Christmas » Sift BlogPosts Tagged ‘Christmas’Final Friday FavouritesFriday, December 24th, 2010 by Admin Pile of Old Bikes at Resource Recycling ChCh The last Friday Favourites for 2010! We all hope you have enjoyed our blogs this year. Have a safe and Merry Christmas and New Year and we shall be back ready for a bumper 2011 on the 5th of January.
*Photo – SIFT Favourite Christmas PicksMonday, December 20th, 2010 by Admin Source - ReNest Recycled Star Craft Last week got away from us and we forgot to post the Friday Faves we normally do so here they are now:
Friday FavouritesFriday, December 10th, 2010 by Admin
 Source: Re-Nest Green Bough eco Friendly plywood Christmas Tree Just had one of those great meetings where you know that with the right people real change for more sustainable (less wasteful) world can occur. Great way to end the week! Here are our favourite links from around the world and home: In case you had not already seen on our website, SIFT has released the 2009/10 Annual Report. If you would like to know what we have been up to in the past year, have a read and download it here. • Recycling and the life of a lip-stick tube Have a fantastic waste free weekend. The SIFT 2010 Christmas TreeMonday, December 6th, 2010 by Admin SIFT 2010 Christmas Tree The 100% Recyclable and Compostable Christmas Tree Here at the Sustainable Initiatives Fund office we enjoy getting in the Christmas spirit while implementing our core values of sustainability and minimisation of wastestreams. For these reasons, it was fitting for our office Christmas tree to be one which embodies the three R’s, Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. The ‘tree’ is made from bamboo shoots and assembled with unbleached twine. We created our own decorations by using outdated business flyers: creating stars, Christmas chain and even a little angel. The decorations were held together and hung with cotton and we added small torn calico bows and finished the look off with a tree-topping star made from old office file dividers. Through creativity we have made a 100% recyclable and compostable* Christmas tree. The finishing product was so good that it will be the face of SIFT’s 2010 Christmas card! Let us know how you are reducing your waste this Christmas. Friday FavouritesFriday, December 3rd, 2010 by Admin Sail Christmas Stockings via ReNest Here are our favourites for this Friday. Happy reading. National: Have a great waste free weekend. The Gift of SustainabilityTuesday, November 30th, 2010 by Admin Pop Up Xmas Tree Card via WikiHow With Christmas just a few weeks away, this is the perfect time to consider and implement some easy initiatives to make your festive season a sustainable and environmentally friendly one. Here are a few simple ideas to help you along the way: 1. Instead of contributing to the millions of metres of gift-wrap used and discarded each Christmas season, presenting gifts in reusable decorated jars, boxes, textile bags or decorated newspaper can make sustainable AND beautiful alternatives to single-use bleached and dyed commercial wrapping-papers (that often can’t be recycled due to the metallic content). If wrapping-paper does make an appearance under your Christmas tree this year, be friendly when eagerly revealing your gift; keep the paper in good condition so it can be reused for next year. 2. With food being an integral element to brining everyone together over Christmas, it is often one of the most wasteful times of the year in regards to leftovers. Get creative in the kitchen following the big day. There are some amazing recipe ideas for Christmas leftovers. Here are a few sites to help: Channel 4 UK Chefs Christmas Leftovers Taste Australia Christmas Leftovers Any appropriate food which is not used can be added to a compost waste bucket – to help give you some nutrient rich soil in the garden! 3. Support local business and buy local products. This is a great way to offset carbon footprints which rise from the large amount of international transportation and heavy product packaging with the importation of Christmas gifts. 4. If you want to give a gift that will truly keep on giving, check out the links below. With gifts ranging from as little as $15, these gift options pose as an alternative to traditional gifts, but can provide others with experiences and opportunities that will last a lifetime. First Friday Favourites for AugustFriday, August 6th, 2010 by Admin
 Beautful and practical reuse of a Mason jar from Re-Nest Happy August! Apparently there are only 145 days till Christmas – it’s way too early to be thinking about Christmas (and the waste produced from it) but not too early to be thinking about warmer temperatures of spring and summer. Here are our favourites links that we have found:
Enjoy a waste free weekend. E-Waste Competition WinnersWednesday, January 20th, 2010 by AdminJust before Christmas we chose the winners of our e-waste competition. For the most sustainable/commercial category the winner is Alan Leifting from Christchurch. His idea was to modify cell phone battery chargers so they can be used as DC power supplies for other electronic products.  SIFT CEO Linda Norris with e-waste competition winner Alan Leifting. And the winner of the most artistic/creative category was Jo Wynne who won our artistic/creative category for our last competition. Jo entered two really cool 3D pieces of art made from old electronic equipment. Our favourite is the one on she is holding. Love the copper elements mixed with black and silver and hanging down on wire.  SIFT CEO Linda Norris with e-waste competition winner Jo Wynne.  Jo Wynne's e-waste art Both winners received a 2008 iPod Nano which they were super pleased with. A nice end to the year. Merry Christmas from SIFT.Thursday, December 24th, 2009 by Admin
 RecycleNow.org Cardboard Christmas Tree Merry Christmas to all who have been reading our blog posts for the past few months. Have a wonderful Christmas break what ever you end up doing and don’t forget to be conscious about the waste you will be producing (reduce, reuse, recycle). We are looking forward to relaxing in the Summer weather and recharging for a super busy 2010. We have lots of plans and projects in place to continue reducing the amount of waste that goes to Canterbury’s landfills and look forward to sharing the successes and challenges here. We will be signing off from the blog for a few weeks and won’t be back in the office till the 18th of January. Until then Merry Christmas and all the best for a sustainable 2010. Office-made Christmas decorationsFriday, December 18th, 2009 by AdminThis year we have made our Christmas decorations out of paper that we were going to recycle. Paper chains, paper snowflakes and a paper/cardboard snowflake wreath. The paper chains are being held together by a no-staple stapler (no unnecessary use of steel for staples). The wreath is from old cardboard, paper, a bit of glue and paper raffia from the handle of an old bag for the bow. A little bit of deft cutting and we have a lovely little Christmas theme all from waste paper! And it can all be composted on our return from holidays. A good bit of sustainability and creative craftiness in action. Might look to match the heat with the theme next year though!  Wreath and paper chain
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