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The Peace Company has peace gifts in every price range. Here are some features:

As this year draws to a close and our thoughts turn to the holidays and time with friends and family, we ask you to help make the spirit of peace the way we live – everyday. By planting seeds of peace within your heart and sharing them with others, we truly can help make peace more pervasive in our societies.

The Peace Company’s mission is to help make peace the way we all relate to the world. We offer merchandise and educational opportunites to enable anyone to walk the path of peace. Please help spread peaceful possibilities by sharing gifts of peace this holiday.
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I have updated my gift giving page and reorganized it so it isn’t so daunting. Check out
Café à la Green: Socially Responsible and Environmentally Friendly Holiday Gift Ideas.

Jen’s Green Journal has an excellent list and review of places to obtain socially responsible, environmentally friendly gifts for the holidays and other occasions. I have had her link on my Green Cafe Gift Giving Ideas page, but I wanted to highlight Jenni’s in a separate post here.

Jenni offers personal reviews of items she has personally looked into and recommends, something I don’t necessarily have the time to do. So for a more in depth look at gifts you can purchase, visit Jenni’s gift ideas list.

Greg Gerritt, a GPUS delegate from Rhode Island, sent out this article on the Buy Nothing Day event there. I had a lengthy conversation about the project with him this afteroon. It’s way cool, a great networking tool and benefits the community. This project has been going on Buy Nothing Day since 1997. It’s got my wheels turning!

Coat giveaway makes its own fashion statement

Buy Nothing Day, held on one of the busiest holiday shopping days, puts the spotlight on area’s needy.
BY BRANDIE JEFFERSON
Journal Staff Writer

PROVIDENCE — There were plenty of coats on sale at the Providence Place mall yesterday for 10percent 25 percent, even 50 percent off. But across the street, on the State House lawn, hundreds of people were
getting coats, sweaters, hats and books for an unbeatable price Free.
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The “madness” is the priorities.

The Associated Press has published someFacts and Figures on Holiday Spending:

See more photos at Pom Poms Not Bomb Bombs.

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Earlier I wrote on Holidays, Consumerism and Stress.
As we head into the frenzy of the season, consider the following:

Many of my students in school yesterday appeared a little on edge, displaying a higher level than normal of frustration and impatience with tasks in class. One student said to me “It’s because of the holiday tomorrow – everyone is stressed out.” I couldn’t help but think that if we got rid of holidays, this wouldn’t happen. But then I quickly diverted the message of that thought to If it weren’t for the corporate media message of “you’ve got to buy these gifts now and do all these things to prepare for the holidays” we could truly celebrate our cultural heritages without all the commercialism” (which might indeed actually get rid of some of these commerically created holidays!).

Years ago I made a conscious decision to live a more simple life. I still have a long way to go, but my lifestyle has changed dramatically from my early adulthood. I buy used clothing (or get it for free), hardly ever eat out, make my meals from scratch as much as possible, never watch TV, use mass transportation as much as I can, and hand create gifts or get them from locally owned businesses.

Most importantly, I attempt to provide that example in an open way so others may follow suit.
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….Buy and Sell! It’s Christmas time for conumers! Ring-a-ling….Cash Registers Ring! Must we spend Christmas this way?

No, we mustn’t and we don’t have to!

Jen’s Green Journal has a post on Gift Giving. She suggests that everything post things to their blog.

I have created a page of gift giving ideas. You can access it from my links to the left atHoliday Gift Giving Ideas.

I will add to it as the weeks go by. Please feel free to drop me suggestions!