Looking for a Green Gift? Check Out These Special Gift Ideas From Collective Roots

Great GREEN GIFT ideas that have redeeming values to you and to Collective Roots! The following companies feature products that, when purchased, provide a percentage of donated revenue to Collective Roots--and have the added value of benefitting the environment. Here is a great way to shop while benefitting a cause of interest to you!

The 2008 Marin Green Zebra guide helps you discover green shops and services, preserve your planet, and support Collective Roots.

Explore the best of sustainable living in the San Francisco Bay Area with the 2008 Green Zebra guides. Each edition of this annual directory and coupon book for environmentally conscious and community oriented local businesses includes more than 200 exclusive offers from organic restaurants and markets, eco-friendly retailers, spas, yoga studios, independent bookstores, bike shops, museums and more. The $25 Green Zebra guide pays for itself in just a few uses because it contains over $10,000 in savings valid through 12/31/2008 at places you already love and new ones you'll be glad to discover such as Planet Organics, EO, and Mollie Stone’s Markets. The guide's educational content answers many questions about living green in the Bay Area, presenting simple action steps you can start doing today for a greener tomorrow. Proceeds from the sale of each Green Zebra guide also benefit local charities that work with children. Green Zebra will donate $10 to Collective Roots for each guide you purchase, and will pay your sales tax. Click here to learn more!

TV B-Gone! Turn Off Your TV And Go Out to The Garden!

Collective Roots supports a national movement that linking the health benefits of gardening and other forms of outdoor recreation. We support the idea of turning off your TVs and heading to the nearest garden for some fresh air and exercise. Growing evidence produced by clinical research shows that access to open spaces such as gardens and parks is one of the most important predictors of physical activity. If your neighborhood is lacking open space then we encourage you to join together with your neighbors and organize into a united effort to advocate for these spaces that are so vital to our community health. Collective Roots is actively focused on helping underserved communities assure that their open space needs are being met. We can all become healthier by reducing the amount of time television consumes of our lives, and help preserve a little nature for our children to play in.

One of our fellow supporters of living a healthier lifestyle is Mitch Altman, an inventor living in the Bay Area. In a creative attempt to get us all away from the TV screen, Mitch has invented a universal remote control device called TV B-Gone. TV B-Gone is a novelty item that enables you to turn off any TV anywhere, anytime! The device serves as a key chain, so that you can take it wherever you go. Mitch is offering supporters of Collective Roots a great deal - for a limited time, you can get 10% off the device, and for every sale, he will donate 10% to Collective Roots! This is a great holiday or birthday gift that is appropriate for all ages.

To buy your TV B-Gone device at a discounted price, visit www.tvbgone.com, and enter the code "OURGARDENS" in the coupon code window on the check out page. This offer is good for 10% off orders of everything but the new TV-B-Gone Kits and the new TV-B-Gone Pro SHP. You may click on the banner below, and you will be transported to the TV B-Gone order page!