08: How to have a happy green holiday

How You Can Save The World: Sustainable Living and Social Activism

Is it possible to have an environmentally friendly holiday season? Barbara Edelman looks at all the ways you can celebrate with e-cards, lights and candles, trees, and amazing gifts. You can do it all and still save the world. Seasons greetings indeed.

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All the information from this episode:

Articles

• The environmental cost in the UK of a typical holiday season (Independent)
• Are your holiday cards bad for the environment? (Mashable)
• Are candles bad for the environment? (Naked Scientist)
• Soy candles vs paraffin (Zuna)
• Christmas Tree Debate: Real vs. Fake? (The Nature Conservancy)
• LED Christmas Lights Versus Regular Christmas Lights (Christmas Tree Market)
• LED Christmas Lights Guide (Christmas Lights, Etc.)
• Light Pollution Harms the Environment (Department of Physics, Florida Atlantic University)

Products

• Beeswax Chanukah Candles from Beeswax Candleworks
• Candy canes from Spangler Candy
• Luci, solar powered lanterns from Mpowerd
• Black+Blum Thermo Pot

Gift Guides

• Earth Easy: Carbon neutral gifts along with blogs and every other neat thing for house and garden.
• Waldorf Supplies: For wooden toys that expand the mind.
• TOMS: Products that benefit the environment and gives back to those in need.
• China Berry: Great books and toys.
• Hearth Song: A toy company, especially great for kids 9-12,
• Isabella Catalog: Wonderful for the woman in your life and make sure to look at the Enessa beauty products. They are all packaged in glass (yay, no plastic!).
• Rodales: The winner in the fabulous catalog department. We defy you to NOT find a gift for anyone on your list.