A green and useful Christmas present, what a good idea!

Therefore for this year, the hotel Gavarni suggests a portable solar charger that will allow you to recharge your phone, MP3, MP4, video player, photo downloader, computer, etc..
Whether you are a girl or a boy that can be useful to anyone, either living in town and country, for travelers as for sedentary.
Let him who has never have his cell phone, MP3, netbook out of battery raises the hand?

Prices range from 32 to 150€ and performance is really interesting. If you use it to recharge your portable DVD player it is 6 hours of utiliy; 60 hours of additional communication to your mobile phone or 12 hours of happiness to your MP3.

Some websites to help you find your perfect  device: Marche-equitable.com, Greenweez.com, Ecologie-shop.com and a last one to help you charge while using your bike.

Christmas is an opportunity to buy gifts which our loved ones have been dreaming about – or perhaps nagging us to buy! There are plenty of lovely and original gifts available to delight your friends and family without falling into the excesses of our consumer society. They include both intangible and practical presents. The Gavarni has come up with a list of really useful ideas. And if you’re one of those who prefer not to receive gifts for environmental reasons, an innovative gift exemption voucher has just seen the light of day.

(Virtually) intangible gifts
You can offer a concert ticket to music-loving sons, a one-year museum pass to that grandma of yours who is a contemporary art buff, cooking lessons to fathers who have decided to take up cooking as they approach the age of forty, a spa treatment for mothers-in-law who love their little comforts, or a gym membership for your fitness-crazed twenty-year-old sister. These simple gifts will be very much appreciated by all your family.

Practical presents

If concert tickets and the like are not your cup of tea, you can always go for a practical gift which is also environmentally-friendly. Selections include: a lovely wicker basket for market shopping, a guide to acts of greenness for your newly aware son-in-law or a set of handkerchiefs for your grandson who has never known anything other than disposable tissue

A gift-free Christmas
The mescoursespourlaplanete.com website has taken the unusual step of offering a gift exemption certificate. This involves sending a letter to our friends and family indicating we do not wish to receive presents from them. The suggested text is as follows: “Because money can’t buy the best things in life and I already have everything I need, I, the undersigned hereby take great pleasure in exempting X from the obligation of buying me a gift for Christmas 2008. With all my love, Y.” This unusual concept has already attracted a lot of fans!

Source: Paris.fr

There’s just one week left before Christmas in which to buy your Christmas tree – and if you want it to be an act of greenness, buy it from Jardiland. This is because the well-known garden centre chain has joined forces with SOS Sahel to combat drought and desertification in Niger. Every year, almost 250,000 hectares of arable land are disappearing because of this desertification – an area the size of Luxembourg

As a result of this partnership, 300,000 trees will be used to reforest the Sahel – a belt of land which extends from Cape Verde to Djibouti to the south of the Sahara. This unexpected combination is in fact perfectly logical, because the two enterprises have the same core business: plant life. It’s a great idea for celebrating Christmas in the spirit of sharing and helping across the nations.

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For Christmas, Gavarni hotel suggests where organic ecological and environmentally friendly gifts are not lacking. In “L’Espace des Blancs Manteaux”, from Friday 12th to Sunday 14th December, the show “Noel en bio” is an opportunity to participate in a meeting of solidarity and fair, with organic producers.

On the stands, many different ideas: cosmetics, clothing, health products, organic foods and gifts of all kinds, all fully green. Open from 11am until 8pm, you’ll find a little time to devote to this beautiful salon, friendly and playful. In addition, entrance is free. It’s a little christmassy before Christmas time!

Salon Noël en Bio
Espace des Blancs Manteaux
48, rue Vieille du Temple
75004 Paris
France
Phone: +33.1.44.54.75.79