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Café à la Green: Alternative Gift Giving Ideas

Posted on December 7, 2004 | Leave a comment

Alternative Gift Giving Ideas

Looking for that perfect holiday gift? Look no further! Donate a few hours to the Green Party of Utah! The GPUT needs volunteers to help gather the final batch of signatures needed to its ballot access petition drive. A mass signature gathering event is being planned (tentatively) for Saturday, December 17 in Salt Lake. Details are forthcoming, but if you would like to help, please contact GPUT Petition Drive or 801-502-8556.

Jen’s Green Journal – Jen’s ideas on holiday gift giving
Dee’s ‘Dotes
Great Green Goods – a shopping blog for the earth friendly consumer. Researches and promotes eco-friendly products for the green consumer from all over.
Eco Street – Green Christmas Guide
The Green Guide – “green living source for today’s conscious consumer”

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Café à la Green: Re-Using and Recycling

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Re-using and Recycling:

Utah Bulletin Board – a community board for the community to use to connect with others in the community and share information.

Salt Lake Freecycle – A network dedicated to reducing waste by connecting individuals who are throwing away goods with others who are seeking them.

Utah Yard Sale – for yard sale lovers who are seeking used items or have used items to sell.

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Café à la Green: Individuals

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Individuals:

Sunflower Spot – `Everything about sunflowers, the universal symbol of hope, peace, and nuclear abolition. Original photographs, natural skin care products, and other items.

Blue Sky Originals – Handmade items – using primarily fibers and fabrics that are natural and/or obtained from thrift stores, yard sales, or trade.

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Café à la Green: Animals and Pets

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Animals and Pets:

Ching Farm Rescue and Sanctuary – filling a need in the Salt Lake area by advocating for farm animals through rescue, education, and adoption and placement services.

Utah Animal Rights Coalition – adoption center provides resources for adopting pets.

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Café à la Green: Restaurants

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Restaurants (great for gift certificates):

Sage’s Café – committed to providing the freshest and healthiest cuisine possible, without compromising. Sage’s philosophy is that producing pure vegetarian foods will demonstrate compassion for earth.

One World Café – Fair Price for a meal – the customer decides. One World Café’s concept is that you pay for what you think the meal is worth, ensuring that everyone, regardless of his or her ability to pay, can still eat.

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Café à la Green: Educational

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Educational:

Blue Sky Institute – Nurturing Education for the Advancement of the Welfare of the Human Race – Make a monetary donation or gift from the BSI wish list to support the projects designed to help the community.

City Academy – Make a contribution to this progressive public charter school. City Academy is committed to providing personalized experience-based education in a diverse, democratic learning environment that empowers students to live responsible,fulfilling, and successful lives. City Academy is dedicated to catalyzing educational reform.

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Café à la Green: Online Stores ofUtah Orgnaizations

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Online Stores of Local Organizations- peace, justice and political:

People for Peace and Justice of Utah – lawn signs, bumper stickers and peace pins

Cafe Press store of Shundahai Network – a non-profit organization dedicated to breaking the nuclear chain by building alliances with indigenous communities and environmental, peace and human rights movements.

Utah Jobs With Justice – a network of local coalitions that connect labor, faith based, community and student organizations to work together on workplace and community social justice campaigns. Make an online donation to help keep Jobs with Justice Active.

Green Cafe – Green Party of Utah’s online cafe of cool green stuff.

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Café à la Green: Socially Responsible and Environmentally Friendly Gift Ideas – Utah

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Locally (Utah):

Blue Sky Alternatives – A service which promotes socially conscious businesses, organizations, and individuals which advocate socially and environmentally responsible philosophies.

Businesses:

Free Speech Zone – A Salt Lake Retail Shop – something for every activist. Home of everyone’s favorite FleecyFeet.

Ten Thousand Villages – Fair trade home décor and gifts – provides vital, fair income to Third World people by marketing their handicrafts and telling their stories in North America.

Turyias- 1100 East 1569 South, Salt Lake City – all types of small gifts imaginable ; most are hand done by local artists. There are all types of jewelry , loose gems, wind chimes,wall hangings, leather journals, cards , tarot cards , incense , books…..this place is loaded wall to wall !

Traces – 1100 East 1442 South – grows all natural herbs and veggies also a great gift shop and does fresh flowers and potted plants.

Liberty Heights Fresh -1100 East 1300 South – fresh food and cut flowers also a has a small restaurant.

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Carnival of the Green Schedule

Posted on December 5, 2004 | Leave a comment

CARNIVAL OF THE GREEN HOSTS SCHEDULE

2006

November 20th – Organic Researcher
November 27th – Great Green Goods

December 4th – Urban Eco
December 11th – Organic Authority
December 18th – Cocolico
December 25th – Season’s Greetings – No Carnival – Ho Ho Ho!

2007
Jan 1st – Happy New Year – No Carnival – [HIC]
Jan 8th – Hippy Shopper
Jan 15th – One/Change
Jan 22nd – Clay & Wattles
Jan 29th – Sludgie

Feb 5th – Nonoscience
Feb 12th – Savvy Vegetarian
Feb 19th – Available
Feb 26th – Available

Past Hosts:
2005
Nov 7th – City Hippy
Nov 14th – TriplePundit
Nov 21st – Sustainablog
Nov 28th – Great Green Goods

Dec 5th – The Greener Side
Dec 12th – Jen’s Green Journal
Dec 19th – Dee’s ‘Dotes
Dec 26th – Season’s greetings – no carnival – Ho Ho Ho!

2006:
Jan 2nd – Suhit Anantula
Jan 9th – Skye Creative
Jan 16th – Unplugged Living
Jan 23rd – The Ideal Bite
Jan 30th – Urban Eco
Feb 6th – EcoStreet
Feb 13th – Groovy Green
Feb 20th – Hip & Zen Pen
Feb 27th – The Naked Vegetarian
Mar 6th – EnviroPundit
Mar 13th – Dirty Greek
Mar 20th – BaloghBlog
Mar 27th – Greener Magazine
Apr 3rd – Green Thinkers
Apr 10th – Exuberant Pantaphobia
Apr 17th – Organic Authority
Apr 24th – The Evangelical Ecologist
May 1st – Spiral Visions
May 8th – Hippy Shopper
May 15th – EarthEcho International
May 22nd – Website Design and Promotion
May 29th – Animal Broadcast Network
June 5th – Dee’s Dotes
June 12th – Science & Politics
June 19th – Savvy Vegetarian
June 26th – Jen’s Green Journal

July 3rd – Headway Youth
July 10th – The Ester Republic
July 17th – Powering Down
July 24th – Mykesweblog
July 31st – Treehugger

August 7th – City Hippy
August 14th – Camden Lady
August 21st – Frugal for Life
August 28th – The Disillusioned Kid

September 4th – Living Green in L.A.
September 11th – Worsted Witch
September 18th – Karavans
September 25th – Ecostreet

October 2nd – Greener Miami
October 9th – Enviropundit
October 16th – Total Tactics
October 23rd – How To Save The World
October 30th – Groovy Green

November 6th – City Hippy
November 13th – Triple Pundit

Host the Carnival of the Green? Get in touch – To add yourself to the list of Carnival of the Green hosts please email one of us at City Hippy or Triple Pundit

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