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We may want to give ethical Christmas presents but we may not have a great deal of money to spend on them. I’ve found Practical Presents which have a great selection of ethical gifts which won’t break the bank. They’ve got a whole load for £15 or less. So if you do give chocolates, perfume or whisky, then here’s some great ethical Charity gifts:

	Flower Power – £8 Hibiscus, used mainly in herbal teas, is a vital crop for poor farmers in Western Sudan. But processing the shrub by hand is slow and labour-intensive. This simple tool quickly…
	Fluffy Ducks – £10 Poor families in Bangladesh really appreciate the value of their ducks. The eggs are nutritious and tasty, while the ducks can also be bred and sold to generate income. Many…
	Chicken Tractor – £10 In Zimbabwe, poor families can trade a single chick for food or other essentials. These simple triangular coops, made of scrap metal, fencing or wire mesh, are invaluable in protecting…
	Fuel-Efficient Stoves – £10 Made by local people from clay and donkey dung, these stoves are designed to hold the heat and require less wood than normal stoves. This means that women like Marium…
	Funky Chicks – £12 Due to frequent droughts, poor farmers in semi-aridareas of Zimbabwe cannot rely on their crops aloneto provide for their families. By raising chicks to sellat the market, farmers like Chionesu…
	Clever Compost Bin – £12 In Sri Lanka, we’ve developed a training scheme to encourage people to use waste products to make their own compost bins. As well as generating vital income when they are…
	Gorgeous Goat – £15 As a plentiful source of milk, a single goat can help keep families in places like Kenya, Zimbabwe or Bangladesh healthy and happy. People in poor communities can also breed…
	Tiny Trees – £15 Tree saplings are invaluable to the poorest communities in the developing world. In Sudan, the fruit of the baobab tree or ‘Tree of Life’ provides three times as much vitamin…
	Seeds of Life – £18 In Zambia, inconsistent rainfall can ruin vital harvests, leaving many families at risk of hardship and starvation. Seeds like beans, pumpkin, tomatoes, onions, okra, maize and other staples can be…
	Fish Cages – £20 The annual flooding in Bangladesh ruins thousands of livelihoods by washing away homes and crops alike. These simple yet ingenious cages, made of bamboo and netting, enable poor people like…
	Donkey Plough and Harness – £25 In the baking heat of Sudan, preparing the dry earth for planting can be slow, painful work. However, local blacksmiths like Osman Saadeo can produce a practical plough that enables…
	Clean Water Tap – £25 The annual flooding in Bangladesh causes widespread devastation and cuts off the poorest communities from supplies of clean water. Placing a tap stand high above the water level can help…
	Alpaca Food – £27 What do you feed an alpaca when grassland freezes over? This simple, ingenious hydroponics system enables poor families in Peru such as Teodoro Cerquera’s to grow feed for their precious…
	Hand-Held Microphone – £27 Flash floods can strike without warning in mountainous regions of Nepal. A hand-held microphone can help alert people in poor, remote communities, giving them the opportunity to escape to higher…

Continuing our look at environmentally-friendly Christmas presents we’ve found this Log Maker from Gadgets UK.

One of the problems I’ve got is that one of my neighbours has stolen my green bin so I have to take the garden waste to the tip and with the petrol being used it’s not all that environmentally friendly. The solution would be one of these “log makers” which you can get from Gadgets UK for £24.95.

Basically you can produce newspaper encased ‘logs’ to burn on an open fire, chiminea, BBQ or a wood burning stove. I’m not sure how environmentally friendly the smoke would be, but at least you’re not filling up the ground with more waste.

The log maker is a pretty good gift for both a gardener and environmentalist.

You can also get the log maker from:
* Natural Collection – £19.95
* EvenGreener – £20.00

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I’m going to have to get one of these Eco Button Power Saver For Your Computer thingies as I’m always leaving my computer on just in case I want to come back to it in the evening – I know I shouldn’t as I’m always complaining about leaving the lights on or recycling!

The Eco Button Power Saver For Your Computer is perfect for when you’ve got to take a short break, say to make a brew, skive from work, have a natter etc and you still want to do your bit to help save the planet. Bosses can also install these to keep their electricity bill slightly lower. Saying that we should all have them at home seeing as electricity bills seem to be going ever-upward!

But there’s more to the Eco Button Power Saver than just saving electricity. Everytime you use it it saves how many carbon units, power and money you have saved by using the button! Now that is fab!

You can buy the ecobutton from Find Me A Gift for just £13.90.

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