by Paolo Ghiga
Let's face it, as much as we hope to conceal and deny: every year from the early days of December, starts the countdown to Christmas shopping. Planning the first patrol, the comparisons, we live to reach the inexorable indecision, often, real marathons at the last minute, exhausting every point of view.
If we wanted to go further, in fact, we could perform the ritual of cadeau (giving a gift of) an eye on our beloved planet: for example, how about donating a tree? BosCO2, an initiative promoted by Legambiente, has as main objective to promote work by raising awareness of the environment, taking advantage of the holiday season. This is a particular forest, consisting of all plants donated for Christmas, which provides practical support to environmental protection through a personal contribution of 40 €, to ensure that a loved one receives the gift of an environmentally friendly greeting card, and can also be used as decoration.
Of course this ticket information characterizing the tree object of gift, which will be also have a specified nature area where it will be planted. It will also be possible to know the amount of carbon dioxide that the tree will help to compensate during its growth. The initiative seeks to repopulate Giussago Park and Lacchiarella (Lombardy).
If you want something more "tangible" by donating, why not move your attention to high tech gifts, but strictly green? The gift Green is a recycled product or product with recycled items, which uses natural energy or helps to conserve energy. There are multiple benefits: it can make the person who receives it happy, will undoubtedly be good for the environment and can be a great way to raise awareness among our friends for sustainable development.
Here are some examples: you go from a Christmas Wreath solar-powered, equipped with LEDs allowing energy savings, to a wall clock for natural energy: it is powered by electricity created by reaction, from copper and zinc from lemons. This is a design object designed by the prestigious Studio Anglo-French "Anna Gram", exhibited in numerous international art galleries.
If the persons to whom you want to make a gift to have a garden, why not opt for a splendid natural chair in grass? Some will require a minimum of time and care but the set including seeds, water, and ... patience seems intended, after the chair has taken shape, to give away great moments relaxing to the beneficiary.
Of course, the ideas aren't limited to these: there are safe and ecological bottles, water clocks, eco-notebook for zero impact, rain-fed earrings, table calendars on recycled material, with ecological and non-toxic colors for children, in short, just a search with patience and an idea surely will conquer.
If none of these tips there have excited you, why not try giving away a holiday to persons to whom we wish? Easy you say, just choose a tour operator that offers guarantees, devote at least one hour to choose a location, pull out the paper credit and voilà, you're done. And appearance purely ecological, all speeches on recycling and reuse? If you have been thinking of the travel agency you did wrong: there is a more sustainable way, through the barter. Already, if you have objects of any kind (from books, comics, via CDS, clothing, computers, etc.) which might deprive you, well you can exchange them with a stay for one or more persons, with various levels of comfort depending on the objects involved in barter.
Think about it, with the same amount of material, already produced at the time, simply circulating without further packaging, which now constitute a gift added CO2 production, etc. You can make someone happy without impacting heavily on the environment. The Week of Barter, which took place from 14 to 20 November promotes this idea, so why not also mention it at the upcoming Christmas? Good Ecological Christmas to all!
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