Well, hello there and welcome back. My name is Stephanie Safarian and you are listening to

episode 149 of the Sustainable Minimalist Podcast. On today's show I am giving you my 11 best green gifts for the 2020 holiday

season. Now I know you're thinking to yourself 11 that's a weird number, why not 10.

And the truth is, I really did want to give you a top 10 list,

but as I was planning for this episode,

I just couldn't cut one out.

So it is the top 11 product for Green Gift Giving this holiday season.

Now this is one of the only times, if not the only time of the year,

where I offer you unsolicited product recommendations.

If you email me, if you reach out to me on social media,

I'm happy to give you my green product recommendations but I try not to do it on

the show and that's because I believe buying should be a last resort right but in 2020 in most countries the way that we show our love for our

family and friends is to buy them something. So of course a quick disclaimer. Buying should always be our last resort and if you can make a gift or if you can give a local gift or even better a local consumable or an experience.

I say absolutely 100% go for it.

But in those instances in which you need

to give a physical gift, my hope

is that today's episode will give you some motivation and some ideas so that you can gift sustainably.

Now the companies I chose today, the products I chose today, they have sustainability well ingrained in their missions and it

was really hard to pick just 11 I must say I picked products that I would like to get that I could see myself

purchasing from my loved ones and so I hope that I not only give you

motivation as you gift for your loved ones but I also hope that perhaps I give you some gift

some gift ideas for yourself to perhaps put on your list

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