There’s gifts for geeks and then there’s gifts for eco geeks. What’s an eco geek? An eco geek is a geek with a social conscience and an environmental and ecological awareness and concern. A geek who likes to make sure he does his bit for the environment.

And believe it or not there are gifts available for the eco geek.

Geeky gifts obviously, with an environmental aspect.

You can find them at Eco Geek Living. Now they aren’t geeky gifts in the sense that they are gifts for a computer nerd, but they market a lovely range of gifts and gadgets that are environmentally friendly.

Here’s an example. A Sun Jar. It stores light from the sun during the day and then becomes a light source at night. It uses no electricity, it doesn’t need to, it uses the power collected from the sun and stores it in batteries to use at night. Sensors automatically turn the light on at night.

Not only is it a great geeky type gift it is a useful light source that is environmentally friendly.

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Charity gift giving is nothing new, it’s been around for years. Several times my family has bought Christmas presents of geese or chickens or cows for poor families in Africa over the last couple of years.

But just because charity gift giving isn’t new doesn’t mean it isn’t a great idea. It is.

We are some of the luckiest people on the planet. We have a lifestyle that is the envy of almost everyone else. Even those of us that aren’t quite as affluent as the rest are far better off than almost everyone else who lives on this earth. We are comfortable and life is easy compared to some, and sometimes we forget this.

So gift giving that helps the less fortunate amongst us is a wonderful idea.

Oxfam has just released it’s new “Oxfam Unwrapped” program. It’s designed for people like us to help those that aren’t as fortunate. We purchase gifts that benefit the poorer people of the world. We then give that “gift” to someone we love.

So for example I could buy a buffalo for a poor family in Africa, or a donkey. And then give a certificate or document reflecting that to someone I love, so they also are a part of that gift.

Take a gift of a donkey for just over $100. Here’s what Oxfam says about it.

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