Non-material gifts can be eco-friendly since they are typically the gift of an experience rather than a physical item.
Here are some non-material eco-friendly gift ideas:
This is my husband’s and my gift to ourselves this Christmas! My friend Taryn runs an awesome outdoor lifestyle and travel blog called Chasing Trail with tips and inspiration for all of your outdoor adventure goals and dreams. Read her article, America The Beautiful: The National Parks Annual Pass to learn all the details about the National Parks Annual Pass. She explains how many parks and other sites you would have access to, how many people/cars you would be allowed to bring, where to buy your pass, and potential discounts!
I was debating between a state parks pass and a national parks pass for my Christmas present this year, but when I read her post about it I was completely convinced I needed the national pass. Maybe you’re just as convinced as me and now a Parks Pass is on your wish list too. But don’t forget that a Parks Pass would also be one of the best outdoorsy adventure gifts you could give to someone else! It is ultimately the gift of adventure, nature, travel, and experiencing some of the most beautiful attractions in the whole country.
#2. Tickets:
Purchase the gift of an experience with tickets to a theatrical play, a ballet, an opera, a sports game, or a comedy show.
#3. Gift card (to an experience):
This definitely counts as an eco-friendly gift since you are not contributing to the accumulation of more material things, but promising a fun experience instead. Who doesn’t love to receive a gift card to a favorite restaurant, a massage (I love receiving this one), or to a movie theater? Other experience gift cards could include those for arcades, an amusement park, indoor or outdoor skydiving, bowling, or a trampoline park. All so fun!
#4. Plan a trip or getaway:
You could purchase a flight/bus/train ticket, a hotel room, or an out-of-town attraction ticket (like a concert). You can give this as a gift for just one person, pay for a large house rental so they can invite friends, or it can be a gift for your spouse/sibling/best friend for both of you to enjoy together.
Love these ideas! The macrame plant holders are so pretty! We recently bought a tea infuser and it’s great! Feel good to not be throwing the plastic and tea bags in the trash anymore 🙂
Thanks Kathleen! I totally agree about tea infusers, it’s good to hear that you are enjoying one too!
These are great ideas! I hope I get a National Park Pass 😛
Thanks Reilly!<3 Me too! 😉
Your gift recommendations are seriously spot on! I’ve had my eyes on a pour-over coffeemaker and macrame plant hangers for awhile, but hadn’t really started to research yet – done and done!
Oh my goodness, yes! That would be an awesome gift to receive. Thank you Taryn!