Green Valentine's Day
February is the month where love is celebrated, usually in the traditional way of red roses, red-ribbon wrapped chocolates, and red heart-shaped Valentine’s cards. Here a few more tips for the green at heart to make your Valentine’s Day more environmentally friendly.
Choices:
- Instead of driving to a restaurant for a Valentine’s Day dinner, take mass transit or cook a romantic dinner from home.
- Bake cookies or other goodies for your valentine and package them in reusable and/or recyclable containers as gifts.
- Buy cards that use recyclable paper, send e-mail cards, or make your own.
- Buy organic flowers or live bushes, shrubs, or trees that can be planted in the spring
- Give green gifts such as blue-sky power, or make a donation to an environmental organization.