Great ideas abound for personal gifts that minimize the adverse imprint on the earth while making the maximum imprint on a person's heart. One site for ecological gift ideas is Sierra Club's blog, The Green Life. On that page are links to a number of tips including a holiday gift guide.
Another great site is Care2. It's GreenLiving page has links to all sorts of holiday and other gift giving ideas.
At Care2/GreenLiving is a list of personal gifts that don't cost money or are economical and thrifty and yet mean alot to the recipient: GreenLiving/25 Ideas
[a photograph in an Iowa Prairie in northern Iowa - any idea which plant?]
