10 ideas for sustainable gifts

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Speaking of footprints! Give your loved ones a particularly warm one, even if you're not traveling over Christmas. Put your feet up and give the gift of cozy slippers, for example from Haflinger. Once your feet are snugly wrapped up, you can confidently turn down the radiators even on a cold Christmas night. You'll quickly find the right size from your parents or grandma and grandpa. Just have a look in the old slippers :-)
Of course, we always recommend choosing slippers made from natural materials, such as 100% wool felt. These are particularly sustainable and provide the best warmth.

Photo: haflinger.com

2.
Take a walk in the forest with your slippers, at least in your mind - while you enjoy your mulled wine on our leather coaster Max leather coaster. Every time you buy this elegant glass coaster accessory as a gift, you save a square meter of primeval German beech forest for 50 years. It's hard to see who's giving presents to whom because of all the trees. By the way, this product is a non-profit product from GOOD WILHELM. All profits go to the beech forest project.

4 x leather coasters = 4 x leather coasters + 4m² beech forest leased

3.
Would you like a little more? No problem at all! In the primeval beech forest project of the well-known forester, conservationist and author Peter Wohlleben (including "The Secret Life of Trees"), with whom we also work at MAX you can give away two, ten or 30 square meters of forest. Feel free to go over the top here ;-)
You can find more information here: https://www.wohllebens-waldakademie.de/urwaldprojekt

Photo: Adobe Stock

4.
The sister-in-law bitches, mom grumbles, granddad bucks: Christmas time with the family can have some key emotional experiences in store. Lucky are those who have our HANS leather case knows how to pull out. The fine key case impresses with its grippy and velvety Italian Vacchetta leather, naturally vegetable-tanned - and la dolce vita immediately reigns at the festive table.

And let's be honest, everyone can always use a key case, right?

5.
Another way to maintain harmony: just stay superficial! And do it stylishly. Our handmade design genius and leather desk pad KARL transforms any desk top, no matter how mundane, into a unique piece of furniture. An anti-slip finish ensures a good grip on any desk. A good foundation to build on for a lifetime.

And if you really want to personalize it, you can buy a high-quality monogram in an elegant bookbinder look! You can see what it will look like live in advance in the product configurator.

6.
Remember: the glass is half full! Especially at Christmas! And with plenty of sunlight. Bring modern competition to the old-fashioned candlelight into your festive living room - with the solar-powered Sonnenglas table lamp. When you place it in the sun, the integrated battery is charged and the LEDs emit soft or bright light.
https://sonnenglas.net/de

Photo: Sonnenglas.net

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Would you prefer to get away over the festive period or at the turn of the year? Prefer to jet off to the Caribbean or the Maldives? Forget it! Firstly, it's too damaging to the climate. And secondly, there's the Ocean Box or Zwitscherbox. Let the unique sound of nature whisk you away to moments of relaxation - with the sound of the sea in your ears ...
https://www.zwitscherbox.com/shop/zwitscherbox-eiche/

Photo: Zwitscherbox.net

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Participation and community are essential for sustainable development - ecologically, socially and economically. A society that includes all people on an equal footing is the greatest gift for us all. Make yourself and others happier: with a ticket from "Aktion Mensch", the classic social lottery. Your small contribution to more inclusion in Germany.
You can design your own lottery tickets at: https://www.aktion-mensch.de/lotterie/

Photo: Aktion Mensch Los Konfigurator

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First one, then two, then three, then four, then the vegetable box is on the doorstep. Give others or yourself a delivery subscription from the organic farmer you trust! Regional, seasonal, healthy, inspiring, vegetarian, animal, vegan, varied, sustainable and also pretty convenient: the egg-laying wool-milk sow among all possible gifts.
As we come from Hamburg, we know "Die Grüne Kiste": gruenekiste.de

Of course, it makes sense to do some regional research to find out which supplier is based in your region.

Photo: gruenekiste.de

10.
White Christmas? Green Christmas? A wet Christmas? Just in time for the festive season, most of us are hoping and trembling between wishful thinking and reality. Let's give ourselves the gift of some solidity: namely rainproof clothing! The clearest message to bad weather - and the best argument for taking the bike or the footpath more often all year round.

Photo: schmuddelwedda.de