Socially Conscious Holiday Shopping

MY PODCAST PARTNER HARI SREENIVASAN WRITES:

Holiday shopping can be a jungle…and its bigger than amazon.com. So in an effort to help you make your way through, I’m encouraging you to try a socially responsible gift over the holidays.

To find a retailer or e-tailer that deals in fair trade gifts http://www.fairtradefederation.org/memol.html

Two gift sites whose founders I’ve interviewed are:
http://www.appreciate.org/ss

Based here in NY-
and

http://www.worldofgood.com
Works with more than 6000 women in 31 countries (a 15% Friends and Family discount if you use code FANDF06 at checkout)

If you’d like to use your wealth for something other than a gift- perhaps donate to a charity- some organizations I’ve personally worked with/ donated to / or whose founders I’ve interviewed for ABC (in alphabetical order only)

http://www.ceowomen.org
support immigrant women start small businesses in the U.S..

http://www.donorschoose.org/
support a school or classroom or part of a project in the U.S. based on pitches the teachers make

http://giveindia.org
find a trusted non-profit in India by cause or region

http://globalgiving.com
find a trusted non profit in several countries around the world by cause or region

http://www.heifer.org/
a fascinating model where livestock are in the center of the giving. read for yourself.

http://kiva.org/
lend money to an entrepreneur in a developing country based on their elevator pitch to you.

there are tons of these sites out there- I just didn’t want you to spend all your money in one place ;-)

happy holidays.

H