Why is Conscious Consumption Important?
This year Climate Impact is urging you to shop sustainably and shop small! It is more important than ever to support small businesses that have struggled during the COVID-19 pandemic.
If you're going to shop, please do so consciously! We have compiled this comprehensive sustainable gift guide to help you support small sustainable, ethical, and POC-owned businesses.
Please shop small, make something or donate to an organization in someone’s name. Also remember that shopping local can help the environment by preventing unnecessary shipping. We hope that our guide will help connect you with amazing businesses committed to supporting the wellbeing of workers and conservation of the planet. Hint: Amazon is not one of them!
Check out our instagram @fuclimatechange to see us feature these awesome businesses and suggestions of gifts.
Aya Paper Co
Aya Paper Co. is a sustainable stationery brand that creates greeting cards and gifts to celebrate the people and moments that matter most.When Founder and Creative Director SaVonne Anderson began conceptualizing plans for Aya, the well-being of the earth was at the front of mind. As an advocate for environmental justice and a Fordham Alum!! She wanted to ensure that Aya Paper Co. didn’t perpetuate issues like climate change and pollution, which disproportionately impact communities of color. Aya Paper Co. is woman and BIPOC owned.
Article 22
ARTICLE22 celebrates stories of positive transformation and makes real impact through jewelry handmade in Laos. They partner with artisans in off-the-beaten track places to create modern heirlooms that are beautiful and meaningful.
Their first collection, PEACEBOMB, is jewelry made from war shrapnel and other debris. Each piece helps the Mines Advisory Group clear unexploded ordnance, making land safe and providing new metal to artisans to craft more original favorite and new designs.
Baleen Jewelry
Baleen Jewelry works toward handcrafting quality jewelry in the United States that is also affordable and fashion-forward. Baleen is a combination of the founders passions and talents. Leah's background is in apparel design and styling - she loves clothing and accessories and is extremely aesthetically focused. Billy, who is also very aesthetically focused, is a trained Graphic Designer and Jeweler and loves making physical, functional objects with his hands.
Buzzy Seeds
Buzzy Seeds believes that gardening should be a fun, stress-free & rewarding activity enjoyed by everyone. Their grow kits are easy-to-use, and they include everything you need to grow fresh flowers, herbs and vegetables.
Buzzy Seeds is committed to providing you with the best quality products available. Our seeds are 100% natural and non-GMO. Their growing medium pellets are composed of dehydrated coconut husks; they are safe and non-toxic. There's nothing quite like growing your own food and feeling confident that it's non-GMO and pesticide free.
Christy Dawn
Christy Dawn is a fashion designer of dresses and accessories inspired by vintage clothing, and uses only sustainably sourced deadstock fabric, handmade made right in Los Angeles.
“Christy Dawn is committed to practices that honor Mother Earth and all her people. We are all related, each of us interconnected parts of a greater whole. We aim to live and work in harmony with nature, so that all may benefit. Our prayer is that our practices and products inspire others to remember and celebrate their innate connection with one another, and with the natural world.
Since day one, we’ve been a “sustainable” clothing company. But sustaining our current relationship with Mother Earth simply is not enough. Our future depends on regenerative practices that go beyond sustainability to actively heal both Mother Earth and ourselves. Through creating intimate connections with the communities and ecosystems that support us, we can support them. Together, we regenerate.”
Cora Ball
The Cora Ball is a new kind of laundry ball. Inspired by the way coral filters the ocean, the Cora Ball prevents microfiber from breaking off our clothes and collects our microfibers into fuzz we can see, so we can dispose of microfibers in the right way. Together, we keep these microfibers out of our waterways and our ocean. Yes! Just toss the Cora Ball into your washer. It's a simple step that has a big impact wash after wash.
DIME Beauty Co.
Dime Beauty Co is a sustainable luxury skincare and cosmetics line. They have been successful in utilizing sustainable ingredients, biodegradable packaging and offering their products at an affordable price point that ranges from $15 USD to $59 USD. DIME Beauty co-founders Baylee and Ryan Relf and co-owner Mitch Casey have been successful in creating products that meet the high standards set in place without sacrificing the line’s overall effectiveness.
