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If you're running out of time, but still have a few people on your list, what can you do at the last minute? Planet Green and sister site TreeHugger have lots of ideas for green donations that you can do online.
I just bought a day of support for Architecture for Humanity in honor of all the people I have met and worked with this year. Other sites we have covered include Oceana, where you can adopt a cute animal (but you won't get their cookie cutter in time for the holiday), as well as Oxfam Unwrapped, where you can symbolically purchase a crocodile or a camel. You could also go over to MarkMakers, where you buy a gift card and your young recipient goes online to choose from over 40 Web sites to donate it to. Or you might donate a couple of hours to a time bank and offer them to a loved one, or purchase a couple of tons of carbon offsets (really, they are not that heavy).
Other charitable organizations we like: Changing the Present, DonorsChoose, Global Giving, Heifer International, and Kiva.
Still not enough? You'll also find at raft of options at TreeHugger.
Difficulty level: Easy
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