Day Five - Caring Christmas For Him

By Anna Heywood on Nov 20, 09 10:00 AM

This is the final day of the Caring Christmas Special.

Men get a great deal out of an ethical Christmas with wind up MP3 players, recycled rock guitars as well as the usual socks and hankies (Fair trade of course).

Why is it that there are more cool gadgets in the men's department? - I suspect it's because they invented them.

Come on ladies, we can do more than ethical underwear and perfume next year - I challenge you!

I hope that you've enjoyed my Christmas gift special and please look out for later blogs on recycling and Christmas trees.

Happy Christmas

Gallery: Ethical Christmas present ideas

For more ideas please read on.

1) Simon Lee Recycled Guitar £850 Ethicalsuperstore.com
All guitarists like to stand out, and almost certainly love to show off. The new range of Cyclotron guitars from Simon Lee will enable you to do both, plus save the planet in the process.

As seen on the One Show, Cyclotron guitars are not made from endangered hardwoods but recycled plastics.

2) Drumstick Pencils £4.95 Ethicalsuperstore.com
Live out your rock star fantasy with this pair of Forest Friendly drum stick pencils - great for banging out your favourite drum beat, playing along to the latest hit, or . . . using as a pencil.

3) Pants to Poverty Men's £9.95 Ethicalsuperstore.com

4) Vinyl Clock £24.95 Ethicalsuperstore.com
Made from an authentic recycled 7" single, these fantastically retro clocks from Vinylux scream originality.
Wondering what the clever folks at Vinylux do with the discarded record sleeves?
Then check out the Recycled Album Cover Notebooks next:

5) Recycled Album Cover Notebook £9.95 Ethicalsuperstore.com

The cover image is on the front cover, and usually the tracklisting on the back.
The paper used in the sketchbooks is 100% recycled and chlorine free, so it not only looks great, but it's eco-friendly too.

6) GROOM Men's gift set £25 Neal's yard remedies
Contents (All vegan): Purifying Face Wash, Invigorating Body Wash and Rejuvenating Moisturiser

7) Aveda Men Pure-Formance Aroma Spray £44.04 Aveda
The Aveda Men signature aroma is a rich, spicy, refreshing aroma with kunzea, citrus and certified organic essential oils of spearmint, vetiver and lavender.

8) Jude Flower shirt £48 People Tree
Semi-fitted organic and fair-trade long sleeve shirt, in a crisp organic poplin cotton, screen printed flower design and shell button fastening.

9) Three Fairtrade hankies in a box £5 Traidcraft

10) Rock and Road CD holder £24.95 Ethicalsuperstore.com
There's nothing better than music to help carry you through a tough day. Load your top 20 CD's in this stylish and unique CD organiser made from an authentic license plate.

11) Grey fair trade striped scarf and glove set £25 Ethicalsuperstore.com
This charcoal and light grey striped scarf and gloves set will be great to keep cosy when the weather gets colder.

12) Aveda Gift Set: Pure Grooming for Men £61.17 Aveda
The Pure Grooming for Men contains shampoo, conditioner, composition (oil) and grooming cream.

13) City suit T-Shirt £22.00 People Tree
Organic Fairtrade cotton t-shirt with urban migration message - great for teenagers and those wannabes in their thirties (like my husband).

14) Black Organic Fairtrade socks (2 pairs) £10 Traidcraft
Good Christmas staple

15) Wind up MP3 Player Eco Media Player Revolution £99.95 Ethicalsuperstore.com
The reviews are positive - this does what it says.

16) Wind up Battery remote controls £19.95 Ethicalsuperstore.com
Well if he is in 'charge' of the remote control, then he can wind the thing up too in future.

Gallery: Ethical Christmas present ideas

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