Gifts for Others

This year I’m encouraging my friends and family to give me something I want more than a toy or trinket for Christmas: the opportunity to help others.

Want to give a chicken, goat, or eco-latrine, or tree to a person living in rural poverty? These are gifts that really make a difference in their quality of life. Plant With Purpose makes it easy and convenient to give gifts like these:
https://app.etapestry.com/cart/PlantWithPurpose/default/index.php
Want to give a beautiful gift that was made in socially and ecologically responsible ways? A gift that workers were paid fairly to make? Trade as One has excellent options:
http://tradeasone.com/

You might want to put one of these on your Christmas list …