20 Ways to Give Without Giving 
20 Ways to Give Without Giving "Stuff"
A Water Buffalo ... or a Bee Hive ... or ...
Heifer
International's mission is to help struggling communities end hunger
and poverty through the gift of livestock, bees, seeds, farming tools
and the know-how to reap a sustainable harvest from them. Heifer offers
a wide variety of options, from a $250 water buffalo to $30 honey bees
to a $150 llama that can provide wool, milk and meat for an entire
South American family. Learn more at heifer.org, 1-800-422-0474.
The
Nature Conservancy is responsible for preserving scenic and
ecologically important land around the world. The non-profit land trust
has three gift options this year that allow you to help plant a billion
trees in Brazil's Atlantic Forest, adopt an acre in Las Californias,
U.S. or coral reefs in Palau, or grant a number of other unique gift
options. $10 and up at nature.org.
Want to give a gift that
helps fight climate change? Consider protecting an acre of rainforest
in honor of a loved one. More than 20 percent of all carbon emissions
come from cutting down and clearing of tropical forests - more than all
the cars, trucks and planes in the world. Just $15 dollars protects an
entire acre of precious rainforest and prevents climate change causing
gases from being emitted. A gift of a protected acre of rainforest is
really a gift to the planet - for all of us.
Source: http://green.msn.com/Home/Experiential-Charitable-and-Volunteer-Gifts-to-Surp...
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