We received this information from Green America:<\/p>\n
Parents who want to celebrate the holidays with gift ideas that are
\nbetter for their children and the world will find a wide range of
\nalternatives at www.safegreentoys.org<\/a>, a new resource offered by the
\nnonprofit Green America. All of the highlighted toys avoid toxic
\nmaterials and are made from recycled, organic, and Fair Trade materials.<\/p>\nHoliday gift items featured on www.safegreentoys.org<\/a> include the following:<\/p>\n
Hooded bamboo bath towel, Andrews, SC. The fabric for Bamboosa’s baby
\nproducts comes from 100-percent organically certified bamboo fiber, or
\nis blended with organic cotton, Lycra, or recycled polyester. For the
\ninfants on your shopping list, consider Bamboosa’s hooded bamboo bath
\ntowel, which is generously sized and can still be used in the toddler
\nyears. www.bamboosa.com<\/a><\/p>\nBoard games, Naturally Playful, Aloha, OR. In addition to classic
\nproducts like recycled cardboard puzzles and organic stuffed animals,
\nNaturally Playful makes available cooperative board games made by a
\nfamily company in Canada. These games teach kids about cooperation,
\nwhile also educating about topics like loss of animal habitat (“Then
\nThere Were None”), world geography (“Explorers”), and grammar (“Star
\nWords”).<\/p>\nCotton kids’ T-shirts, Dhana EcoKids, Mill Valley, CA. One popular
\nitem is Dhana’s 100-percent organic cotton kids’ T-shirts in the “Earth
\nDay Winter White Tree” design, featuring a tree formed from the
\nintertwining words rethink, revive, recycle, renew, regenerate,
\nremember, respect, reuse, restore, and recover.<\/p>\nHome-made gifts. For green gift-giving around the holidays, one
\npopular approach is a “do-it-yourself gardening kit” consisting of:
\nthree to five clay pots, water-based paints to decorate the pots, a
\nsmall bag of potting soil, vegetable or flower seeds, a small shovel,
\nand a child’s set of gardening gloves.<\/p>\n