Last night I received a fabulous gift from a dear friend – the InStyle Weddings Book.  It is gorgeous – definitely coffee table worthy for the next year as I plan for my big day.  Although the book itself isn’t about “green weddings” the actual book was a green gift.  Karen purchased the book for me from a used book store.  I know that some may shun giving a used book as a gift, but for an environmentally conscious person it is a wonderful idea.  It truly is gently used – you can barely tell it belonged to someone else – if she hadn’t pointed it out I would have just thought the little rip on the cover came from her transporting it from San Francisco to Chicago.  The point is, don’t think twice about giving a gift that isn’t brand new.  As long as it is in good condition it will still be appreciated and will be less of a burden on the environment.  It is a pretty hefty book and probably took many trees to make, so I feel even better about having this particular book over a new one.