Celebrate Mom and Mother Earth!

At Flair Cleaners, we believe that all mothers deserve the best, including Mother Earth. In that spirit, we compiled a list of green Mother’s Day ideas that show your mom how much you love to spend time with them, and that contribute to a greener environment.

GIFT IDEAS

1. Start with breakfast in bed. Make some environmentally aware dishes including fair-trade coffee, organic juice, locally raised eggs, and vegetarian sausages. Your mom will appreciate your thoughtfulness and green sensibility.
2. Include the gift of a donation to her favorite nonprofit and some goodies provided by the organization.
3. Gift her fresh herbs all year long. Keep it simple with window herb garden – fresh culinary herbs are the gift that keeps on giving. From vibrant ingredients for home-cooked meals to soothing teas, natural medicines, fragrant aromas and even natural air purification, fresh herbs are sure to make her smile all year round!
4. Support craftswomen around the world by gifting your mom a unique, fair-trade piece that she’ll love all the more for knowing that it helped support another mom somewhere. These days, you can find fair-trade jewelry everywhere from small local shops to online retailers. But wherever you go, you can be sure that your purchase will have a positive impact!
5. Consider giving your mom a potted plant or succulent, or planting a tree through One Tree Planted.

GREEN ACTIVITIES

1. Go for a walk in the park or hike in the local mountains. Bring along a lovely picnic featuring locally grown or organic dishes
2. Recreate the fun of camping on Mother’s Day in your own backyard or nearby campsite. Gather around the fire, roast some s’mores, gaze at the stars, and reminisce about your favorite times together. And, if you’re a mom yourself, this is the perfect date night with your little one!
3. If you’re feeling crafty, gather materials from your house or local recycling station and build her a unique, upcycled bird feeder so that she can enjoy birdwatching for years to come! On Mother’s Day, let her choose where to install it. Make sure it’s well out of reach of any squirrels or other scavengers, and wait for the birds to flock in!
4. Handy person for a day! Help your mom get to all those little chores and take them off her list. Maybe there’s a door that sticks, a leaky faucet, paint that’s peeling, gutters that should be cleared, a planter that needs to be moved. Moms are amazingly resourceful, but there’s likely something around the house that she has been meaning or unable to get to — and it will undoubtedly bring a smile to her face to be able to cross it off her list!
5. If you take your mom out for dinner, choose a restaurant that serves organic or local cuisine — dining local is not only delicious but also helps to cut down on resources fused to grow and then ship food.

Mother’s Day is the perfect time to stay green even after Earth Day while honoring the extraordinary moms in our lives. Celebrate a green Mother’s Day to show both your appreciation for Mother Nature as well as your thoughtfulness for the future with your mom.