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Gift Wrapping
 Websites presented in alphabetical order The Best of Care2: Holiday Decorating and Entertaining 
 "Dozens of great holiday ideas ... to help us wrap, decorate, entertain, celebrate, and contact and give gifts to friends and family" in an environmentally friendly manner during the winter holidays. Provides decorating suggestions for mantles, tables, and tree trimmings. Projects include snowflakes made from recycled paper, pinecone placeholders, edible centerpieces, an eco-friendly dreidel, and a Kwanzaa candleholder. Also includes links to decorating ideas for other holidays. A website "for people who Care2 make a difference." http://www.care2.com/greenliving/the-best-of-care2-holiday-decorating.html Topics: Christmas, Environment, Holidays & Observances, Holidays and Observances Individually Last updated Jun 6, 2007 Deck the Halls With Less Waste This Year!
This collection of holiday waste reduction tip sheets features ideas for no-waste gift-giving and gift-wrapping, reducing waste when opening gifts, and options for recycling Christmas trees. From the California Integrated Waste Management Board. http://www.ciwmb.ca.gov/PublicEd/Holidays/ Topics: Christmas, Crafts, Environment, Holidays & Observances, Holidays and Observances Individually, Judaism, Technology Last updated Nov 2, 2004 Decorating and Wrapping With Winter Nature Magic
This site offers "quick and easy ideas for decorating both your home and your gifts with the seasonal magic of nature." Discusses ideas for using evergreen branches, moss, wild berries, dried flowers, pinecones, and other natural materials. Also includes project ideas, such as making pomanders and nature-stamped gift paper. Provides links to related holiday articles. From Care2.com, a coalition of environmental groups. http://www.care2.com/greenliving/winter-nature-decorating-wrapping.html Topics: Christmas, Crafts, Holidays & Observances, Holidays and Observances Individually, Judaism Last updated Jun 6, 2007 Gift Wrapping Alternatives
Features ideas for gift-wrap made from calendars, children's artwork, old maps, and other materials. Also includes instructions for making fabric gift bags and trimming gifts with natural materials such as evergreen branches. http://eartheasy.com/gift_wrapping.htm Topics: Christmas, Crafts, Environment, Holidays and Observances Individually, Judaism, Technology Last updated Nov 2, 2004 |
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