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Having trouble trying to find that special someone the best Valentine’s Day gift ever? How about going green. Here are the top 10 eco-friendly gifts to give your sweetie this year and lessen your carbon footprint on the environment.

1- Organic flowers or live plants that can be planted in the spring
2- Fair Trade chocolates
3- Sustainable sexy under garments made from bamboo
4- Candles made from soy or beeswax
5- Organic soaps & bath oils
6- Conflict free diamond jewelry
7- Gift certificate to an eco-friendly spa
8- Homemade organic goodies like pies, cookies, cupcakes etc.
9- Tickets to a concert, sports event, or a play at the theater
10- Donation to a charity or an organization in your sweetheart’s name

Are you shopping for a new computer? Consider buying a laptop. Laptops use 50 percent of the energy used by a typical desktop computer when plugged in and just 1 percent of the energy when running on batteries.

TreeHuggerTV and nutrition expert Marion Nestle take us grocery shopping where they teach us the pros & cons of selecting organic fruit and vegetables in the supermarket.

Do you buy your food or cleaning supplies, or pet food in bulk? If so, thumbs up to you! If not, you should consider doing so, because buying in bulk is one of the easiest ways to go green & save money at the same time.

When you buy in bulk the manufacturers use less packaging materials and in turn you produce less waste. Plus, because you buy more product at once you then make less trips to the store in the future which can save you time, money and fuel.

So, why wouldn’t you buy bulk? It’s easy!

Having trouble trying to find that special someone the best Christmas gift ever? How about going green. Here are the top 10 eco-friendly gifts to give this holiday season and lessen your carbon footprint on the environment.

1- Donation to a charity or an organization
2- Tickets to a concert, sports event, or a play at the theater
3- Fair Trade products like chocolates, coffee, or fruit
4- Organic products made from hemp, bamboo, or soy - candles, clothing, soaps, etc.
5- Gift certificate to an eco-friendly spa
6- Membership fee to a museum or an organization
7- Live plant or tree
8- Solar powered gadget
9- Homemade goods - pies, cookies, etc.
10- Reusable shopping bag (can also be used as the wrapping for another gift)

skinnyskinny is this great little company that produces & sell organic, all natural handmade bar soaps & bath salts (and will also be adding balms & body oils soon).

All of skinnyskinny soaps & bath products are made completely by hand from scratch in their Brooklyn, New York facility, using really great ingredients, including extra-virgin oils, unrefined butters & essential oils.

All of skinnyskinny products contain at least 96% certified organic ingredients, and they use 100% recycled, reclaimed, and sustainable materials for all of their packaging.

skinnyskinny is a true carbon-neutral manufacturer by purchasing enough wind-power to cover all of their electricity usage and buying carbon-offsets for everything else.

Now, you can’t get any cleaner than that!

I don’t know about you, but I have a back pile of plastic shopping bags. Either from the grocery store or the mall, even last nights take out…I have a ton. But I don’t just trash them. I reuse them.

Here are the top 5 ways to reuse plastic shopping bags:
1- tiny trash liner for the bathroom, office, or car
2- doggy duty or a kitty litter liner
3- ice pack for those bumps and bruises
4- tomorrow’s lunch bag
5- package padding for all those holiday & birthday gifts

Great informative video on why you should be using a reusable bag when you go shopping.