Listeners Call In! 20+ Non-Consumer Gift Ideas

Sustainable Minimalists

Bleav + Stephanie Seferian

Kids & Family, Leisure, Parenting, Home & Garden

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2021

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

When it comes to giving presents, sustainable minimalists understand that less is more and thoughtful is better. Indeed, minimalist holiday gift ideas don't manifest themselves when walking the mall; you can't find them by panic buying in the days leading up to Christmas, either. Need some inspiration? Today I'm thrilled to turn the mic over to you the listeners as you offer up nearly 2 dozen non-consumer gifts for the holiday season. Here's a preview: [2:20] Making (and preserving!) memories through experiences and photos [5:20] 7 personalized DIY gift ideas (that will also be appreciated) [9:15] 2 book-related minimalist gift ideas [13:00] Creating new traditions as a means of buying less junk [16:00] When in doubt, donate [19:00] Thoughts on the "gift in a box" hack Resources mentioned: Yankee Swap rules Heifer International Did you know there's a book based on THIS podcast? (Thank you for supporting my work!) Our Sponsors:* Thank you to LifeStraw! https://lifestraw.com/Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/sustainable-minimalists/exclusive-content

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0:00.0	Well, hello there and welcome back. My name is Stephanie Zefarian and you're
0:04.1	listening to episode 228 of the Sustainable Minimalist Podcast, a twice
0:10.2	weekly show about intentional and eco Ecominimalist living.
0:15.0	The day has come, my friends.
0:16.5	I've been asking you, begging you, pleading for you to call in or write to me with your
0:22.0	Christmas ideas, your holiday gift ideas.
0:24.4	What are you giving your friends and family this holiday season?
0:28.1	I am giving back to the world all the ideas that you so diligently and so thoughtfully sent me.
0:36.3	We are hearing from 15 ladies today for a total of about 20 tips.
0:41.9	Collectively, all of you, you're so much smarter than I am so I'm
0:45.4	thrilled to be able to give you the microphone. Now today's show is a little bit
0:50.0	interesting and that I have a mixture of tips that people emailed me as well as
0:54.9	tips that people called in with. So we're gonna hear some voicemails that I'm
1:00.0	going to interrupt, maybe give my thoughts, read an email that I received, put some ads in there,
1:05.6	and just stay with me for this journey because it's going to be a good one.
1:09.2	All right, and here we are.
1:10.5	I'm going to let Mora take it away with her first gift idea and oh my gosh is it a creative one?
1:17.0	Hi my name is Mora Giordano.
1:21.0	I wanted to share an idea for Christmas gift giving that I'm doing with my parents and my sister this year.
1:29.0	I went into my parents' house while they were away on vacation and rated our childhood photo album.
1:38.0	I did have to invest in a photo scanner, but it was certainly cheaper than investing in the services that do this
1:46.2	and I have scanned all of our family photos from our entire life when I'm 31 years old.
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