Green Lifestyle Gifts
Shop green and eco-friendly lifestyle gifts for your friends and family. This list will be updated periodically, but if you notice any errors or know of a gift that belongs on this list, e-mail Green Promise at resources@greenpromise.com. Shop responsibly!
e-Bike Kit - Hybrid Electric Bike
www.e-bikekit.com
$449
e-BikeKit.com was started to help reduce consumption of oil and gas, in a meaningful way, and provide a convenient, reasonable, and very affordable alternative to fossil-fuel-based transportation. With your hybrid electric bike, you can use the power assist to cruise effortlessly, or you can pedal in the normal fashion -- or you can do a little of both. A full charge will take you about 20 miles at a speed of up to 20 mph on level ground. And to recharge it, just plug it into a convenient electrical outlet.
Geolopes Gift Packs
www.necartographics.com
$5.95 to $35
Geolopes are common sized envelopes and stationery recycled from outdated government surplus topographic maps published by various U.S. and Canadian government mapping agencies. This is the perfect three R's green product for the next century -- Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. They make excellent gifts for the geomanics on your list or just use them for yourself. Your correspondents will definitely want to tear open their mail when they get one of these fascinating envelopes in the letterbox. There is no telling what geographic areas of North America will appear in your assortment -- mountains, forests, lakes, rivers, cities -- who knows?