Posted on 28/09/2008
When choosing a Christmas gift, you’ll want whoever you’re buying for to know you care enough about them to put a little thought into your choice. But what about showing them, through your Christmas gift, that you care about the planet too?
Every Christmas millions of gifts are exchanged between work colleagues, friends, family members and loved ones. Many times these gifts are simply a case of ‘you buy me a gift; I’ll buy you a gift’. The Christmas gifts are produced, packaged, shipped (often more than once), stored, bought, wrapped, and in many cases posted. Our collective carbon footprint just gets bigger and bigger.
Imagine what a difference we could make
If more people used their Christmas gift giving as an opportunity to buy eco-friendly, green gifts or gifts to help the environment it’d take away from the problem. Imagine if even 1 in 10 gifts was a Plant a Tree or Sponsor an Animal gift; what a difference we could make. How many new trees would be planted? How many animals could we help?
So, to help you make a difference this Christmas, here are a few Christmas gift ideas that will show you care:
Dedicate a Tree Giftbox
Planting a tree is a fabulous, environmentally-friendly gift idea and would make a perfect Christmas gift.
Climate Relief Gift Pack
Make a difference to global pollution – literally.
Oak Tree
If they have the space, planting their own Oak tree is a Christmas gift that really will last a lifetime.
Adopt a donkey
For any animal lover, adopting a donkey is a Christmas gift that keeps on giving.
Patio Vegetable Planters
By planting and growing their own vegetables they’ll save on their shopping bills, eat healthy and save on trips to the supermarket.
3 Tray Garden Compost Wormery
An environmentally-friendly Christmas gift which saves on the amount of rubbish we send to landfills.
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