I usually don’t sway from house related green speak here, but with Mother’s Day in just five days (yes, that’s the 10th folks) I thought we should take a look at some eco Mother’s Day tips. Your mother is in your house from time to time, so we’ll pretend this is home related!
1. Send your love with organic flowers. Conventional flowers, as we’ve heard time and time again are full of pesticides and are harmful for the growers. You really don’t want to send your love with chemicals – do you? Try a great organic arrangement from Organic Boutique. Four arrangements I’d love (yup, I’m a mama) include the ones shown above…
2. Skip the greeting card: Mother’s Day is the third most popular holiday for sending cards. In fact, about 150 million Mother’s Day cards are sent out each year. That, my friends, is a whole lot of trees. Try a tree-free card, a homemade card made with recycled materials, or a digital greeting card.
3. Try something crazy unique: Recycled Newspaper Roses for Mother’s Day.
4. Try a gift of time: Take your mama to dinner or lunch. Clean her house, plant her a garden, or just make a goal of spending more time with her during the upcoming year. That’s what she really wants anyhow.
5. If you do go with a gift make it eco-friendly: See some great earth-friendly Mother’s Day gifts. Need another great guide – Mother’s Day Green Gift Guide.
6. Look for eco-friendly jewels: Jewelry is one gift that runs rampant during the Mother’s Day season. BUT jewelry is extremely bad for the planet. Jewels and metals are mined which erodes the earth and human lives are sacrificed for diamonds and other jewelry creation. Lame right. Your mama does not want that on her conscious. Luckily, there are plenty of places to score eco-friendly, Fair Trade jewelry.
How are you greening this Mother’s Day?
