With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, many are looking for the perfect green gift idea for their eco-conscious sweethearts.
This list of 14 Valentine’s Day green gifts has something for everyone!
1. Eco-Friendly Valentine’s Day Cards. Nothing says I love you like an actual love note written down on on recycled paper with non-toxic inks.
2. Adopt an Animal. Instead of giving your sweetheart a stuffed animal but wouldn’t saving the life of the real thing be much more romantic? Check out your local conservation organization, city zoo for animal adoption campaigns.
3. Custom-Designed 3D Printed Jewelry. There are many online stores that make it possible for you to personalize jewelry and accessories that are then 3D printed in a range of metal and plastics and delivered right to your door. Also check out local shops in your neighbourhood that offer customized jewelry with phrases, constellations, or coordinates that are special to you.
4. Faux Flowers. Real flowers smell sweet, but they will fade fast. Keep the flame of your love alive all year long with hand-embroidered pins made with wool felt and vintage buttons. Want something more masculine? Try a wooden lapel flower made from upcycled furniture and flooring.
5. Chocolate. You can never go wrong with something sweet. If you or your better half are cutting out refined sugars and processed sweets, you might thing candy is out of the question this Valentine’s Day. But never fear! Donini in Belleville offers sweet and sugarless options. Their no Sugar added 72% Dark Chocolate Bar is a favourite.
6. Living Plants. Give a living plant from a local nursery that will cleanse the air for years to come.
7. Eco-Friendly Underwear. New underwear is always a treat! You can order some super soft organic underwear by PACT.
8. Eco-Friendly Lingerie
9. Edible Body Candle. Made from Hemp Seed, Vitamin E, Jojoba, Avocado, & Apricot Oils, 100% vegan candles with melt your Valentine’s heart when they melt into a warm, silky massage lotion.
10. Sustainable Sheets or Towels.
11. Stylish Sunglasses
12. All-Natural Perfume
13. Wine for Two. What’s better than enjoying a quiet, comfortable place and a delicious glass of wine with the one you love? Crack open a bottle of locally made wine and serve it up in recycled glass stemware. Not into wine? Try a delicious winter cocktail or non-alcoholic cider.
14. A Massage or Two. If your sweetie has been stressed out lately, give he or she a massage or a gift certificate to a local massage therapist. And if you’ve been stressed together, up the ante with a couple’s massage.