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Eco Christmas

Tips for an Eco - Christmas

Published 04 Dec 2019

Christmas has traditionally been the season of indulgence but there are growing concerns that the season of excess puts a strain on our environment.  This Christmas celebrate with an environmentally-friendly Christmas. Here are some tips and tricks to help you get started:

Buy

  • locally made
  • recycled and second hand
  • charity vouchers
  • rechargeable batteries for those Christmas toys
  • a family experience rather than individual gifts.

Get creative

  • recycled secret Santa: re-gift perfectly good ‘stuff’ that doesn’t get used but may be useful to someone else
  • family secret Santa = one gift each
  • cut down on present purchases by putting together gift baskets for entire families
  • make your own vouchers and gift your time or an experience (hiking, picnic, helping in the
    garden)
  • make your own gifts such as chutneys, jams, gingerbread, body scrubs, infused olive oil,
    cleaning products, or raw muesli for gluten-free relatives
  • give living plants
  • help others be plastic free by giving cloth shopping bags, beeswax lunch wraps, and stainless steel
    drink bottles or straws.

Decorations and cards

  • send electronic Christmas cards
  • make your own cards and decorations
  • cut up old Christmas cards to use as tags for presents next year
  • save your decorations and other reusable items like wrapping paper, ribbons and gift bags for next year.

Wrapping

  • Beautify your gift wrapping. Use fabric, brown paper bags, flax kete, a new tea towel, kid’s paintings, or newspaper, and foliage as decorations.
  • Avoid glossy metallic wrapping paper that cannot be recycled.
  • Use twine, flax or fabric ribbons instead of tape (which is not recyclable).

Tree

  • Buy a different fruit tree each year instead of a Christmas tree – you'll be enjoying the produce in no time.
  • Buy a living Christmas tree in a pot to use year after year; you could get a native, a pine tree or even a pine nut tree.
  • Build your own driftwood or cardboard tree.

Christmas Dinner

  • plan ahead and avoid plastic/throw-away tableware
  • recycle leftovers into new recipes
  • donate excess food.

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