Looking for the perfect ethical and eco-friendly gift? Check out these 10 sustainable gift ideas.
Soon the silly season will be upon us but that doesn’t mean you have to give a silly gift. At Pip, we think a sustainable, ethical and eco-friendly gift is the best one to give.
With this in mind, we’ve put together our eco-friendly gift guide for 2023 to help you find the perfect gift for the friends and family in your life who care about the planet as much as you do.
Subpod Grow Bed Bundle, $384
The Subpod Grow Bed bundle is a garden bed, worm farm, compost bin and garden seat all rolled into one! Composting food waste and growing fresh produce has never been easier.
The bundle includes a Subpod Classic Compost Bin/Worm Farm, Subpod Grow Garden Bed, Subpod Compost Aerator, two 100% natural jute worm blankets and detailed instruction manual.
Japanese Sickle from Urban Revolution, $24.95
The Japanese sickle is an affordable, lightweight, and essential piece of kit for any gardener who is harvesting, chopping down plants for composting, mulching or cover crops.
A sickle can be used in tight spaces where a scythe is not practical. Cuts and chops directly to the base of plants. Easy cutting down to the roots of weeds. Also useful for harvesting your vegetables.
The curved blade has a serrated edge for easy cutting and the timber handle sits nicely in the hand.
Urban Revolution also have a range of other high-quality, eco-friendly, natural and locally made products available on their website.
Pip Gift Bundles, from $34
We’ve pulled together all of our favourite Pip products to create our special Pip Bundles, just in time for Christmas and the holiday season.
From our range of 100% organic cotton and Fair-Trade Certified market tote bags and tea towels to our Kitchen Garden Calendar, magazine subscriptions and even heirloom, open-pollinated seeds, we’ve got everything you need to give the sustainably minded green thumb in your life the perfect affordable and ethical gift. (Or, why not treat yourself and purchase one of our Bundles for you?!)
Farm Yard Rooster Weathervane, $69.50
This gorgeous Farm Yard Rooster Weathervane is made from ultra strong, UVD resistant plastic material and is ideal for the garden shed, a balcony, a fence, a cubby house or a post mounting.
Artwork from Ana Zaja Petrak, from $49.31
Purchase a beautifully crafted vegetable print by the one of our cover artists, Ana Zaja Petrak. Ana created our issue 29 and issue 30 covers.
This archival fine art giclée reproduction print (pictured) is on beautiful genuine artist paper made of 100% cotton, printed with the finest archival fade resistant inks.
Sow’n’Sow Australian Native Gift of Seeds (set of 4), $35
We’re in love with this sweet little gift idea for kids and adults alike who like to spend time in the garden.
The Australian Native Gift of Seeds pack (set of four) includes easy to grow Everlasting Daisy seeds (Rhodanthe chlorocephala).
There is space on the back to write a message, a plant label is included as part of the packaging and each Gift of Seeds comes with a brown kraft envelope for mailing.
Featuring an original Australian themed illustration by Melbourne artist Daniella Germain, this gift and card in one is plastic free and made in Australia from 100% recycled card.
Pip Magazine Print Subscription, from $59
We think a subscription to our very own magazine makes the perfect eco-friendly gift!
It’s the perfect present for a loved one who cares about the planet, and loves ideas and inspiration about how to live a more earth-friendly life.
A yearly subscription to Pip includes four issues of the print magazine delivered each year, as well as special discounts from Pip partners, monthly giveaways and the chance to win major prizes.
Brenna Quinlan Organic T-shirt, $65
For the sartorially minded, slow fashion lovers in your life, an ethically made, high-quality organic cotton T-shirt may be just the thing.
Illustrator, educator, contributor and friend of Pip, Brenna Quinlan has just released new T-shirts designs over on her website.
Personally, we’re fans of the My Other Life Is Permaculture Tee (pictured)!
Milkwood Organic Vegetable Gardening Course, $439
If there a loved-one in your life you know dreasm of walking out their back door and into a thriving vegie patch, full of delicious and healthy produce, grown by their own hands?
This Milkwood course will give them the skills to design, build, plant and grow their dream garden – and all the vegetables their family needs.
This hands-on, mentored course, contains all the skills they will need to go from complete beginner to nurturing a thriving vegie patch.
Pip Tea Towel Collection, $60
The Pip tea towel collection includes our snow pea, carrots and asparagus tea towels.
All made with 100% organic cotton and fair trade certified, so you know that the people making the bag and farming the cotton are treated well, and the land where the cotton is grown is not being destroyed by the use of chemical pesticides.