Dropps
Dropps are sustainable kitchen and laundry detergent pods. They won EPA Safer Choice Partner of the Year. Their formulas are dye-free, phthalate-free, phosphate-free and animal-cruelty-free. They come in compostable packaging helps keep single-use plastic out of the landfill. And all of their shipments are 100% carbon-neutral. They are also incredibly powerful & gentle, leaving no holes, fading or pills on fabric, no scratched up dishes.
Earth Hero
- Not case sensitive
- Can’t be used on sale items
- Can’t be paired with other coupons
- Can’t be used on Gift Cards, TerraCycle boxes, Zeal Optics, or Naturepedic products
"Everything on EarthHero is something our are proud to use in our homes, on our bodies, and share with our families, friends and peers. That means no added chemicals, wasteful packaging, or corporate BS. Did you know that literally anyone can say that their products are earth-friendly without having the facts to back it up? Through our proprietary 5-Step Sourcing Methodology, we ask our curated community of brands the tough questions to ensure they’re truly good for our planet – and then we give you all the information available – so you can shop worry-free (and guilt-free!) Living a lifestyle you’re proud of, that supports a planet you’re proud for, should be simple. With EarthHero, it is."
Eating the Goober
‘Eating the Goober’ is a fresh Athens based brand of clothing , upcycled bags and slide sandals. They support the global sustainable fashion movement by respecting humans , animals & environment. Their production is made locally manufactured by craftsmen with fair treatment of workers at every stage of production. They use high quality materials and never use animal leather nor silk. E+he G love upcycling and the process of creating something new out of what is considered as waste by others.
EcoBronx
At this current time, most sustainable products and educational events happen in Brooklyn and Manhattan. COVID-19 enhanced our founder's awareness of the lack of accessibility for Bronx residents trying to maintain a sustainable lifestyle. The goal is for EcoBronx to be an eco-space for all Bronx residents to increase their knowledge of and access to sustainable and refillable products. The retail aspect of the space will focus on retailing sustainable/refillable/package-free products and food items from predominantly local makers to reduce carbon emissions. The educational aspect will include workshops such as making your own cleanser, why the need to reduce plastic usage, and basic mending sessions. It is intended to be a social enterprise business dedicating a specific percentage of the business profits back into local community initiatives focused sustainability projects and providing services to assist in the community's reduction of items going to landfills. Keeping with the give-back mindset, customers will be capable to perform pay-it-forward actions so that everyone is able to make sustainable lifestyle choices.
Ecovibe
- 10% off all products
- No minimum purchase
- Cannot be combine with other discounts
- One use per customer
"Established in 2010, EcoVibe is the collaboration of the combined visions of Leonard and Andrea Allen, aka "Len and Dre". ECO: Focused on the environment and sustainable, ethical practices. VIBE: The feeling, the style, the look, the energy, and the experience. We take time and care to consider where and how things are made, who makes them and what they are made out of. We support local designers, women, minority and family owned businesses and small makers and manufacturers. We are a community-focused business that gives back to local environmental organizations through community-based events, classes and workshops. We donate 1% of all of our online sales to local non-profit 1% For The Planet members, in order to ensure that we are always giving back to environmental causes."
Follain
Follain is an online beauty retail destination for beauty products by over 80 brands. Its platform offers skincare, haircare, and other cosmetic products that are manufactured by various brands, providing customers with skin-friendly products.
Gelo
Gelo’s Hand Soap Refill Pods are packed with super concentrated cleansers, plant-based ingredients, and essential oils. Drop a pod in your hand soap bottle, fill with water, and, in seconds, experience a great clean without the need to lift, pour, or clean up liquid soap.
Global Goods Partners
"As a not-for-profit social enterprise, Global Goods Partners (GGP) is committed to providing sustainable jobs for women—widely proven to be the key to community development and family wellbeing. In partnership with women-led, community-based organizations, GGP taps into the rich well of skill and artistry that is passed from one generation of women to the next. We invest all proceeds from product sales in developing sustainable market access as well as providing training and funding to enable our partners to prosper and thrive well into the future. As a 501(c) 3 organization, all proceeds are directed toward expanding the capacity of our artisan partners."
