Whether it’s for your hipster boyfriend or stylish grandpa, Playdate Custom-made bicycles make a sophisticated and healthy gift.   $599, proceeds go to Playdatebuilds, an organization set up by the bicycle maker to train under-privileged youth in the craft of bike making and maintenance.

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Not just another red product, these headphones might just transform your quiet surroundings into a night club, well maybe not literally, but you get the idea!  A portion of the profits from the Beats Solo HD (PRODUCT)REDSpecial Edition headphones will go straight to the Global Fund to fight AIDS in Africa. Proprietary titanium coated driver technology ensures they preserve every bit of the lush bass and vital details of your music. Plus, the ingenious tri-fold design make for easy storage when not in use. Solo HD’s cable also features Monster ControlTalk™ for iPod® playback control and iPhone™/music phone hands-free calling, get hooked up at beatsbydre.com for $229..

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A freshwater project can provide an entire community with clean, safe drinking water. If you donate on someone’s behalf, you’ll be able to print or email a personalized card to the lucky person. When the project is complete (in 12-18 months), we’ll send you both photos, GPS coordinates and information about the finished project.  Find out more at charity: water and give the gift of clean drinking water by sponsoring a water project for $5,000.

Baby llama throw, $249 - all proceeds benefit Pro Mujer

What do baby llamas, a small Latin American country and blankets have in common? Well, in this particular case, the empowerment of women!

The online store Peruvian Connection sells all sorts of artisanal apparel and home decor made by Andean craftsmen using fibers native to the region. What struck me the most was this beautiful diamond-weave throw measuring 60″ x 70″. This throw is quite special not only because it is made from the first clip of the baby llama, but also because 100% of the proceeds supports the ’pro women’ (Pro Mujer) charity in Peru

Pro Mujer Peru was launched in 1999 after the successes of Pro Mujer in Bolivia and Nicaragua. The non-profit provides women in need with small loans, career training and access to health care through alliances with third-party providers. The organization also provides counseling for women dealing with domestic violence.

Why buy a snuggie when you can buy a gorgeous throw that supports a good cause?!

Also, here’s a pic of a baby llama if you’re not completely sold. So cute!

baby llama which may or may not be from Peru

The Wittelsbach-Graff was featured on the cover of the 196-page, hardcover coffee table book, The Most Fabulous Jewels in the World. Published in 2007, the book retails for $150; all of the proceeds are donated to the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund.

The Children’s Fund focuses on children’s causes around the world. Homelessness, abuse, early childhood development, orphans and refugee children are just some of the issues the fund prioritizes. The fund also supports development of the  Nelson Mandela Children’s Hospital located in Gauteng, South Africa.

When not adopting children, attending awards ceremonies or shooting their newest blockbuster, the globe-trotting, humanitarian celebrities (or as they might prefer, celebrity humanitarians) were apparently busy designing jewelry for charity this past year.

Their limited edition collection of serpent-inspired gold jewelry and silver home accessories, available exclusively from the 200 year-old British luxury jeweler Asprey,  is called ‘The Protector’ in honor of the charity it supports – Education Partnership for Children of Conflict.

100% of net proceeds from sales of The Protector line benefit the Partnership. Co-founded by Jolie in 2006, the charity works to educate children of war, conflict and natural disasters.

WWD quotes Angelina on the need for the charity: “These are the children who most need a safe place to learn, a place to heal, a place to learn reconciliation, a place to build a better future and a place — to just be children. Yet the education for these children is often forgotten. Tens of millions of children and adolescents in conflict are not in school.”

Why Serpents? Besides being very trendy right now (think Elizabeth & James, Kara Ross, Kenneth Jay Lane) the snake has a personal meaning for the couple. Angelina was given a ring in the shape of a coiled snake when she was pregnant with Shiloh (child #3) and considers the snake to be a talisman for her family.

Serpent ring with pavé diamonds - 100% of net proceeds go to the Education Partnership for Children of Conflict

PPR, which owns Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent, Alexander McQueen, Balenciaga, Bottega Veneta, Boucheron, Sergio Rossi, Stella McCartney and other luxury brands, has financially backed the production and distribution of this eye-opening movie about our earth and the damaging effects of global warming.

On June 5th – World Environmental day -Home the movie will be released worldwide in theaters, on television, on DVD and on the Internet. The goal of this movie is surprisingly not to take a bite out of the box office, but to raise awareness of our collective responsibility towards the planet – our Home. Profits will be donated to Goodplanet – a non-profit working to raise awareness of the disastrous state of our planet and the need for human intervention and responsibility.

Of course, this would not be possible without the generosity of PPR and its executives who aim to make a difference.

Chairman and CEO, Francois-Henri Pinault asserts that “the social and environmental issues of our planet are immense and sustainable development concerns us all. Therefore we must not only take action individually but to encourage by informing and raising awareness to everybody around us. Personal awareness about the state of emergency in which our planet – our home – finds itself is essential and the foremost prerequisite for this crucial mobilisation in favour of sustainable development. The movie’s images have this power, this capacity.”