Gifts that keep on giving - Tools for green living: resources for eco-awareness and action - Alternative Gifts International - Brief Article

E: The Environmental Magazine, March-April, 2003 by Phoebe Hall

Shopping for a gift that's a little different? How about feeding the hungry, fighting disease or protecting the environment in somebody's name? Alternative Gifts International (AGI) compiles an annual "shopping list" of reputable nonprofit agencies helping people and the planet. Browse the catalog for dozens of worthy causes to fit any budget.

Just $1 will care for a Romanian child for a day; $12 buys one night's shelter for a homeless American. The bigger spender can provide gardening supplies for a Bosnian family ($200) or a water buffalo to help Laotian villagers plow fields ($330). Any gift, big or small, means hope and change for people in need. CONTACT: AGI, (800)842-2243, www.altgifts.org.