Lasting Gifting Guide: Five Ideas for a climate-Conscious Christmas
Stockholm, Sweden – December 6, 2025 – As the holiday season approaches, consumers are increasingly seeking ways to minimize their environmental impact, even in gift-giving. A new guide offers five suggestions for presents that prioritize sustainability, ranging from shared resources to charitable donations.
The shift reflects a growing awareness of the climate crisis and a desire to align purchasing habits with personal values.according to the guide, customary gift-giving often contributes to overconsumption and waste.
Here are five suggestions for more sustainable gifts:
1. Shared Ownership. Consider gifting access to shared resources instead of individual possessions. The article points to the rapidly growing trend of car-pooling rather of individual car ownership – recognizing that cars are unused 95% of the time - and the shift from personal record collections to online music streaming.
2. Memberships & Subscriptions. These provide ongoing value without the need for physical products. The guide suggests memberships to museums, streaming services, or local gyms as alternatives to material gifts.
3. shared Experiences. Experiences generally have a lower climate impact than material goods. While a trip to the South Pole would be environmentally damaging, attending a local band, theatre performance, or football game has a smaller footprint.
4. Experiences, not stuff. When giving experiences instead of yet more things, the climate impact is usually much lower. of course, that depends on what you do; an expedition to the South Pole to see polar bears has a huge climate impact (and zero chances of seeing the bears as they are in the north), while going to see the local band or festival theatre, or football game will have a small climate footprint.
5. Give it to someone else. A donation in the recipient’s name to an established environmental institution ensures the money is put to good use. Though,the guide advises aligning the donation with the recipient’s values - for example,avoiding donations to groups employing tactics they disagree with,such as road blockades.
Mattias Goldman urges readers to “Have a very Merry Christmas - and let Christmas be part of a better future for all.”
