Home & Garden

Pollinator seed bomb

Do your bit to protect the humble bumble bee with a pollinator seedbom. Find an area of unloved land, pull the pin, shake, soak and throw. It’s fully biodegradable and contains seeds for borage, cornflowers, foxgloves and wild carrot. All or which are best friends to the Mancunian mascot.

£3.95 | KABLOOM

A reusable coffee cup made of rice

The waste produced by our caffeine addictions is widely acknowledged, and many of us have dutifully purchased a reusable replacement. But rather than add more plastic to the planet, Huski Home have created a cup made from rice husks, which are a potential biohazard if not repurposed or disposed of properly. It’ll keep your coffee warm for 90 minutes - perfect for the morning commute.

£10.99 | Huski Home  

Seedling pot maker

You can avoid unnecessary plastic waste in the garden using this clever little tool to make seedling pots from newspaper. So if you’ve got a keen gardener to buy for, it’s a great alternative to the hundreds of plastic pots that are needed for sowing and pricking out seedlings.

£8.95 | Seeds to Sow

Recycled candles

This company collect scrap candle wax from businesses and individuals around the UK and transform them into beautiful new candles. They use a refinement process to purify the old wax and give their candles scent and colour. Imagine all the places your candle has been before!

£15 | The Recycled Candle Company

A biodegradable phone case

No need for plastic phone protectors anymore. You can get your hands on these biodegradable phone cases made from bioplastic and bamboo fibre, which will decompose in between 12-24 months in a garden compost bin. Not only are they sustainable, they also come in a range of beautiful designs from Terrazzo to William Morris style patterns.

£19 | Wildcase 

A hedgehog tunnel

Hedgehog numbers are in decline, and because of our penchant for giant fences many are forced to roam miles to find food each night. Creating throughways is an efficient way to help them survive. This tunnel is made from recycled plastic and turns a garden fence into a hedgehog highway. 

£12.99 | Wildlife World

Slate planter labels

Gardening can involve a surprising amount of plastic, but it doesn’t have to! These reusable slate planter labels are like tiny blackboards for your green space. Never mistake your monstera for your philodendron again.

£12 | Garden Trading

Notebooks made from stone

These slick looking notebooks are 100% tree-free, made from mixing calcium carbonate powder with high quality, non-toxic resin. We got hold of a couple just to make sure, and we can confirm they are just like paper, beautiful to write on, and a great accessory for your minimalist desk set up.

£20 | Kart Stone Paper

A jigsaw that funds reforestation

Totally puzzled or a jigsaw juggernaut, Cloudberries are making jigsaws cool again. Not only do they have some great designs, but they’re all made from recycled cardboard, printed with vegetable-based inks, and for every puzzle sold, Cloudberries plant a tree with Eden Reforestation Project.

£16.99 | Cloudberries

Khesht cushion covers 

Available from refugee-run online collective Anqa, these hand-printed cushion covers are printed with water-based inks onto 100% organic cotton, oh and they look great. Anqa is a branch of TERN, a network that enables refugees to thrive through their own hard work and skill.

£53.98 | 2 Leaves Studios

Yoga mats made from cork

Made from Cork Oak trees using sustainable harvesting practices that encourage regrowth, Corkyogis yoga mats have excellent grip and antibacterial properties. For every yoga mat sold, Corkyogis donates 10% of profits to supports survivors of sex slavery and human trafficking in India.

£65 | Corkyogis

Wormery

If your budget is generous, and your giftee isn’t squeamish, why not get them the ultimate decomposing machine – a wormery!  It’s kind of like an ant farm, but more useful – you can feed these wrigglers most food waste and they’ll munch it up and transform it into compost.

£159.95 | Wiggly Wigglers

Buy them a tree

Why not just go totally green and buy them a tree? If you like them, a Japanese Maple, and if you don’t, an Oak. Then watch over a period of 900 years as it overtakes their whole house and garden. You can buy baby trees in bags here!

£30-£60 | Protect the Planet

Laptop sleeve and tech tidy

A certified B Corp who make beautifully designed bags, wallets, and tech accessories. Bellroy’s Digital Nomad set is a staple in the Avery & Brown office – made from sustainably-sourced materials and recycled leather, so you can look cool and not feel bad about it.

£75 | Bellroy

 Fashion & Beauty

Stocking fillers

Naked soap

Lush are well known for their ethical approach to beauty. Their soaps make the best stocking fillers – they smell amazing, look beautiful, and you can rest assured that they come from an ethical manufacturing process and supply chain, and are free of packaging (hence, naked).

£5.50 | Lush

Keeping everyone’s feet warm

Socks are the most needed and under-donated item of clothing homeless shelters receive. Jollie’s was made to solve that problem: every time you buy a pair, a pair is donated to a shelter in the UK on your behalf. Jollie’s also recycle your old socks, through their partnership with Edward Clay & Sons.

£11 | Jollie’s Socks

Organic cotton boxer shorts

Want to get some equally planet-positive pants? Rapanui’s organic cotton boxers are soft, breathable, and as attractive as a pair of pants can be. Made in a wind-powered factory and wrapped in plant-based, recyclable packaging. We’re generally big fans of Rapanui, so check them out!

