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Green Valentine Gifts

By sb admin on February 14, 2008.

Reporters and bloggers are using the occasion of Valentineâs Day to explore the health and environmental aspects of typical gifts and recommend worker- and Earth-friendly alternatives.

â¢Â Jennifer Sass at NRDCâs Switchboard blog describes how typical greenhouse practices harm flower workers, and offers some healthier Valentineâs Day suggestions.
â¢Â The Green Guide at Grist suggests some green options for flowers and chocolate.
â¢Â Terra Sigillata alerts us to a romantic tune that can be downloaded to benefit the Prostate Cancer Foundation.
â¢Â The LA Timesâ Margot Roosevelt reports on prominent jewelry retailersâ opposition to the Pebble Mine proposed for the site of the worldâs largest sockeye salmon run; itâs part of the broader âNo Dirty Goldâ campaign.

My own Valentine plans include dinner at a local organic restaurant and Fair Trade Divine chocolate (disclosure: Iâm friends with Divine USAâs CEO). Anyone else have green V-Day gift ideas to share?

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Digital Valentines Day without the chromium for me. I'm not in a relationship but I bought a domain name for a forward email for mom. I figure I can use this for years to come and never tell her the forward addresses don't cost anything.

Unfortunately she doesn't have a computer at the moment, but thats not really the point!(the one we got her for christmas died a fast death ala vista)

Good thought, BrettB -- hooray for digital gifts!

markcatlin, thanks for the link, and I also recommend folks to read the Seattle P-I special report on mining in the West, by Robert McClure and Andrew Schneider. It's from 2001, but still very relevant today, I'm afraid.