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    Green gifting

    Oct 28, 2020 3 minutes
    Words Michelle Mackintosh

    Sustainable gifting is a choice to leave a smaller carbon footprint. To make rather than buy, or buy with the planet in mind. When planning a gift, I fir st think about what my friend may want or need, what I could make them, or give them that they could reuse, have for a short time (homemade baking) or a long time (a plant).

    If you’re buying, consider if it is made locally–try

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