Give a Green Gift This Year

You want to continue practicing your green habits through the holiday season - even though you face the challenge of an abundance of parties, shopping and the endless piles of wrappings and ribbon. In fact, each year, 38,000 miles of ribbon is thrown out, enough to tie a bow around the Earth, according to the California Integrated Waste Management Board.

In can seem overwhelming, but you can always start small. One way is to give green gifts. Wrapping presents in reused bags or the comic section of newspapers shows your creativity in gift presentation and also keeps you from adding to the extra million tons of waste generated between Thanksgiving and the New Year each year.

You can also give a gift which will help your friends and family continue to be green.

Take, for example, the Sodastream home soda maker. Between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day, the average family of 4 will go through 200 soda bottles and cans - most of which end up in our landfills. The Sodastream system creates great tasting sodas, seltzers and sparkling waters right at home, while eliminating individual bottles and cans.

An added bonus?  The user controls the flavor and the fizz! Sodastream has more than 25 mixes to choose from ranging from the traditional colas to unique fruit flavors.


Visit www.sodastreamusa.com to learn more about this gift that will help keep our planet greener. Get yours today. Copyright © 2008, ARAnet, Inc.