Eco Gifts - Ethical & Fairtrade Gifts

Organic Spa Facial - from The Green People

This great gift box would make a really thoughtful gift. It includes a cleansing balm, spa cloth and facial oil.

It is a three step facial programme for beautiful skin. The rich cleanser is perfect to pamper dry or mature skin, when used with the spa cloth impurities are drawn out allowing the opulent facial oil to penetrate and nourish, leaving skin glowing. It also includes a £5 voucher to buy more products.

The Green People use packaging which is recyclable and non air-freighted. Only the purest, natural and organic ingredients are used by hand in small quantities to ensure you receive the freshest products possible.

Click here to find out more.

Organic Cotton Music Box

This would make a lovely gift for a new baby. The organic cotton used to make the  elephant is soft to touch and when you pull the cord a gentle tune plays which will help to send baby off to sleep.

Also available in a lamb design. Click here to make your purchase for £27.99.

Fair Trade Rainbow Stripe Cushion by Bio Me

These colourful striped fair trade cotton cushions should brighten up any home. The rainbow stripe adds a touch of colour to a sofa, bed or kitchen.

The cotton is woven on traditional handlooms, located along the beautiful Malabar Coast of India. Fully SA8000 accredited - an international certification covering workers pay and condition as well as issues such as the prohibition of the use of child and forced labour.

Size: 45 x 45cm Feather pad included. Available for £23 each here.

Give the gift of Soil Association Membership - and get some choccies too!

Give the gift of Soil Association membership this Christmas and help create a vibrant food culture in which the importance of good food is truly valued.  Your gift will include their great new welcome pack containing Your Guide to Organic Living and The Soil Association and You.

Plus, the lucky recipient will be sent a gift-wrapped box of delicious Booja-Booja organic champagne truffles worth £7.29 and a card.

At £28 for an individual membership and £40 for a family, this is the perfect Christmas gift for people who want to create a planet-friendly future.  For full details of this thoroughly original gift idea you can visit the Soil Association website or click the link here.

A greener gift voucher - let your recipient do some eco shopping

No doubt this Christmas holiday there will be plenty of people hoping to start the new year with a clean slate.  So new job, new girlfriend, get down to the gym and maybe, hopefully, buy greener..... A practical Christmas gift this year would be gift vouchers from leading online 'Eco' retailers ,such as Even Greener (vouchers available here) Natural Collection (vouchers available here) or Simply Fair (vouchers available here).  All vouchers are available in denominations of £10 (ie £10, £20, £30 etc etc)

Tefal Quick Cup Kettle is a hit on The Gadget Show

Tonight the Tefal Quick Cup Kettle was a hit with the Trainee Chefs who reviewed it on Channel 5's 'The Gadget Show'.  We featured this excellent eco product several months ago on this site.

You can view the original review here.  The review now includes links to where the item is currently in stock at the best available prices.

Adopt a Reindeer Gift

What gift could be more seasonal than this one? The recipient of this present will become a friend of the Caingorm Reindeer Herd, the only herd of reindeer living naturally today in Britain. There are around 150 reindeer in the herd and every gift pack helps them to continue their happy lives!

Click here to find out more details and make your purchase for £29.99.

Gorgeous Kenyan Soft Toys - hand knitted and fairly traded

These quirky soft toys known as 'Kenana Critters' are gorgeous, they are knitted with  Kenyan wool which has been coloured using plant dyes. The toys are made by a group of women in Njoro, Kenya. The money from the sale of the toys goes directly to the women knitters who are then able to improve the quality of life for themselves and their families. 

Choose from Sadiki Sheep or Chitundu Cow – due to their unique handmade nature designs may vary, they are also suitable for newborns. Click here to make your purchase for £21.95.

Recycled cardboard toys and furniture - fun and environmentally friendly

A fort, teepee, playhouse, space rocket, dolls house and more creations can be viewed here.

Paperpod have developed an innovative concept in creative toys & furniture for children. Environmentally friendly, practical designs made from recycled corrugated cardboard, which can be folded flat - an ideal storage solution. All their products are designed and manufactured in the UK with prices reasonably ranged at between £15 and £50.

Mini Tea Kit - a handy gift for people on the move

Perfect to slip into your handbag, this tea kit includes a surprise selection of 5 mini tins filled with 100% natural leaf teas and little paper filters so you can make a great quality cup of tea at work or anywhere!

It is presented in a gorgeous little cotton zipped pouch, designed exclusively by textile designer Clare Nicolson for Leaf. Each little tin contains 1-2 servings of tea or herbal infusions. All designed to be re-used and refilled with Leaf teas and paper filters.

Currently available here for only £17.00.