This Year's Favorite Gift to Give

This holiday season, my favorite gift to give was something I found online: BaZura luggage tags.

The luggage tags are made in the Philippines from recycled juice boxes.

School children collect the empty juice boxes and sell them to a woman-owned cooperative that reuses them to produce handbags, tote bags, luggage tags and a bunch of other nifty stuff. The finished products are fairly traded.

What a cool way to keep bulky stuff out of landfills, teach the concept of recycling and help women in a developing country avoid sweat shops in favor of entrepreneurship.

Not to mention the fact that in a world flooded with black suitcases, everyone needs a quick and easy way to spot the exact one that is theirs.