The holidays are a bustling time of family and food, shopping and gifts. With so many parties and get-togethers, and so much gift wrapping and discarding packaging, some families have started asking what they can do to add eco-friendly habits to their holiday celebrations.
- Americans throw away about 25% more trash between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Eve.
- If every American family wrapped just 3 presents in reused materials, it would save enough paper to cover 45,000 football fields.
- About 35% of Americans have an unused Christmas present collecting dust in their closets.
We’ve put together a list of some fun ideas to add earth-conscious and green habits to the holidays:
- Consider Recycled Gift Wrap. Use newspaper or tissue paper from packages and purchases to wrap gifts. If you have extra tote bags hanging around (and who doesn’t??), tie the bags up with ribbon to make them festive.
- Shop Local. In addition to gift shopping locally, add locally sourced and organic foods to your holiday meals.
- Reduce Energy Use. Decorate your home and tree with LED-lights, which are more energy-efficient.
- Encourage Eco-Friendly Habits Through Story. Newly released Greta and The Giants is a sweet story about taking care of the earth and creatures around us. Inspired by the efforts of teenage activist Greta Thunberg, the book includes a section at the back featuring ideas for how kids a
nd families can incorporate green habits into their lives and days. The story is endearingly approachable for the littlest ears and simply encourages thinking about how one’s actions impact others (like the animals who live in the forest).
As a publisher of books, we are doing our own part to reduce the carbon footprint for Greta and the Giants, which is being printed locally in the US on 100% recycled paper. Additionally, we are partnering with 350.org, an organization Greta Thunberg supports, to get the word out, and we will be donating 3% of the cover price of each copy sold.
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