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Sustainable Christmas Ideas to Inspire you this Year
We love reading content by other bloggers, so wanted to share some of the sustainable Christmas inspiration we’ve been seeing online. From a sustainable Christmas mindset to choosing sustainable Christmas gifts, we have some of our favourite new and old posts from some blogging friends. Sustainable Christmas Mindset With a big topic like “Sustainable Christmas” it’s good to dial in and figure out what that means. We shared last year about how we wanted to approach the holidays in our post What We Are Taking Time for This Christmas. Here are a couple more posts to help you think about how you’d like to approach Christmas. 5 Ways to be…
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How to Have a Sustainable 12 Days of Christmas
Since American Thanksgiving has come and gone, the Christmas season is undeniably upon us! With a focus on low-cost (even free!) and low-waste activities, we’re looking at ideas for a sustainable 12 days of Christmas activities. Whether you celebrate Christmas or simply want to get into the festive spirit, I hope there is some inspiration here in this sustainable 12 days of Christmas for you and your loved ones! Sustainable 12 Days of Christmas Activities Pick and choose from the list. Do them in order or mix them up. This is a DIY type of list filled with low-cost, eco-friendly activities. I hope this list for a sustainable 12 days…
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Your Ultimate Sustainable Gift Guide for the Holidays
It’s that time of year where holidays abound and we have so many opportunities to give gifts to our loved ones. In a world of so much disposable stuff, we’re sharing a sustainable gift guide to spark some eco-friendly gift ideas. From traditional gifts to some DIY treasures, we hope you find some gifting inspiration for this year in our sustainable gift guide. Sustainable Gift Guide – Physical Gifts Tried and tested, this eco-friendly gift list is some of our favourite things. 1. Scoria World Cork Yoga Mat and Accessories Whether it is for someone who regularly does yoga or has just started working out at home like me, these…
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Your Guide to Christmas Entertainment Online
This year we will be spending a lot more time at home for the holidays and, since we’ve had all year to watch everything on Netflix, here’s a list of some different Christmas-y things to check out online. Nutcracker Ballet I love going to the ballet! It is so beautiful to watch and amazing to see what the dancers can do. If you’ve never seen The Nutcracker in person, I highly recommend it! It’s a fun Christmas tradition and there are often promotions for tickets, like the partnership between Ballet BC and Simons’ to create the Art for All campaign, which allows for discounted prices. Performances are still few and…
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10 Activities to do at Home With Kids This Christmas
It’s hard to know what to say or think about this year as a whole, and now it’s Christmas. I’ve been finding it challenging to keep occupied at home this winter as so many of the activities we would usually do sadly aren’t an option this year. That being said, I thought I’d share a few activities we are enjoying or plan to do! It’s been fun coming up with ideas for activities to do at home with kids and we have a list here for you. 10 Great Activities to do at Home with Kids 1. Bake Cookies I don’t have great luck with cookies but I give them…
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What We Are Taking Time for This Christmas
As December was approaching, Krista and I spent a number of conversations trying to decide what we wanted Christmas to look like on our blog. We wanted to make sure that our values were represented in how we approached the holiday and what content we published. While neither of us are official and true minimalists, neither of us live our lives with much excess either. Christmas in the world of the internet is the definition of excess and that isn’t us. So what is us? What values do we want to share this Christmas? What it all boiled down to was this: The idea of taking time for what matters.…
