What are the best tips for ecological Christmas?
To enjoy an ecological Christmas, create a list of all the tasks and items you can buy, but look at it in a new way. Brainstorm Environmenally Healthy Ways to achieve all things on your list of holidays. Consider each item or category in your list, such as decorations, gifts and shopping and how they fit into environmental concepts. You may also want to go to local stores before driving or taking public transport. Carpooling with neighbors for shopping purposes is another idea to prepare for ecological Christmas.
This year, try to buy locally grown meals for your holiday and other meals. Both imported foods and foods that must be transported to your location are ecologically worse than items grown in your local area. Rather than buying a lot of clothes for tanks, being adventurous during your ecological Christmas preparation and see what great recycled clothes you can find in a local savings store.
When shopping, look for products made of recycled materials. Buy gift wrapped products that your local recycling program receives. Instead of using tape and ribbons, get into an ecological Christmas spirit using recycled festive stickers and raffie, and instead of gift marks, cut the glossy light of colored recreational ads into strips or patterns made by outlining the shape of a cookie cutter. Use only recycled gift wrap or bags. Many recycling programs receive gift bags without fate and you can also fold, save and use the next Christmas again.
If you usually put money for a charity organization in ChristMastime, consider adding small gifts to the environment this year. You may be able to find Christmas cards designed on recycled paper that help support environmental groups. To save on paper, send e-MaiTinged cards for ecological Christmas wishes. Buy this year gifts with the theme of nature and make sure the products are made of recycled materials.
For the ecological option of the Christmas tree, consider whether a live tree from the managed forest in your area is available. Then set the pot tree in your yard or in the community garden. Use only environmental decorations on the tree. You can even skip a tree and create a design from fallen branches or create recycled art materials into a tree shape. Creating your own decorations from recycled household items can be an entertaining and creative way to celebrate Christmas in environmentally "green" fashion.