"Since GGP first launched in 2005, we have partnered with over 60 artisan groups in more than 20 countries throughout Asia, Africa and the Americas, helping to design and bring to market the fair trade, handcrafted products they produce. Each artisan that creates products for GGP earns reliable, fair living wages and gains experience that can add benefit to all aspects of her life."
Golde
Golde’s mission is to make wellness easy, accessible and fun for all. Golde was founded in 2017 in Brooklyn by Trinity Mouzon. To Golde, self-care means feeling like your best self. Golde believes that being well should feel good. That means products that fit seamlessly into your lifestyle, not the other way around. You can count on Golde for formulas that are always 100% natural and vegan-friendly, with superfood ingredients you can recognize and trust.
Loop Store US
Loop is a circular shopping platform that transforms the packaging of your everyday essentials from single-use disposable to durable, feature-packed designs. It also provides trusted products redesigned for a waste-free shopping experience.
Made Trade
Made Trade curates the most exceptionally designed, sustainably sourced, and ethically made goods for the modern wardrobe and home. Every purchase directly supports small businesses, independent makers, and artisans around the world.
Nola Skinsentials
Nola Skinsentials makes clean, cruelty-free and vegan skincare. They are small-batch crafted in Atlanta and are woman-owned.
Organic Basics
Organic Basics has underwear, essentials and activewear made consciously in Europe. They put sustainable thinking at the center of everything. They only choose fabrics that care for our environment and we only ever partner with factories that care about their impact, too.
Package Free
Package Free is an ecosystem of brands on a mission to make the world less trashy. They believe that access to sustainable products and resources that positively benefit people and the planet is a basic human right. Their goal is to reshape the consumer product landscape, redefine what a truly good product looks like, and make natural and plastic free products more accessible, affordable, and convenient for all.
Paravel
Paravel is the most sustainable travel and luggage brand in the world. Their eco-friendly luggage, bags, and organizers are crafted so you can make better choices for your adventures, without sacrificing design, price, or quality. They have upcycled 1.6 million plastic water bottles to date, and have offset 4.5 million lbs of C02 through their carbon-neutral shipping program
Soapbox
SoapBox empowers our consumers with the ability to make the world a better place through simple, quality purchases. For each product purchased, they donate one bar of soap. They have donated over 18M bars of soap to date.
STATE Bags
STATE Bag's mission is to make beautiful, well-made, inclusively cool product while using the power of business to give back and shift narratives around social injustices. For every State bag purchased, they support American children and families in need in the ways they need it most. Their giving initiatives include donating fully-packed backpacks at our signature bag drop rallies, fueling #WhatDoWeTellTheKids activations and special projects with partner charities and schools.
Tentree
Tentree believes that big change starts small. Whether you’re bringing eco-bags to the grocery store, or have a fancy reusable water bottle, they are here to celebrate the small wins. They empower everyone to plant trees with their purchases, while offering sustainably made products for everyone to enjoy. They have planted 50,514,720 trees to date.
The Green Co.
The Green Co. is committed to environmental sustainability, ethical production, and excellence. The company offers a range of products to decrease your daily environmental impact. They use only plant-based materials in their products, while prioritizing the well-being of their employees and quality of their products to ensure that they are long-lasting and healthy to use!
Unwrapped Life
Unwrapped Life is passionate about spreading eco-awareness and helping others cut down on common single-use items and excessive packaging waste (shampoo really doesn't need to be in a bottle, you’ll see!), all without compromising quality and performance. Finding zero-waste alternatives for every day items is easier than you might think: join us in living life, "unwrapped". Shop their sustainable shampoo, conditioner, and body bars.
United By Blue
United By Blue proves that fashion can be a force for good. Through their commitment to sustainable materials, ethical manufacturing, and a zero-plastic policy, we're always searching for better ways to put the planet first.
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