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Sustainable Office Gifts: A Guide For Green Holiday Shopping

Green Business Bureau

If you’re wondering what to get your favorite coworkers while keeping your carbon footprint low, then here’s a must-have guide on sustainable office gifts! Use what you already have around the home or office to create a chic upcycled organizer! For the Organizers. For the Entrepreneurs.

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3XN unveils Denmarks first climate-positive hotel for Bornholm island

AGreenLiving

Slated for completion in summer 2021, the new extension will be entirely built, clad and insulated with timber materials for a carbon-neutral footprint. The hotel wing will incorporate upcycled materials from construction offcuts for the furnishings and surfaces.

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KAJ Hotel is a one-room boathouse rental that exudes hygge

AGreenLiving

KAJ Hotel technically has no footprint, perched over the edge of the harbor, but it also avoids a heavy carbon footprint with the use of reclaimed materials. Window frames were upcycled from the previous Danish Defense Command building.

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How to Build and Retrofit a Sustainable Home

Green Business Bureau

Eco-Friendly, Ethically-Sourced Building Materials. Not only does reclaimed lumber give that rustic, farmhouse look and possess some unique history within its grain, but it also helps preserve our carbon-sequestering forests and rejects monoculture tree farms that do not support biodiversity or ecological health. RECYCLED PLASTIC.

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This recycled metal jewelry is inspired by our world

AGreenLiving

Related: This jewelry is made with upcycled gold from Dell computers Sustainable practices have always been at the heart of the company. All silver necklaces are also made from 100% recycled metal. The company maintained carbon neutrality throughout 2018 and 2019 with these decisions plus its commitment to carbon offsetting.

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XpreSole Panto waterproof boots are made from coffee grounds

AGreenLiving

Scientists recognize that while coffee grounds seem harmless, when in the landfill they actually release methane gas, which has a greenhouse effect 28 times higher than carbon dioxide. Called XpreSole Panto, the boots are available in high-top or low-top options made with upcycled coffee grounds collected from local coffee shops in Taiwan.