Sustainable Valentine's Day Gifts

     Sustainable Valentine's Day gift options show your valentine that you care for him/her, as well as the environment:

• The environmental group, NRDC (Natural Resouces Defense Council), offers customized Valentine’s Day e-cards for a $10 tax deductible donation.

• Send your valentine fly fishing on a local river with a gift certificate for a guided fly fishing trip from the Angler's Den.  

 
 

http://www.seedsavers.org/Items.aspx?hierId=49

 

 

• Rather than roses, give the gift of thousands of heirloom garden flowers this summer from Seed Savers. 

http://www.greenamerica.org/programs/fairtrade/whatyoucando/2010Scorecard.cfm

 

• If you can't resist giving the traditional gift of chocolate, sustainable chocolate options are available in Pawling.

• Purchase local organic lavender products from North Winds Farm in Pawling rather than purchasing cut flowers that have traveled the globe.

 

 

 

• Gift wrap one of many books available at the Book Cove in Pawling, that supports sustainable living (some examples: The Homesteading Handbook by Abigail Gehring; NYS Wildlife Pocket Guide; Woodland Style- Bringing Foraged and Found Elements into Your Home; Home Grown Remedies by Anne McIntyre).

 

• Give a membership to the Hudson Valley Seed Library and let your valentine choose ten locally grown seed packets.

• If the weather cooperates, walk hand-in-hand along the Walkway over the Hudson into sunset.