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For wine loving moms try the Ceago Sauvignon Blanc gift box. Ceago is truly memorable estate grown, certified organic and Biodynamic wine. It is paired with roasted, organic pistachios and our freshest, sweetest-of-the-season, organic pears to set off the notes of melon and green apple in the Sauvignon Blanc. Combine this with some beautiful wine glasses made from recycled wine bottles for an elegant, eco-friendly Mother’s Day gift.

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For a truly unique and enjoyable gift, give mom a Numi Organic Flowering Tea set. Each set comes with bouquets of flowering tea and a Numi glass tea pot. Here is Numi’s description of flowering tea…

Flowering Tea is a new tradition that celebrates the tea leaf. Hand-picked, organically grown, premium white tender tea buds, top two green tea leaves, and golden-tipped black tea are hand sewn into bundles or rosettes with cotton thread by artisans in various regions of China. When steeped in hot water, these rare Leaves of Art slowly blossom into breathtaking shapes. The tea liquor releases a myriad of flavors from sweet and subtle to rich and bold.

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Climate Change Chocolate bars are more than yummy in your belly. The proceeds from the purchase of these bars go towards purchasing carbon offsets. Each bar represents a carbon offset purchase by TerraPass equal to 133lbs of carbon dioxide reduction. In addition to that the wrappers come with 15 earth friendly tips printed on them. On Earth Day I had the opportunity to try the dark chocolate version. Let me assure you I will be offsetting a lot more carbon from this point on! The company, Bloomsberry, based out of Salem, MA specializes in chocolate and has raised the bar with their Climate Change Chocolate.

Ok so we all have our vices. If perchance you do in fact enjoy your tobacco it doesn’t mean you can’t be green about it! Since being more green is a process following a spectrum towards improvement (like any human being must do herself) each choice we can make towards the positive makes a difference. Plasencia Reserva Organica Robusto cigars are 100% organic tobacco grown using the ancient methods on an organic finca in Nicaragua. That means less pesticides, less toxins, still bad for you, but better for the earth!

Did you ever wonder if there was an eco-friendly booze out there? I mean recycling the 30 rack of Natty Light is great and all but you can do better than that, particularly with 360 Vodka! Touted as the world’s first Eco Luxury Vodka it is made by one of the oldest distilleries, McCormick Distilling. The bottle is 85% recycled, the label is blown into the glass bottle, the label uses water soluble glue and ink instead of traditional petroleum based substances. But a cool little treat these guys come with is a prepaid envelope to mail the bottle back for reuse. Also, for each case of 360 Vodka sold the company donates $20 to the Costal Conservation Association. So don’t worry, 3-4 shots of 360 Vodka will still have a big impact on your body without as much impact on the earth!

It’s hard to believe but everyday 6000 children die of thirst or water related disease.   To help remedy this global problem, Unicef is partnering up with local restaurants in the Tap Project, to raise money and awareness this week (World Water Week).  Through March 22nd, when you go to a participating restaurant you can pay $1 for the glass of water you normally get for free.  For every dollar raised a child will have clean drinking water for 40 days.  So use this as an excuse to go out this weekend, and drink your face off…water drink lots of water.  You can also donate online.

To find participating restaurants visit the Unicef Site