Christmas is the time for giving. It is also a time for excesses causing negative environmental impacts. Increased waste and consumption of fossil fuels, result in increasing the volume of landfills and carbon emissions, each Christmas. For example it is estimated that 80 sq Kilometres of gift wrap is used up each Christmas in Britain alone. So how do we get about reducing the environmental impact of Christmas gift basket? Giving green Christmas gifts might be a wise way to achieve this.
Green Christmas gifts are defined as gifts which have a light environmental foot print. They are manufactured out of natural or organic products. Recycled materials which would otherwise end up in landfills are also increasingly used for the manufacture of green Christmas gifts. Almost all popular items for gifts such as clothing, shoes, jewelry and accessories, beauty and personal care products and toys are available in eco-friendly versions and large mail order companies and shopping malls stock Eco- friendly gifts for personal use such as clothing, shoes and beauty products are safer on the users' health than conventional products as they are manufactured using natural products, which are free of toxic substances. Green Christmas gifts need not be drab, as Eco-friendly products come in a wide variety of designs and colours to suit everybody's taste, be it restrained or glitzy.
Environmentally themed books and games make great green Christmas gift idea as they can improve the knowledge of the user on environmental issues and change the users' attitude towards the environment. Environmentally themed books come in a variety of subjects to cater to the taste of persons with different interests. The topics include lifestyle, cooking, crafts, Do-it-Yourself, wildlife, decorating, building, beauty, fitness and sports, so that any enthusiast has something of interest. Environmental games teach positive environmental values to the user, and are popular among kids. Even sports goods come in an Eco- range. Yoga mats, equipment for hiking and cycling are popular Eco-friendly sports goods, which means that Yoga enthusiasts, hikers and bikers can have green Christmas gifts.
It would be wise to select gifts from reputed online stores and retailers, as they are strict about green certification. Another way which you can ensure that the product you purchased is green is by verifying the raw materials. You can be pretty sure that your green Christmas gift is really green if it is made of natural, organic or recycled materials and does not contain petroleum based products and other substances which are classified as toxic or unsustainable.
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