If you’ve never been to the beautiful area of Dutchess County, New York, you’re missing out. While everyone thinks of New York as skyscrapers and business, this area is a quiet, beautiful, bucolic place. You see beautiful fields, quietude, and yes, happy cows. It’s these happy cows that produce this igourmet 8-oz. Barat cheese. Barat cheese […]
Entries Tagged as 'Conservation'
Barat Cheese that is delicious and supports a great cause
April 19th, 2008 · No Comments · Conservation, Cooking.Com
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Gift Book of Beautiful California Scenery
April 1st, 2008 · No Comments · Amazon, Conservation
California Wild is an amazing book filled with some of the most beautiful nature photography of California you’ll ever see. It makes a great gift for anyone in your life who appreciates stunning nature photography or the beauty of California. The book is a large, 11 x 10 x 1 inch book, but as Signals […]
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The Last Place on Earth
March 23rd, 2008 · No Comments · Conservation, National Geographic
The Last Place on Earth Two-Volume Box Set is a remarkable gift set from National Geographic that documents one of the last pristine and undeveloped areas in central Africa: the 2000 mile stretch from Congo’s deep forests to Gabon’s pristine sea shore. National Geographic photographer Michael ”Nick” Nichols and ecologist Mike Fay took a grueling 456-day voyage […]
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How to Stop Junk Mail and Save the Trees
March 14th, 2008 · No Comments · Conservation, GreenDimes
Looking for how to stop junk mail coming to your mailbox? Here’s a very cool new idea from a new organization called Greendimes. I’m sure it’s happened to you. You order from one mail order or Internet company. Then, suddenly you get another catalog in the mail. Pretty soon your mail is filled with all […]
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Charity Pot by Lush – Hand and body lotion that helps charity
March 5th, 2008 · No Comments · Animal Causes, Conservation, Fair Trade, LUSH
Back by popular demand, here’s the Charity Pot Body Lotion. This is LUSH Cosmetics’ hand and body lotion where a FULL 100% of proceeds goes to help a number of great organizations, including: Clean Ocean Action Amazon Conservation Team TreePeople UNICEF International Fund for Animal Welfare WaterCan This luxurious hand and body lotion is made […]
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PursePal – Keep your purse secure and help a great cause
February 22nd, 2008 · No Comments · Breast Cancer, Conservation, North Shore Animal League
Ladies (and guys with “man-bags”), here’s one of those great ideas that you wonder what you ever did without. It’s an age-old question: what do you do with your purse when you go to a restaurant? Keep it in your lap all evening? Put it on the floor and risk getting it dirty or worse, […]
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Adopt an Animal (and get a Cute Stuffed Animal)
January 23rd, 2008 · No Comments · Conservation, National Wildlife Federation
The National Wildlife Federation, based in Washington, DC, is one of the leading conservation organizations. You may recall its annual holiday wildlife stamps or its popular Ranger Rick magazine for children. One very meaningful gift is giving the gift of “adopting” an endangered animal. You don’t adopt an actual animal, of course, but it’s a […]
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LUSH Charity Pot – Handmade, Fresh Lotion, Cosmetics and Bath Products that help great causes
January 17th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Animal Causes, Conservation, Fair Trade, LUSH
LUSH Cosmetics is a company that really takes “socially responsible” selling to the next level. If you haven’t heard of them, you will soon. Their products are among the nicest smelling, feeling, looking cosmetics in the world, and have a growing following. And unlike many of the big cosmetics companies, they are extremely rigrous about […]
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The OLIVER Book: Stunning Nature Photography
December 15th, 2007 · No Comments · Arts, Children's Charities, Conservation, DreamYard, The Nature Conservancy, Uncommon Goods
The photos you see to the left were taken by J. Oliver Lewis, an incredible nature and adventure photographer. His story is at the same time heartbreaking and inspiring. Oliver died in 1998 at age 26, while kayaking and working in Ecuador. But even at such a young age, he had already produced an incredible collection of […]
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Monopoly National Parks Edition
December 5th, 2007 · No Comments · Amazon, Conservation, National Parks Foundation
Winter may be here, but you can remember the beauty of our country’s fantastic National Parks year-round with this special edition of Monopoly dedicated to National Parks. The board itself is decorated with images from America’s National Parks, which players can “buy, sell, and trade”. It’s a great way to teach the family about all […]
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