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.

Donna Karan's newest fragrance, pureDKNY

Blend together the aromatic scents of vanilla, lotus flower, Bulgarian rose, jasmine, and sandalwood and you have created Donna Karan‘s newest fragrance, pureDKNY. Karan’s pureDKNY line has partnered with CARE, a humanitarian group fighting poverty issues on a global level.  With this scent obtaining its vanilla resources solely from Uganda (an relatively untapped region), pureDKNY and CARE are helping rural women in this region to provide sustainable incomes for themselves now and in the long-term.  PureDKNY has committed to a 15-month project that will positively affect 900 vanilla-bean farmers.

Woman in Uganda are being trained by CARE via a Village Savings and Loans Association program where microfinancing is provided to the vanilla-bean farmers who are mostly female.  Hence, these women can take out loans to support their families’ education and health care needs while ultimately striving to create sustainable practices within their communities.

And the benefits of this scent don’t stop there either!  The delicious PureDKNY fragrance comes in a 100% recycled bottle and is packaged in compostable Certified Forest Paper and biodegradable Nature Flex material.  Pick up a 3.4 ounce bottle today for $80.  So consider this amazing buy and know that with every spritz, you’ll be helping women across the globe and supporting a greener future worldwide.

Real Jewels' "Save Our Shores Iconic Pelican Pendant"

Real Jewels has created the “Save Our Shores Iconic Pelican Pendant” which will be donating 100% of its sales to the Save Our Gulf campaign to help protect the waters in the Gulf from the long-term impacts of the oil disaster.  The Waterkeeper Alliance jump-started the Save Our Gulf initiative as the Alliance as a whole is devoted to protecting major watersheds worldwide.

Designed by Real Jewels, this “Save Our Shores” pendant embodies the elements of recycled precious metals and fair trade gems, two important cornerstones of the company.  This pendant features a sterling silver pelican to represent the Gulf and the effects of the devastating oil spill on the environment and its wildlife.  An interesting twist:  the pendant can hang from either a sterling silver necklace or bangle bracelet, so the buyer can make it a more individual piece.  Now the pendant is available through the Real Jewels’ online store and is being sold for $85, so think wisely when looking for something new to add to your jewelry collection.  We have all felt helpless when seeing the tragic photos of the pelicans covered in the oil in the Gulf, so make a difference to these animals and to the entire region by choosing this pendant for your next purchase.

Slip on one of these bangles in celebration of the Join Me on the Bridge campaign, bringing together women across the globe in support of those rebuilding their lives in war-torn countries.  Each bangle is $48 and is made of 14-karat light gold plated hardware.  The outside of the bracelet is engraved with “hand in hand” and the inside is engraved with “there’s strength in numbers”–two powerful messages to send your support to women worldwide. Plus, a gold bangle can go well every outfit, so you can never go wrong with this accessory!

Cheeky Monkey Jewelry's Lophelia Cuff made of recycled metals and fair trade sapphires.

Cheeky Monkey Jewelry has teamed up with SeaWeb to support coral conservation and fair trade by producing some fabulous coral-inspired pieces in their Lophelia Collection.  SeaWeb’s Too Precious To Wear coral conservation campaign kicked off before the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES) occurred in March 2010.  The aim of CITES is to concentrate on the effects of international trade on endangered species and to help to protect wildlife in this realm.

Simon Cardwell, the founder and owner of Cheeky Monkey Jewelry, explained that his company was going to “[leave] the coral right where it should be:  in the ocean.”  He has created this exquisite collection of earrings, a pendant, and cuff without any damage to the environment, and 10% of all sales for these pieces will be donated to SeaWeb’s Too Precious To Wear campaign.  You can now wear some coral without ever harming the species.

Better yet, the laced coral earrings ($250), necklace ($150), and cuff ($1,200) are all constructed of recycled sterling silver and gold (Cheeky Monkey uses recycled metals in all of their products actually).  The sapphires in the collection are also fair trade items which can give the buyer even more satisfaction in purchasing any or all of the featured pieces.  Cardwell’s commitment to the environment and long-term sustainability has him designing his jewelry with those core values in mind.  I took an incredible course on sustainability my last semester in college and can honestly ask all of you to help support sustainability efforts to make our future brighter.  Not to mention, you will get a flood of compliments on this gorgeous jewelry while helping the environment at the same time!

Cheeky Monkey Jewelry's Lophelia Earrings

Cheeky Monkey Jewelry's Lophelia Pendant

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.”

Drop of Water necklace, $795 – 50% of proceeds are donated to charity: water

Monique Pean, UPenn grad and former Wall Streeter, has created a ecologically sustainable and socially responsible collection of jewelry to help support charity: water.