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Zero Waste: Christmas

Crafty Ideas for a Sustainable Christmas
Series: Zero Waste
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Zero Waste: Christmas by Christine Leech and Emma Friedlander-Collins offers creative and eco-friendly ideas for celebrating Christmas with minimal environmental impact. The authors provide practical tips and inspiration for sustainable decorations, gifts, and festivities, encouraging readers to embrace a joyful holiday season while reducing waste. This arts and culture guidebook is perfect for those who wish to enjoy a festive yet conscientious Christmas.
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Celebrate Christmas the zero-waste way with these crafty solutions for everything from decorations to gift bags. Craft your own sustainable Christmas: create plastic-free crackers for the table, no-waste decorations for the tree and zero-waste wrapping and present solutions for your family and friends.

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Celebrate Christmas the zero-waste way with these crafty solutions for everything from decorations to gift bags. The zero waste movement is huge and this collection will help you to craft your own zero-waste solutions for a sustainable Christmas—create plastic-free crackers for the table, no-waste decorations for the tree, and zero-waste wrapping and present solutions for your family and friends.

Choose from projects and tutorials for a sustainable Christmas, including sewing, crochet, upcycling, and reuse ideas. Whether you're a committed crafter or new to making, there is something for everyone no matter what your skill level is.

Upcycling and reuse gurus Emma and Christine show you how to turn Christmas into a zero-waste experience with step-by-step instructions and some clever crafting. Packed full of original ideas, Zero Waste: Christmas will help you to celebrate the zero-waste way and improve your efforts to reduce, reuse, and recycle while at the same time having fun.

AUTHOR: Emma Friedlander-Collins is passionate about sustainability and continually works to discover ways to use craft and making to create communities and inspire others.

Series: Zero Waste

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  • Zero Waste: Christmas
    Celebrate Christmas the zero-waste way with these crafty solutions for everything from decorations to gift bags. The zero waste movement is huge and this collection will help you to craft your own zero-waste solutions for a sustainable Christmas—create plastic-free crackers for the table, no-waste decorations for the tree, and zero-waste wrapping and present solutions for your family and friends. Choose...
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    Embrace zero waste living with this collection of sustainable gift wrap solutions, including furoshiki, the traditional Japanese technique of fabric knotting. What could be nicer than receiving a present and the beautiful scarf it's wrapped in! Whether you use a vintage silk scarf, create your own fabric with patchwork, piecing, and dyeing techniques, or reuse unwanted items to make quirky...
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    Turn your kitchen into a waste-free zone with these crafty solutions for everything from "unpaper" towels to citrus antibacterial wipes and handmade dishcloths. The zero waste movement is huge, and this collection will help you craft your own zero waste solutions—create beeswax wraps for storing food, make your own paper caddy liners, and create herb pots from empty bottles. Whether...
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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781446308721

Publisher: David & Charles

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 13 July 2021

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: David & Charles

Illustration: 244 Illustrations

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 8.0mm

Width: 204.0mm

Height: 204.0mm

Weight: 315g

Pages: 96

About the Author

Christine Leech (Sew Yeah) is an experienced author, designer, stylist, prop designer and art director. Emma Friedlander-Collins is an upcycling champion, as well as an experienced designer, author and teacher. They are both passionate about sustainability. |Emma Friedlander-Collins is passionate about sustainability and continually works to discover ways to use craft and making to create communities and inspire others.|Christine Leech (Sew Yeah) is an experienced author, designer, stylist, prop designer and art director.

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