10 natural and sustainable Christmas decorations

Soon the parties and celebrations will arrive and with them the typical tree, food and decorations dilemma. During these dates, the people who aspire to live in a sustainable way, try not to succumb to consumerism and try to run away from decorations and gifts made with unsustainable materials.

More and more people are aware that buying new plastic trees and decorations every year is anything but sustainableand we want to do things better from an environmental point of view.

Christmas decorations for the house and the table

Both to decorate the house and to dress the Christmas table, we have a endless sustainable options for which we can choose.

The important thing is to keep two things in mind:

That it be all reusable and have a sustainable end of lifethat is to say, that if for any reason we have to get rid of it, or it breaks, its residue can be managed sustainably. In case we want something different, let it be natural and we can obtain it again the following year without this implying an additional expense of resources.

For this we can already discard, for example, the typical garlands and plastic tinsel, and with “throw away” we mean not to buy, since if it is what we have at home, the most sustainable thing would be to reuse it. Instead of plastic options, we can choose to make them with natural elements.

As for the rest of the decorations, for example, for the Christmas table, we also have many possibilities. Here you will find 10 original and sustainable decoration ideas for both the house and the table: