{"id":6837,"date":"2019-11-27T09:00:49","date_gmt":"2019-11-27T06:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africasustainabilitymatters.com\/?p=6837"},"modified":"2026-01-11T05:30:43","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T05:30:43","slug":"three-ways-to-give-green","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/2019\/11\/27\/three-ways-to-give-green\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Ways To Give Green"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>By UN Environment<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Depending\non where you live, end of the year holidays may be a time to be with family and\nfriends. These traditions often include gift giving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From\nbringing flowers and chocolates to buying gifts for children, family, friends\nand co-workers, why not think about the environment too when you consider gifts\nthis year?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There\nare lots of gift ideas that don\u2019t come at a cost to the Earth. From making\nthings yourself to selecting gifts that cut down on waste or electricity use,\nthink creatively about how to use fewer natural resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For\nexample, Beatriz Martins Carneiro, UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Management\nOfficer in ecolabelling and consumer information, said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBusiness strategies such as second-hand market, upcycling and repair are key to help to close the loop for circularity, allowing products and materials to be kept in the market for as long as possible. Instead of buying new, why not look for unique, exclusive pieces in second-hand markets or upcycling shops?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pioneered by young entrepreneurs, winners and finalists in the annual Young Champions of the Earth prize are also working on innovation ideas\u2014from eco-friendly packaging to skincare products\u2014to make your gift special and Earth-friendly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unenvironment.org\/news-and-stories\/story\/three-ways-give-green\">Read more>><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By UN Environment Depending on where you live, end of the year holidays may be a time to be with family and friends. These traditions often include gift giving. From&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6838,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[101],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6837\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}