I'm Dreaming Of A Green Christmas
analogZONE's green tech gift
guide for 2004
by Lee H. Goldberg
It's the time of year when geeks of all persuasions look up from our cubicles and realize that the Christmas/Chanukah/Kwanzaa season has snuck up on us again. And if you're like many of us you're already hearing the siren call of the local Mega-Mart. But instead of completely supplicating ourselves at the altar of consumerism, perhaps it's time to take a step back from the situation and consider buying gifts that will give twice -- once by bringing pleasure to the recipient, and a second time when they help create a greener, more sustainable world for the celebrants of tomorrow's holidays.
Happily, "green consumerism" is no longer limited to hand-woven
hemp sandals, wallets made from recycled tires, weird-smelling soaps made
from organic yak butter, and other useless artifacts of the granola-munching
set. While Toyota's slick new Prius hybrid was one of the first products
to demonstrate that "green" and cool" could be used in the
same sentence, we're seeing a growing list of well-designed products whose
cool features don't include global warming.
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