WedgeWorldWide - Great Green Gifts Online
pjmommy posted 5 weeks 7 hours ago —
With discussions on global warming and the effects we have on our planet, “going green” is becoming a more and more popular option. Many are finding themselves doing more to help our environment, from bringing reusable shopping bags to the grocery store to replacing standard bulbs with CFLs and even to buying green whenever possible.
Finding eco-friendly products to give as gifts for the holidays, however, may be a bit more difficult. Sure, grocery stores are stocking more organic food, clothing stores may carry more organic cotton, and your local printer might even be taking care to recycle all their waste and print only on recycled paper, but where are we to go shopping for green gifts for our friends and family? Something tells me my brother wouldn’t be too happy with a bundle of organic bananas or a CFL!
WedgeWorldWide.coop may be the solution you’re looking for. WedgeWorldWide is the online extension of The Wedge Co-op, a Minneapolis-based natural food and products supplier and the largest single store, consumer owned, natural food co-op in the US, with 13,500 member-owners.
The website currently offers more than 750 eco-friendly, organic, and fair trade items, including products such as bamboo trays, teapots, rugs, natural body care, clothing, jewelry, chocolate, tea, and coffee. Icons help shoppers determine which of their values the product represents - fair trade, organic, eco-friendly, recycled, and more.
Some of the products include other fun features. The windchimes, for example, include audio so shoppers can hear how they sound before purchase. Several Maggie’s Apparel products include a link to a movie about the Nicaraguan women who started the co-op factory where all of the brands clothes are sewn.
If you are shopping on a budget (or not!), you can search through the gift ideas section, which organizes products by price range. You can even choose your product to be sent straight to your loved one, with the option of eco-friendly gift-wrapping of recycled gift boxes and tissue paper tied with raffia twine.
