Each month we scour the web and talk to our friends for tips, tricks and tools to help you tackle different challenges and become better!

This month we’ve got some great tips on eco-friendly Christmas shopping (not long now folks!) and we’ve found some lovely ways to upcycle bottle caps into festive ornaments.

Tips

Started Christmas shopping yet? Check out these tips on keeping your shopping eco-friendly before you hit the shops. From trees, decorations and food to gifts, wrapping and games you’ll find a host of festive treat tips – all without breaking the bank or our planet!

How about using some of your disposable things and make something festively wonderful? We’ve found some fantastic ideas to make lovely Christmas ornaments while building the feel good and “green” factor to help you do just that! Have fun!

If that’s not enough, check out these great eco-friendly and sustainable gift ideas for those who love their digital lifestyle.

We love all 16 suggestions but our favourites have to be:

• Terracycle upcycled boombox
• Thinksound sustainable wood headphones
• Water powered clock
• Green power strip
• Bamboo dry-erase board

And these unusual circular economy Christmas gift ideas are ideal if you're after something a little bit different. The list has lots of ideas including cameras, Lego, tools and bikes.

We bet you agree they're as cool as a green Christmas gift can be! 

Tools

We have created a whole host of communications materials so that you can plan and deliver a digital Christmas Reuse Campaign. Get more info here. This campaign will take 5 hours to deliver but give you some great impact.

We hope you find our tips, tricks and tools useful. Do you have any you'd like to share with us? Submit your comments below and we'll take a look!