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Welcome to Riverside Networks new 'Earth Matters' channel for the latest Environment News, features, articles, resources and reader promotional offers.




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Help and Have Fun This Xmas With Your Gifts

This coming festive season is no doubt the first year in history where the environment has really come to the fore. I don't know about you but over the years as a parent, one of my chores has been on Christmas Day, to race around the house, after the children have opened their presents with a large refuge sack collecting all the wrapping paper and packing. Perhaps we in the Western World can only relate to this and really have no cause for complaint, as the rest of humankind across the planet spend most of their time intent on survival.


So what can we do even at Xmas to help our planet that we leave to our Children in the future? Well, this year personally, I am going to try and buy what I call gifts for life. These being presents for friends and loved ones that I know and hope, they will treasure and keep for all time.



Personalised Greeting Cards from Moonpig

On the greeting card side I have managed to hunt down cards to buy that benefits a charity and made from re-cycled paper. The more immediate family I am buying from Moon Pig ( ), where you can have some fun and customize cards and they offer a range to meet everyone's pocket or budget. They even post the cards for you, so that's another job done! These cards I hope will bring a smile at the time. But also, like friends do, you can use them as book markers, or perhaps another inventive idea and we would like to hear from you with them so we can publish your creative methods and inventions to help the planet. [ Feedback ]




So getting back to the presents, if you live in a rural area look up your local craft makers and see what they have to offer you in the way of gifts for family and friends. We need to get away from this impulse buying mentality, only to replace the item with another in just a year or so. Every time we buy another item it's more packing, more material, the list goes on.


I think this year you can be proud to tell friends and family of your green campaign, every mention and discussion of it helps continue the awareness of the environment.


If it's DVD's and Video's for certain family members, check out the Discovery Channel Store, or good old Aunty the BBC store, both of which you will find below, for some great offers, covering topics for all the family.


These items are great gifts, as they take very little packing and invariably kept especially if it's related to a friend or family members hobby or interest.



The Apple Store at Freemans

If it's electrical goods friends and family want, buy them gift vouchers towards a better product, that they will keep and tell them why you bought the vouchers.


The great thing about vouchers is you just need to find an envelope, you can dress it up though, with a ribbon or bow, to give it that added sparkle.


Or if you are to buy an electrical gift buy from an organization who have an environment policy like apple computers.




In the season to be cheerful, we at riverside hope that some of our going green ideas for Christmas is of some use or at least food for thought, excuse the pun!


We would like to hear from all of you with your contributions and how we can build the channel for all our eco warriors, but in the meantime, have a great one! [ Feedback ]
2007-11-16


Latest Green News

Scientist are concerned that global warming may be irretrievable, global leaders are hoping the United Sates and China will look at the gravity of the situation and come on board fully with the rest of the World Community for rapid change.
2007-11-16


USA Elections and People Power

With the up and coming election in the USA, this will be an election fought with environment issues, and as the American public vote with their heads and hearts the battlegrounds could well be one over environmental issues of the day. For the State of California are going to the Courts to sue the United States Government over breech of environmental issues and the smart business will realise in the States that they fear alienation and the eventual boycott of American goods if they do not act now responsibly.
2007-11-16




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