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Ten’s gift idea for international curious, socially and ecologically minded
Here are 10 ideas for gifts in honor of the holiday world and the spirit of giving and goodwill toward all. We hope that something here for people with an international vocation, curious culturally, socially and environmentally conscious in your life awakens a new interest, attracting the attention of everyone, and bring some ‘joy to the needy. Some of these ideas have to do to further benefit the environment without accumulating material things as well. or donate a family member or friend the name of a cause or organization. Everyone feels good to help the less fortunate members of the international community. These are just some examples of adapting the problems of international development and globalization.
• Heifer International is based on the principle that it is better to teach someone to fish one of them. Donors to help poor families around the world and carries a part of an offer, animal food, income, fertilizers and other agricultural aid. For most people in developing countries, agriculture is the main source of income generation and the satisfaction of human needs. Heifer International also promotes self-sufficiency and inequality between the sexes for all the training in agricultural techniques and methods of sustainable agriculture.
• Donations to organizations and rescue assistance, like helping the Red Cross, Doctors Without Borders (Medecins Sans Frontieres), UNICEF and the World Food Program person, tone, often poor, who have the short side of recent natural disasters and other difficulties in countries like Haiti, Pakistan, Indonesia and Myanmar (Burma), to name a few. (Charity Navigator is a recognized source for research and evaluation organizations and nonprofit organizations).
• Adopt an octopus, as other creatures or living in someone’s name. For those with a sentimental in their heart for the perfect way to fall Pulpo, the Octopus Paul psychological glory of the 2010 World Cup, take a companion of Paul, or other marine species and habitats affected, even through the oil spill in Gulf, and conservation of marine biodiversity and ecosystems at the site of Oceana. or artisans and crafts and traditional cultures in countries that support with the purchase of fair trade and ethical gifts. Ten Thousand Villages is a nonprofit and a founding member of the World Fair Trade (IFAT), which operates in a sustainable market in North America “unique handmade gifts, jewelry, decoration, art and sculpture, textiles, carpets and personal accessories that the different cultures of artisans in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East. “Their website contains information on products and links to markets, shops and theaters. or buy gifts from companies that have a sincere commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and their positive contribution to the communities in which we can work to work and around the world. For example, for every pair of shoes that someone buys, TOMS donates a pair to a needy person. TOMS 2010 report stated that, as the shoes to help the poor in developing countries in order to prevent infection and disease and to take advantage of educational opportunities.
The experience of a service or performance, or traditional exhibitions. Research in social psychology shows that there is more joy and satisfaction to accept gifts from new experiences, to get that material things. Shows, concerts and visits to cultural institutions all offer the opportunity to learn and grow through interaction with different cultures, ideas and creatures. Hiring a professional feng shui and traditional medicine may come in contact with another culture so enlightening. The purchase of tickets and membership can contribute to foreign artists and local communities and cultural traditions and institutions. Interesting destinations with the economic opportunities of membership include places such as museums and aquariums, can also help, build support for the conservation of biodiversity and ecosystem services of value.
Discover a new experience or food. Food and cooking practices are essential elements of a country’s social structure, culture, history and foreign relations. Family restaurants, ethnic origin may help customers to experience a different culture, new combinations of flavors and unique sensory experiences, while also feeling that you are in a mini-vacation in an exotic country. For adventurous cooks offer ethnic cookbooks and pots and practical creative ways to learn about new cultures of food.
or a family member or friend to buy a share in a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture), a regular supply of fresh produce directly from local farmers to offer. In the U.S., the CSA made connections to local purchasing and direct, in accordance with locally grown products. Options for fresh produce is less common varieties of fruits and vegetables of international origin, such as Malaysia and Fuyu persimmons guavas network, which originated in China and is cultivated mainly in Japan. Give a gift subscription or a magazine or publication to another. Magazines with interesting stories, opinions, thoughts, and new discoveries can be a source of cohesion, learning, and social conversation. They also offer something that hopefully in the future. Examples of sources of interest include The Economist, National Geographic and the actual history.
Introduction of a new book. Check out these great reads that might also change the way people think or act in a particular subject area.
• Half of the sky – Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and activist Nicholas Kristoff and Sheryl development WuDunn his wife make a convincing argument to the great need for global inequalities between the sexes, which is also one of the priorities of address 2010 UNDP Report human development (HDR).
• Push: improving decisions about health, wealth and happiness – professors Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein book provides expert guidance and examples of the most popular and useful at the University of Chicago School of Business Booth. Professor Thaler is one of the world’s leading authorities on the issue and considered views of the book is actually influence the way you think about many of the decisions we make every day. Understand how culture shapes the economy of Viviana Zelizer, a sociologist leading up to the end of the Earth by the famous Israeli author David Grossman, whose other books, The:
• Current recommendations in the blog of Dani Rodrik Harvard University said the development academic economics and the Wind Yellow Zig Zag Kid. Put the world at your fingertips with a new or old atlases, maps or a globe. These geographic references, not only a useful framework for the stories and international issues, but it could be the desire to learn and to discover new countries and destinations to attract. My best wishes for a happy holiday season healthy, provide full connections with family and friends of the family tradition, global business, goodwill, new experiences and memories!