift certificate to The Majestic Bay!
- - Give relaxation with a gift certificate for a massage at Massage Heights!
- - Give a gift certificate to your recipient’s (or your!) favorite Ballard restaurant!
- - Mmmm... Fresh bread! Give a Tall Grass Bakery Prepaid Bread Card ($20 for $25 credit) to be cashed for organic fresh loaves at the bakery on 24th Ave.
- - Annual Membership to the Museum of Natural History and Culture
• For more beautiful Fair Trade gift ideas check out the online store of Partners for Just Trade