Alternative gifts for sustainable holidays

OK, so I'm probably a bit late with this for most of you. But for the last minute shoppers among you, this may be just the ticket.

Joel Makower points to a great holiday gift source at Alternative Gifts International. As they put it...

For the price of an iPod:
Provide an ox for a farmer in Bolivia that will double the food output for a family in need.

For the price of a video game:
Provide medicine for 100 impoverished, people in Central America who lack access to even the most basic health care.

For the cost of dinner and a movie:
Provide screening, eye surgery and glasses for women and children threatened with blindness in Nepal or Bangladesh. 

For the cost of a necktie:
Provide medicine and therapy to a child in Rep. of Georgia suffering from cystic fibrosis, whose every breath is a struggle.

Happy Sustainable Worldchanging Holidays!

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