Blog post by Roland Oehme
Want to have a green holiday?
Do you ever wonder how the holidays became the biggest shopping frenzy
of the year? Is it Santa’s marketing genius? Is it just force of habit?
If you are tired of the same ritual of
trudging off to shop at the mall, jostling through the crowd, waiting
hours to park, and struggling to find gifts
within your budget, there is a solution. Yes, the solution to enjoying
the holidays and not getting overwhelmed with shopping till December
25 is really quite simple.
Sierra Club Green Home’s green holiday
solution is to shop less and spend more time doing fun activities that
bring joy to your family and friends—and quite possibly even to
strangers. After all, the holidays are meant to instill in us the spirit
of giving, and this can mean many things besides material goods.
One company even made its new campaign about consuming less during the holidays. Can you believe it? What kind of a store would do such a crazy thing?
As I thought about this idea of
consuming less, I realized that there are so many ways to have good
times with your loved ones that I could never list them all. In fact,
it’s an endless list! So instead, I will tell you some of my favorite
holiday activities, and I invite you to share yours by commenting on
this post or on the Sierra Club Green Home Facebook page.
Our family enjoys driving into the rural
countryside to cut down our own Christmas tree, which is a great way to
spend time together and get some outdoor exercise. Christmas tree farms
also protect vital open space and help cool the planet.
We also like to take our son to visit
the local holiday train garden displays. He absolutely adores the
trains, as many other children do.
We like to make holiday foods together,
whether it’s cookies, cakes, and desserts or complete, delectable meals.
Sometimes, we attend a holiday vegan potluck party, ...
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