HOW TO GO GREEN
Here are some ways to go green this holiday season:
• Give nature-related gifts, such as binoculars, a National Geographic magazine subscription, or identification books for trees, flowers or birds.
• Give gifts that don't require batteries.
• Offer to recycle an electronic product that's been replaced by a new one.
• Wrap gifts in cloth grocery-store bags, the funny papers, calendar pages, old maps and posters, brown bags, fabric, wallpaper, bubble wrap, mesh fruit bags, holiday or kids' artwork.
• Re-use paper and ribbon and recycle the rest.
• Give consumables: soy-based candles, soaps, green products, homemade meals, baked goods, event tickets.
• Give used books and other items.
