I'm Stephanie Safarian and this is episode 97.

You are listening to the Sustainable Minimalist Podcast, a show about living simply and sustainably with your family.

Here's your host, Stephanie Safarian.

Hello there friends welcome back and happy holidays.

I know I said it the dreaded H word it nearly here though, the holidays. Today we are

discussing exactly how to give ethically this holiday season. Now if you're

listening to this episode at or near release date November 5th

2019 you may be wondering why on earth I am releasing an episode about

Christmas eight weeks before Christmas.

Well, I'm doing this intentionally and for two reasons.

The first reason is that when we're down to the wire with anything, but especially with gifts,

when we're down to the wire, we make bad decisions, right? And the second reason is that if you are planning to make or bake for your loved ones,

the time to get moving is yesterday, if I'm being honest, the time has come to get moving.

On today's show, we are doing three things.

The first thing we're doing is we're talking about the ethical hierarchy of gift giving.

What does that even mean?

What does it look like? We're talking about

how all gifts really are not created equal. Next up is I am giving you five of my

best and easiest, keyword easiest,

DIY gift ideas that the people in your life will actually want to receive.

And finally, the third thing we're doing, Act act three is I am giving you my seven most favorite ethical

purchasing ideas for 2019 now of course buying is always a last resort.

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