Two Low-Impact Gift Ideas

Giving the gift of experience or a gift of necessity is not only more useful than giving a product gift, but both use fewer resources and thus, are eco-friendly.

Gifts of experience:

• Tickets to a play, the ballet, a concert, or art show.
• Season sports team tickets.
• A trip to the zoo, beach, art museum, or national park for a child.
• Movie tickets.
• Enrollment in a class – places like Michaels and community colleges offer low-cost art, craft, and computer classes that people may enjoy.
• iTunes gift certificate.
• A gingerbread house making day.

Gifts of necessity:

• Pay someone’s cell phone bill for two months.
• Offer to change someone’s oil, breaks, or other car issue.
• Help someone to winterize their house.
• Give babysitting certificates.
• Organize someone’s garage.

What else can you think of?