£12 | Rapanui Clothing

A zero-waste cosmetics kit 

Made from natural ingredients, with no artificial fragrances, parabens or sulphates, Caroline Lee-Smith’s cosmetics are kind on the environment and your skin. This zero-waste gift pack features organic lip balm, argan chamomile face cream, jasmine facial serum and a bath bomb. 

£17 | Caro’s Creams

Zero waste brass pendant

The first jewellery company in the UK to achieve B Corp status, Yala’s ethical jewellery is created in small batches by artists in Kenya, with as little environmental impact as possible. This brass pendant is made from offcuts and comes with a recycled gold chain. 

£35 | Yala Jewellery

Animal-friendly make-up brushes

This reasonably priced make-up brush set is perfect for someone who wants a planet-friendly way to paint their face. They are PETA approved cruelty-free and handmade in the UK using sustainable bamboo, with plastic free packaging.
£24.95 | Flawless

Sustainable mom jeans

Maker of the best jeans ever (in Beth’s opinion), Lucy and Yak are a fashion brand who started out selling dungarees on Depop and are now widely celebrated as an ethical employer and for the transparency of their supply chain. Using hardwearing GOTS certified organic cotton, their jeans work for actual humans, not just plastic mannequins.

£50 | Lucy and Yak

Leggings made from fish(ing) nets

The world’s only completely circular, not-for-profit swim and activewear brand. Ruby Moon leggings are made from regenerated nylon from ocean waste, and for every pair purchased you can help provide finance to female entrepreneurs through Lend With Care.

 £79 | Ruby Moon

Trainers made from waste coffee…

6 million tonnes of coffee waste go into landfill each year, where it generates a hell of a lot of methane. Rens have found a way to turn those grounds into coffee yarn, which when combined with some plastic bottles, somehow (God only knows) becomes a pretty cool, waterproof sneaker.

£99 | Rens

…or from plastic bags

The brainchild of young entrepreneur Ashay Brave, Thaely sneakers take their name from the Hindi word for plastic bags, which is exactly what they’re made from. Each trainer contains 22 plastic bottles and 15 plastic bags, sat on a recycled rubber sole. Not only that but they look sleek and have the same price point as a pair of Nikes… hardly a difficult choice.

£74.65 | Thaely

Nordgreen watch

Want a little Danish style in your life without sacrificing the planet? Nordgreen is a carbon-neutral watch designer, who offset their output through reforestation, use sustainable packaging, and work with NGOs on a global Giving Back Programme.

£144 | Nordgreen

Wine that funds conservation

Ever thought you could buy a gift that satisfies a thirst for rosé and for the conservation of seahorses? Well, now you can. Sea Change combines a love of wine with a desire to help protect our oceans, so for every bottle you buy, they donate to conservation charities.

£16.99 | Sea Change

Toast ale

This brewery uses surplus bread as a replacement for barley to make delicious beers. They also donate the profits to charitable causes, so you can feel doubly smug while you crack open a bottle. You can buy a mixed case here.

£24 for 12 | Toast

An alcohol-free alternative

If your recipient isn’t one for the booze, then these alcohol-free beers are a great choice. Freestar is a trailblazer, winning gold at the World Beer Awards in 2019, using a method that emits 90% less CO2, 80% less water and energy, and 70% less waste. Something we can raise a pint to.

£9.95 | Freestar

Relish made from wonky veg

Ever despaired over our superficial approach to fruit and veg? Rubies in the Rubble have come up with a solution that values our wonky groceries. All the fruit and vegetables used in their products are sourced from British farms, and would otherwise go to waste because of their size or shape.

£12 | Rubies in the Rubble

A library of chocolate

Fairtrade is now a term only conspicuous by its absence in the chocolate world. But Perthshire-based Chocolate and Love go one step further, enabling customers full traceability of their product, as well as offsetting a lot of their CO2 output through a partnership with WeForest.

£15.99 | Chocolate and Love

A tea tasting bundle

This tasting bundle includes five black tea flavours to ensure your giftee a range of choice. Brew Tea are a certified B Corp, who work with Ethical Tea Partnership Growers, and are Rainforest Alliance Certified. All their packaging is plastic-free and tea bags are compostable.

£30 | Brew Tea Co.

Coffee that supports indigenous communities

If your recipient is more of a coffee-fiend, then never fear, we’ve got you covered with this seasonal blend from Jose Coffee. Jose Coffee work closely with the Mayni people, an isolated indigenous community who grow coffee sustainably in the Amazon rainforest.

£9 | Jose Coffee

Reusable crackers

Add a little extra to your Christmas hamper with a reusable cracker kit. No more little pieces of plastic crap or second-hand terrible jokes... Make them in advance with your kids, and fill them with an edible delight and your own original (hilarious) gaff.

£22.50 | The Conscious Party Box

A cookery class with migrant chefs

If you’re looking for an experience instead, why not consider a Migrateful cookery class? Led by migrant chefs who are struggling to integrate and access employment, these classes offer the chance to make authentic recipes, share food, and make memories.  

£20 online and £43.71 in person | Migrateful