EP 15 - A Christmas that doesn't cost the earth
Beaming Green
English - December 16, 2020 03:00 - 30 minutes - 21.2 MBSelf-Improvement Education sustainability thrive healthy mind sustainable planet healthy garden Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
This week I talk Turkey with my (vegan) partner Andia about how we can celebrate Christmas sustainably. In Australia alone, it's estimated that our festive waste is growing by 30% yearly because of all the thousands of tonnes of wrapping paper, food, decorations, empty bottles and unwanted presents.
We spend about $11 billion a year on Christmas gifts annually down under, so it's important that we spend wisely and think sustainably to make sure we're part of the solution, rather than the problem.
Our listeners also chime in with some excellent ideas about how to lighten our collective load this festive season with some great gift ideas. We also explore how we can be less wasteful in what we eat, buy and how we decorate .
There are so many great ideas on how to get creative, connect with friends and family in sustainable ways that won't cost the earth, including:
shopping and supporting localmaking your own gifts, tree and table decorationsfreezing or upcycling your leftoverscomposting, the gift that keeps givingfinding plastic-free wrapping alternativesenvironmental, in-kind and charitable gifts, like Kivagift swapstaking time out to remember the true gifts of Christmas, real connectionthinking carefully before giving a pet for Christmas.