Want to surprise and delight Mom with some gifts that will also please Mother Nature? There’s a right way and a wrong way to go about it. I’ve picked out some good ideas from London Drugs’ What’s The Green Deal product line, along with a few green gifting pitfalls to avoid. Hope it helps.
Good Ideas:
Burt’s Bees Almond Milk Beeswax Hand Crème
Burt’s Bees is a well-established eco-friendly line of products, featuring natural ingredients and an earthy home-style package design that makes a beautiful gift. (And also features up to 80% post-consumer waste) Extra brownie points if you include a handmade coupon for a home manicure.
Burt’s Bees Soothingly Sensitive Aloe & Buttermilk Body Lotion is another nice option.
Lavera Skin Care Products
This line of products contains organic ingredients certified by BPIH and is free from parabens, petroleum, glutene & synthetic ingredients. As a guy, I’m probably not best to advise on specifics here. Definitely talk to someone in the London Drugs cosmetics department.
Equita Dark Chocolate with Almonds
Hard to go wrong here. Some studies have even shown that eating chocolate can actually be good for your Mom. (It contains flavonoids – natural compounds with antioxidant properties – the same compounds that give berries, red wine and green tea their health benefits) Equita’s Fair Trade production and Organic certification (by Bio Inspecta) with no artificial additives or flavours mitigates a bit of the calorie-guilt also.
Macbook Computer
Hey, she’s your Mom – isn’t she worth it? The new Macbooks are touted as their greenest ever, with eco-friendlier features like arsenic-free glass, mercury-free LED-backlit display, BFR-free internal components and a highly recyclable aluminum and glass enclosure They even meet ENERGY STAR requirements.
Ideas that may get you into trouble:
Lafe’s Natural Organic Deodorant
Great product, but there’s just no good way to wrap this one up for Mom unless you sneak it into an eco-hamper hidden under the chocolate.
Method OMop
Another fine green product, with washable, reusable pads and recycled packaging. But guaranteed to put you in the doghouse if it ends up in the Mothers Day hamper. Didn’t she clean up after you enough all those years?
