A look at having an Eco-friendly Christmas and reducing your Christmas carbon footprint;
- Turn off your lights, use energy saving light bulbs, solar powered rope lights, and outdoor solar powered Christmas lights.
- Buy recycled Christmas cards, many charities also sell recycled Christmas cards and you are helping the charity at the same time.
- Buy recycled wrapping paper, try using ribbon and string instead of scotch tape.
- Use soy and beeswax or natural vegetable base candles, as they are biodegradable and smoke free.
- Let nature decorate your home, natural products like pine cones, gingerbread, holly and seasonal berries are biodegradable and will add a beautiful natural touch to your home.
- Buy a real Christmas tree, the truth is real Christmas are the better purchase. They are natural and organic. Materials from an artificial trees take energy to make and will be in a landfill for years. We recommend buying a tree with roots so you can replant it.
- Buy rechargeable batteries.
- Buy an organic turkey. Organic turkeys are usually free range and reared in humane conditions. If you get the chance go to a local farmers market it will be a lot cheaper than buying organic at the supermarket.
- Give a charitable gift; don't know what to get someone this Christmas? How about a donation in their name to a charity who needs it.
- Bring your own reusable bag while doing your Christmas shopping.
- Compost left over holiday food, everybody seems to have left overs that they are not going to eat why not compost them.
- Save any unused decorations, wrapping paper and extra cards to reuse for years to come.
- Instead of buying gift tags you can cut up old Christmas cards from previous years and use them instead.
- Purchase biodegradable cutlery.
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