We all know how hard it is to find the perfect gift for someone who has everything. You don’t want to waste money on something that will just end up sitting in the back of their closet, and you need to make sure that it has a lasting impact on your friend or loved one. If you are looking for an environmentally-friendly gift this holiday season, we have ten suggestions that will help give meaning to everyday life:
TOP 10 Sustainable Christmas Gifts
1. Living Composter
The Worm Factory is a scientifically designed, odourless composter that turns food scraps into fab fertilizer. This sleek, modern composter is for the true gardener at heart — it’s designed to use worms for composting all your food scraps, from fruit and vegetable peelings to tea bags. In fact, it can process more than two pounds of food a week!
2. thredUP Thrift Card
Now you can give the “gift of thrift” and keep to your sustainability New Year’s resolutions, thanks to thredUP’s Thrift Cards. According to their research, over half of consumers would love a used gift to cut down on emissions and waste (and save money). A ThredUP card is also perfect for anyone who loves thrifting in person or online—plus, it’s especially good news if you’re looking for ways to dress up your wardrobe on a budget!
ThredUP recently lowered its prices significantly in order to boost sales and attract more customers who’d pay more for new clothing. So with those savings at hand, this is an excellent outlet for that friend who loves shopping at second-hand stores or online retailers like Etsy.
3. Solar-Powered Phone Charger
If you’re looking for a new phone charger, look no further. The Power Bank is an efficient and effective solar-powered charger that can charge your smartphone anywhere you go—from the beach to an outdoor concert. It’s also equipped with a flashlight and compass tool, making it a must-have for any camping trip or other adventure.
4. Socks That Plant Trees
These socks make the world greener—and your tootsies warmer.
Benefiting Trees for the Future, these socks are made with organic cotton and go towards a great environmental cause: Buying a pair will give $1 (enough to plant ten trees!) to a non-profit called Trees for the Future, which focuses on reforestation and helping communities across sub-Saharan Africa. Choose between a chevron pattern that recalls the veins on a leaf or an all-over motif of geometric conifers.
5. Not a boring gift CO2
NFTs can provide a user with a more multifaceted experience than a traditional gift, and can give those who are inexperienced with crypto a fun way to enter the blockchain space. NFT gifts are perfect for learning more about NFTs, crypto, and metaverse.
Not A Boring GIft platform soon will offer tokenized carbon offset credits.
5. Sea Glass Necklace
For the person who loves jewelry and the ocean, this beautiful sea glass-styled necklace is the perfect sustainable gift. Made from recycled glass bottles, each piece is unique and can be customized with your choice of five beautiful colors: purple, blue, green, pink or mixed.
6. The Zero- Waste kit
This kit has everything you need for starting down the path to zero-waste. It contains reusable straws, net bags for your produce at the store (pictured above), beeswax food wraps for perishables, and reusable zip lock bags. This is particularly useful if you know someone who wants to be more sustainable but has no idea where to start.
7. Eco Journal
The Eco Journal is sourced straight from nature. From the bamboo and vinyl trim cover to the 200 ivory-lined pages, this eco-friendly journal will give your coworkers, employees, or clients plenty of room to write down their thoughts. Also, the refillable spiral binding means they can use it again and again by simply replacing the old pages.
8. 100% Organic Cotton Bedding
An organic bedding ensemble as a Christmas gift will put a smile even on the pickiest of people on your list. In our opinion, nothing beats 100% organic cotton sateen sheets set when it comes to bed linen. It is GOTS Certified, soft, breathable, and gentle on the skin – everything you need for a good night’s sleep. The way this fabric is cultivated makes it far more energy efficient and toxic-free than ordinary cotton and synthetic fabrics.
9. “Give Stories Not Stuff” Experience Tinggly Voucher
Give Stories Not Stuff is a fantastic way to give your loved one’s experiences, not things. It’s so easy because you can choose from over 100,000 experiences worldwide for all sorts of people – whether it be for them or their friends and family! You simply select one of their packages, which has different themes and interests from culinary, tours, adrenaline adventures, and more! There is something there for everyone!
Tinggly even gives you the option of an e-voucher or a gift box including the voucher and brochure all made from recycled materials too (to make it even greener). Tinggly also carbon offsets each experience enjoyed by 200% – making them a much more sustainable way to purchase experience gifts!
Conclusion
Christmas is the perfect time for giving, but it can be difficult to choose a gift that’s not just another item. The items we have listed today are all sustainable and made from materials that last longer than you might expect. The best part about them is that they don’t require any maintenance on your part – just enjoy!
