Have a 'Slow' Holiday Full of New Traditions With TreeHugger.com and Planet Green

Have a 'Slow' Holiday Full of New Traditions With TreeHugger.com and Planet Green

SILVER SPRING, Md., Nov. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- The holidays can often turn into a stressful season of rushing around, desperately searching for bargains, and consuming too much. When this happens, it's easy to lose sight of the wonderful time of year the holidays should be -- one where we get to spend time with our family and friends. This year, leading environmental website TreeHugger.com, and its sister television network Planet Green, are coming to the rescue to help the weary bring meaning back to the season.

Inspired by the revolutionary Slow Food movement, TreeHugger.com introduces the "Have a Slow Holiday" gift guide (http://www.treehugger.com/giftguide/), offering more than 120 unique gift options with an emphasis on getting back to basics, taking time to truly enjoy the ones we love, minimizing the nonessentials and choosing quality over quantity.

TreeHugger.com has thought of everything for you with this gift guide, presenting dozens of gifts that are defined by thoughtfulness, quality, durability, and, of course, kindness to the environment. It includes selections for DIYers, foodies, fashion buffs and animal lovers alike. And, gifts with these qualities don't necessarily have to be expensive.

The gift guide features many selections under $50 as well as a number of free gift options. After all, the holidays should be a time to decompress, not add more mental and physical clutter to your life or debt to your credit cards. Additionally, the TreeHugger "Have a Slow Holiday" gift guide selections are as considerate to their lucky recipients as they are to the planet.

   Items on the gift guide include:   --  Sustainable lunch kits (Soup to Nuts, $55)   --  Printable Gnome Bowling game (free)   --  Stylish reclaimed materials jewelry (Alex and Ani bangle bracelets,       $21 and up)    --  Donations to help provide essentials to those in need -- from clean       drinking water to a herd of goats (Heifer International, Microplace,       and Architecture for Humanity, $20 and up)   

Beginning November 21, Planet Green extends the thoughtful holiday vibe when it takes the wraps off "New Traditions," a series of video-shorts on-air and online at PlanetGreen.com featuring ideas and resources from the network's family of hosts and experts. As a companion to the TreeHugger.com gift guide, Planet Green encourages everyone to stop and smell the mistletoe to create their own "New Traditions."

Ed Begley, Jr. and Rachelle Carson Begley, Philippe Cousteau and Alexandra Cousteau, Bill Nye, SuChin Pak, Summer Rayne Oakes, The Fabulous Beekman Boys Josh Kilmer-Purcell and Brent Ridge, the editors of ReadyMade magazine and others will help set the mood for a meaningful holiday season. From fire house care packages to caroling via video chat, it's all about looking forward and giving back.

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CONTACT: Reenie Kuhlman of Planet Green, +1-412-478-7947,
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Web Site: http://www.treehugger.com/giftguide

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