Eco-Pretty Gift Guide: Top 12 Eco-Friendly Gifts for Women

#2   Lacy Heart Pendants (Recycled Gold)

Another eco-friendly option for jewelry is greenKarat, which uses recycled gold (not gold from an open-pit mine that wreaks havoc on the environment). We particularly love the lacy heart pendant with two doves kissing in its design. They're available in white, yellow and rose gold, fit for any lovebird.

- Buy greenKarat jewelry online

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#3   Care Discovery Gift Set

Stella McCartney's organic body care line, aptly named Care, frees eco-friendly organics from the shea butter mills churning most other brands. Aside from considerably upping and broadening the quality of the ingredients, her company uses all recyclable materials in her products' packaging and offers a recycling program for used products. She also insists on no animal testing and no animal-derived ingredients. What girl could object? The Discovery Gift Set is a great starter.

- Learn more about Care
- Buy Care online or at Sephora locations

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#4   Organic Roses

Since flowers are perennially perfect for gifting, we hope you opt for a gorgeous arrangement of organic roses from Organic Bouquet. Go with a colored assortment or the linen white variety, which is especially beautiful if you're dreaming of a white Christmas (or are lucky enough to have one). Fellas, save red for Valentine's or a romantic occasion. Leaving a ring under the tree?

- Send Organic Flowers & Gourmet Gifts - from $29.95

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#5   ecoKashmere® Hoodies

If your eco-gal is a yoga goddess, let her find inner zen in a hoodie and yoga bottom made mostly from bamboo... yes, bamboo. Try the newest eco-friendly fabric: ecoKashmere. "Created using sustainable business practices and fair labor standards that honor Mother Earth, ecoKashmere is made with sweatshop-free labor; 70% bamboo, 25% organic cotton, 5% Lycra." We're still amazed and equally delighted in the softness and easy care of ecoKashmere. It's like cashmere that doesn't have to be dry-cleaned.

- Buy ecoKashmere online

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#6   Bamboo Flowering Tea Gift Set

For tea enthusiasts, watching shriveled bundles unfold into pretty blooms under hot water has a wondrous, almost meditative appeal. The Bamboo Flowering Tea Gift Set is the most eco-pretty tea set we have found, with an adorable bamboo box, glass tea pot and a few tea blossoms. For a more complete gift set, we recommend you buy an additional assortment of teas and possibly a pair of glass teacups as well. We applaud Numi Organic Tea, one of our favorite tea-makers, because the company also is dedicated to environmental and socially responsible causes.

- Buy Numi Tea Bamboo Flowering Tea Gift Set and similar gourmet gift baskets online

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#7   Rosé Champagne & Exotic Truffle Gift Box

Rosé champagne, organic chocolates and a dose of zen? What could delight the conscience and tastebuds more? It's our Vosges Haut-Chocolat favorite (even though all their chocolates and gifts are fabulous). Simply put, Vosges is as eco-pretty as chocolate gets. Surprisingly, those beautiful purple boxes are made of 100% recycled paper. The company uses energy only from renewable sources,too. We're also delighted that Vosges recently had its factory certified organic. It just makes our chakras glow.

- Read our post about Vosges
- Buy Vosges Gift Boxes online

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#8   Specialty Bath Inspiration Gift Set

The Organic Bath Co. has plenty of lovely, spa-lendid gifts for gals. We're especially fond of its Specialty Bath Inspiration Gift Set, which includes organic body wash, body lotion, mineral bath soak, a vegetable soap bar, a spa cloth and adorable bubble-bath roses. A portion of the proceeds from this gift set also go to support leading breast cancer foundations.

- Buy the Specialty Bath Inspiration Gift Set online

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#9   Amaryllis Garden Gift Box

Know a gal who needs a smidge of nature in her office or kitchen? Encourage her green thumb with an easy, ready-to-grow Amaryllis bulb that comes in a recycled planting pot and saucer. The handmade gift box is a pretty touch, too. We found this and other eco-friendly garden gifts at VivaTerra. Actually, what garden gift wouldn't be eco-friendly?

- Amaryllis Garden Gift Box

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#10   Organic Aromatherapy Candles

Although we'd love to include the beautiful pagoda candles by Seda France, they're not eco-friendly enough for this list (we'll give 'em props elsewhere). For the eco-conscious, we'd rather you fill your own gift box with Aroma Naturals instead. They're made of all natural and soy waxes, infused with pure natural oils and packaged in an eco-friendly manner (au natural or in recyclable, reusable tins).

- Buy Aroma Naturals online

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#11   b. happybags

Although there are numerous grocery totes out there, nearly all are either fugly burlap or actually too pretty to be practical for everyday grocery shopping. The best are b. happybags, heavy-duty totes that are both stylish and practical, made to hold serious grocery items like gallons of milk. These are meant for those who want to make a clear statement they are doing their part to help the environment.

- Buy b.happybags online

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#12   SIGG Water Bottles

For gals who power-walk, run, jog, bike, hike -- you name it -- reusable water bottles are a must, and SIGG's are the prettiest and most practical. The inner linings of SIGG's bottles have been engineered to not absorb or contaminate the liquid contents, so her latest fill of water won't be infused with the faint tastes of yesterday's passion fruit juice.

- Buy SIGG water bottles online


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