Make your holidays green

• Decorate your home with natural ornaments: conifer boughs like pine and spruce, cranberries, popcorn and fruit can be put in your compost bin at the end of the season.
• Give green gifts this holiday season.
  • Give consumables – local and homemade are the best!
  • Give a Gift for a Living Planet and surprise and delight your friends or family with a truly unique gift. These virtual gifts come with a personalized certificate and because they are given electronically, there is no packaging, shipping or waste.
  • Give the gift of your time for things like babysitting, yard work, or making a delicious lunch. Make a donation to someone’s favourite charity. Give experiences such as tickets to a show or concert!

• Send holiday eCards to your friends and family, and wish them the best this holiday season. It’s a great way to share joy without postage!
• If you are out holiday shopping, don’t forget to bring reusable bags. Using reusable bags when grocery shopping is becoming a habit but we often forget to use them for other shopping excursions. Remember, reusable bags help keep plastic bags out of landfills while also avoiding the greenhouse gas emissions associated with making them.
• Make your own gift bags and use last year’s cards to make gift tags.
• Lighten the footprint of your holiday dinner with seasonal, local ingredients.

Wolf track (Canis Lupus) in the snow, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada, Arctic (c) Staffan Widstrand/WWF