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Eco-friendly gifts on many wish lists

Capital Gazette Communications
Published 12/01/08
TOP: At Mixed Greens, old license plates also can be transformed into purses.  The shop offers several items that can be reused as gifts and collectibles as a way to help be eco-friendly this holiday.
BOTTOM: These purses were hand-made by local women who collected the junk food wrappers, cleaned them and made them into purses.
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It's getting easier to have an eco-friendly holiday season.

Specialty stores have been offering recycled and fair-trade products, while mainstream and big box stores have added more environmentally sound products. Even Target and Wal-Mart sell organic cotton T-shirts and bedding sets these days.

There also are social ways to do some green shopping while mixing and mingling.

"There are clever and thrifty ways to go about it," said Lynne Forsman, who is planning a gathering this week, Green Drinks, an informal networking and social group focused on green holiday shopping.

Green Drinks will meet at the...

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