{"id":9509,"date":"2010-11-29T15:44:55","date_gmt":"2010-11-29T21:44:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.sustainablog.org\/?p=9509"},"modified":"2010-11-29T15:44:55","modified_gmt":"2010-11-29T21:44:55","slug":"no-green-gift-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/no-green-gift-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Nope&#8230; No Green Gift Guide this Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_5348\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5348\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5348\" src=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/files\/2009\/12\/holiday-gifts.jpg\" alt=\"holiday gifts\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/holiday-gifts.jpg 500w, https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/holiday-gifts-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5348\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">No green gift guide here... <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p>If you&#8217;ve spent anytime at all in the green blogosphere over the past week or two, you&#8217;ve run across at least one&#8230; a green gift guide, that is. They&#8217;re everywhere! No problem with that&#8230; they are helpful for finding new and\/or innovative products you might want to give to a person on your list&#8230; but do you really need another one?<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t think so&#8230; and so I&#8217;ve decided to\u00a0forgo\u00a0any kind of gift guide this year (even a &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/environmentally-friendly-gifts\/\">meta guide<\/a>&#8221; like we did last year). You&#8217;ve got plenty of other choices for useful guides.<\/p>\n<p>But that doesn&#8217;t mean I&#8217;m turning into a Grinch&#8230; I just think there are other ways we can address the gift-giving associated with winter holidays&#8230; and so I invite you our first (and maybe annual&#8230; we&#8217;ll see how it goes) <strong>Eco-Gifts Twitter Chat<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->On Tuesday, November 30th (yep, that&#8217;s tomorrow) from <strong>1-3 pm CST<\/strong>, we&#8217;ll discuss green gifts and holiday gift-giving on Twitter with the <strong>#ecogifts<\/strong> hashtag. It&#8217;s your chance to give and receive gift suggestions, of course, but I&#8217;d love to broaden it out beyond purchasing ideas. Some discussion topics I have in mind:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What qualifies as a green gift? What criteria, certifications, or standards must it meet for you?<\/li>\n<li>Should we give green gifts to those who don&#8217;t share our environmental values?<\/li>\n<li>Is giving a green gift more about the giver than the receiver?<\/li>\n<li>Is &#8220;Buy Nothing&#8221; something we should apply to the whole holiday season&#8230; not just Black Friday?<\/li>\n<li>What ideas do you have for handmade gifts (especially for those of us who aren&#8217;t experienced crafters)? Or gifts that don&#8217;t involve a physical item (gifts of time and labor, charitable donations, etc.)?<\/li>\n<li>Is shopping from local businesses a good first step?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;m literally writing questions as they come to me&#8230; and they&#8217;re all suggestions&#8230; we can discuss whatever you&#8217;d like on the green gift front.<\/p>\n<h2>So, are you going to be pushing links to sustainablog product engine pages?<\/h2>\n<p>Nope&#8230; not even one&#8230; you know it&#8217;s there. If you&#8217;d like a suggestion, or are having trouble finding something in the engine, feel free to DM me during the chat (just make sure you&#8217;re following me: <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/sustainablog\">@sustainablog<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>We&#8217;re going to ask green retailers to participate<\/strong>, but to also respect the chat as a &#8220;no pushing self-serving links&#8221; zone (hey, we all do it the rest of the time, so we can take a break).<\/p>\n<p>Come join us, and let&#8217;s all guide each other&#8230; sure, to products we might want to purchase, but also to other green ideas for giving that don&#8217;t necessarily involve a trip to a store, a visit to a website, or even, in some cases, a credit card&#8230; Feel free to enjoy a cup of eggnog while you&#8217;re chatting&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Talk to you tomorrow&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: <\/strong>Yes, the &#8220;official&#8221; chat is over, but the hashtag&#8217;s still there&#8230; so feel free to add your thoughts, ideas, and suggestions: <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/search\/%23ecogifts\">#ecogifts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>And, yeah, I am going to do the product engine links here, of course&#8230; check out our selection of <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/categories\/clothing\/eco-clothing-brands\">eco clothing<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/categories\/clothing\/men-s\">men<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/categories\/clothing\/women-s\">women<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/categories\/clothing\/organic-kids-clothing\">kids<\/a>, and even <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/categories\/clothing\/organic-baby\">babies<\/a> as you&#8217;re doing your shopping.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve spent anytime at all in the green blogosphere over the past week or two, you&#8217;ve run across at least one&#8230; a green gift guide, that is. 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