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(NAPSI) - Whether you're shopping for your environmental activist daughter or your eco-challenged neighbor, the leading environmental Web site, TreeHugger.com, has created a gift guide to match every level of eco-enthusiasm. Make your holiday season a little more green by using the guide's comprehensive list of products and services. Here's a sneak peak at TreeHugger's holiday tips:

• Be sure your gift will get used-It's the thought that counts, but an unused gift is simply wasted. Do some research and find out if your gifts are something your recipients would buy for themselves, or at least something they would enjoy.

• Think consumable-Gifts like organic teas, fair-trade coffee and chocolates, fresh flowers, or fresh or dried fruits and nuts won't get left unused.

• Share a piece of yourself-Offer your services to babysit while your friend enjoys a cozy date with his or her partner, or give a gift certificate for a relaxing massage or a winter's worth of driveway shoveling (in which case, you should save that massage for yourself!).

• For those who have everything-Making a gift to a humanitarian service, such as the microloan nonprofit Kiva.org, will leave you and your recipient feeling charitable.

• Creative gifts show you care-The baby sweater you knit yourself is more likely to become a family heirloom, extending the life cycle of your gift.

• Buy local-A homegrown gift is unique and can tell a story. And since it's locally sourced, it will omit the carbon emissions involved in shipping.

• Reduce waste-Use reusable packaging by making it part of the gift itself. You can wrap your gift in a scarf or enclose it in a box that can be reused for collecting life's odds and ends. Reusable wrapping, such as a gift bag, will also extend the fun!

For green gift ideas, visit www.TreeHugger.com, part of Discovery Communications' Planet Green initiative, which also includes planetgreen.com and a new television channel dedicated to green lifestyle programming, set to launch in 2008.

The 2007 TreeHugger.com gift guide can take the guesswork out of finding the perfect green gift.