The Gifting Experience

Sustainable Minimalists

Bleav + Stephanie Seferian

Leisure, Parenting, Kids & Family, Home & Garden

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2023

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

When we return an unwanted gift to the manufacturer, it goes back on the shelf to be resold, right? Wrong. Most returned gifts (5.8 billion tons, to be exact) end up in landfills each and every year. The solution lies in responsible gifting, which alleviates the consequences associated with massive finite resource waste; it also saves shoppers time, money, and unnecessary stress. Today author Tracey Lynch explains how to tweak your gifting philosophy to save our planet while also ensuring every gift you give is actually wanted and used. Here's a preview: [5:00] Sad statistics alert: Exactly how the gift giving exchange impacts the planet [9:00] Reverse logistics is similar to driving backwards, and here's why [18:00] How to give gifts that provide 100% satisfaction to the recipient [32:00] Stephanie's 5 Rules for responsible gifting [35:00] The why and how behind aiming not for surprise, but for delight Resources mentioned: Donum: Creating A Sustainable Gifting Experience Qwant Neeva Episode #313: Thousands Of Data Points Join our (free!) community here Find your tribe. Sustainable Minimalists are on Facebook, Instagram + Youtube. Email me and say hello! MamaMinimalistBoston@gmail.com. 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	It has been a summer of self-care over here. I'm talking lots of hikes, lots of beach trips with the
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1:03.0	Well, hello and welcome back.
1:05.0	My name is Stephanie Safarian and you're listening to episode 340 of sustainable minimalist.
1:10.0	If you're new here and you're wondering to yourself what on earth is this show about?
1:15.0	Well, it is a twice weekly show about intentional and eco minimalist living.
1:20.0	So happy to have all of you here with me today. On today's show we are discussing how to become a responsible giver.
1:28.6	And if you're wondering why, oh, why is Stephanie releasing an episode about responsible giving, being an intentional gifter in January.
1:37.6	We just got through the holiday season.
1:39.8	Well stay with me for a minute because I have a very long winded way of explaining why I think I can
1:46.0	change your mind.
1:47.4	In preparing for this episode, I sat down and I wrote down, it took me under five minutes,
1:52.1	all the opportunities in my life where there's an opportunity
1:56.0	to give a gift. We have extended families' birthdays in five months, so those are birthday months for either my parents
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