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How To Buy An Eco-Friendly Christmas Tree

How To Buy An Eco-Friendly Christmas Tree

Ah, the holidays. The 5-ish weeks between Black Friday and New Year’s Day tend to be an extended party of sorts in which many of us overspend, overeat/drink, overdecorate, and excessively waste. The excesses associated with the holidays come with a hefty environmental cost: on average, US households produce 25% more trash between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day; worse, wonton wastefulness can (and does) add more than half a metric ton onto our annual carbon footprints.

I believe it’s entirely possible to have a joyous December without the waste and so, on today’s show, we discuss practical ways to spread holiday cheer with the planet in mind.

 

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[2:00] Artificial, local, root ball intact, and more: Breaking down the Christmas tree conundrum via Steph’s handy dandy grading rubric

[17:00] 4 of the most impactful (and practical!) ways to spread good tidings without being wasteful, according to mathematics

 

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Ah, the holidays. The weeks between Black Friday and New Year's Day tend to be an extended party in which we overspend, overdecorate, and excessively waste. On average, US households produce 25% more trash between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day; worse, wonton wastefulness can (and does) add more than half a metric ton onto our annual carbon footprints. On this episode of the Sustainable Minimalists podcast: practical ways to buy an eco-friendly Christmas tree with the planet in mind.

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