Green Options

Today is Blog Action Day, and this year the focus is on poverty. Here are some ways you can help people in need, as you shop for your own needs:

Numbered above:

1. TOMS Shoes for Tomorrow, Giving Gifts to the Poor as You Shop: Starting from May 2006, TOMS Shoes for Tomorrow has given well over 10,000 pairs of shoes to children in Argentina and 50,000 pairs in South Africa through the purchases of caring customers. They’ve recently been nominated for the Cooper Hewitt People’s Design Award and they Need Your Vote! In 2008 TOMS plans to give 200, 000 pairs of shoes to children around the world. For each pair purchased, TOMS will give a pair of shoes to a child in need.
2. Give the Gift of Sight with KAYU’s New, Hot Line of Ethical Sunglasses: KAYU, a line of ecological and ethical sunglasses handcrafted from bamboo. By partnering with Unite for Sight, the organization is eliminating preventable blindness which is one of the world’s most urgent

Together we can make a difference and give the gift of sight:

Today I recieved a darling email from Jamie Lim of KAYU, a line of ecological and ethical sunglasses handcrafted from bamboo. She writes us:

“Eliminating preventable blindness is one of the world’s most urgent
problems, so - for every pair of KAYU glasses purchased, we donate enough funds for one sight-restoring surgery in the developing world. One pair of sunglasses = One sight-restoring surgery.“

By partnering with Unite for Sight,