Earth Friendly and Unique Christmas Gifts

The New American Dream is a nonprofitwhich is an agency that is working with
organization with the main goal of bringing abouthandicapped children in war torn Congo in Africa.
environmental and social justice to the globe. TheirThey offer polio treatment to these children and
mission statement starts as follows. "The Centeralso fit them with orthopedic braces. The
for a New American Dream helps Americansorganization helps these children to attend regular
consume responsibly to protect the environment,schools and to not be discriminated upon. So here
enhance quality of life, and promote social justice."are some examples of earth friendly Christmas
The rest you can read for yourself at theirgifts. You can purchase a gift card for someone in
website..For me it is a dream comes true. It isyour life interested in these issues to help out
what I have been looking for in a nonprofitthese organizations. You can buy a $110 gift card
organization, an organization dedicated to bringthat will give a child treatment and 4months of
about social and environmental justice to theschooling. If you can't afford this, there is a gift
world.card for $22 and this will give a child the required
Their goal is that every human being on earth hasschool uniform.
a right to basic necessities. These basic necessitiesAnother example Is Lutheran World Relief
are clean water, healthy food, adequate clothing,Organization That is working with farmers in the
shelter, health care, and education. All these needsPhilippines. Many areas in the Philippines that used
can be met in an environmentally sustainable way.to be forests have been cleared for farming
They have a membership of 143,000 andbecause of the doubling in number of the
growing. They act as a channel for other likepopulation and the need for more farmland.
minded nonprofits organization also.Lutheran World relief in cooperation with other
On their website I found one of theseorganizations and the farmers themselves has
organization known as Alternative Gift Idea,introduced new environmentally sustainable
another great nonprofit. Alternative Gift Idea is anfarming methods and goats. Yes goats, goats are
organization that attempts to fostergood for the soil because they graze on leaves
environmental consciousness and social justiceand shrub instead of grass. The grass of course
through unique gift giving. They too are a channelprotects against soil erosion. The goats also
for many smaller organizations that are strugglingprovide more income to the families of farmers.
to better the lives of some of the neediestProviding one goat to a family will cost you $86.
people in the world and also are trying to restoreYou also can provide earth worms or ducks for
and preserve the environment.just $10. Both are used as natural fertilizers
They sponsor organization as such as Standproudinstead of synthetic ones.