Tips: Sustainable gifts

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Christmas, the feast of charity. For many people it is not a happy event, because in Africa millions of people are still suffering from visual impairment.

With LIGHT FOR THE WORLD you can give double pleasure and something meaningful: Only 30 Euro save eyesight! Give your loved one a donation to LIGHT FOR THE WORLD and help blind people to a future!

But for Grandpa, his nurse or the friendly neighbor, there really has to be a Christmas present this year? "Crowdfunding for the common good" recommends: Art calendar with motifs by Gerhard Haderer, 40 x 60 cm

The acquisition supports the EU-wide Citizens' Initiative for a Unconditional Basic Income (to start mid-2020).

Stay in a Bauhaus style junior suite with views of the surrounding, snowy 2000er. You will be pampered by a special ayurveda program for sniffing: purifying and metabolically stimulating full body massage with raw silk gloves, royal forehead oil casting with a gentle head massage, harmonizing, ayurvedic full body massage and a warming orange blossom and lavender pack. from 875 Euro per person,

Whether it's a refreshing shower or a relaxing bath: The shower baths from the organic cosmetics brand SCHAU AUF DI can do both. Handcrafted in the Waldviertel, they offer the perfect combination of gentle cleaning, natural effects and fine care. Experience the variants summer rain, feel the goddess, for men and for kids.

In the online shop, there is the shower bath Spür the goddess and the matching body oil in the gift box for only € 34,90.

Styling with sustainability since 35 years! Available in all branches.

Mixing is possible - for an individual, self-created shower experience with 100% natural ingredients. The recipe card includes the simple instructions and gives inspiration for your own creations, the ingredients contained promise a revitalizing wellness experience. Content: 200ml coconut foam base, 5ml essential oil grapefruit, 5ml essential oil silver fir, recipe card DIY shower gel.

All SeifenDealer Products are invariably sustainable natural products. They are made in wonderful handcraft and small batches - therefore each piece is unique! The fine product range includes cold-soaked soaps, hand balm, shower sugar, body mousse, deodorant cream and solid shampoo in 14 self-composed fragrances. 

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The cookbook of BIO HOTELS: From modern dishes characterized by precision and minimalism, to traditional tavern classics and regional specialties. Partly forgotten recipes from the family cookbooks of our organic chefs. Even the favorite dish of an old German prince is there. 

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Enjoy the best time of the year with Landgarten: The fine Edelmarzipan is a real winter dream in dark chocolate! Shrouded in hundreds of sheer layers of Fairtrade chocolate, this wintry product leaves nothing to be desired. Discover the four limited varieties in premium premium gift boxes.

Everything organic under the tree? With the gift sets from Kastenbein & Bosch do you not only make your loved ones happy, but also the environment. Whether you are wearing a robust beard, wild curly hair or a cool blonde - greened up with the organic-natural hair care sets, each consisting of two products from the natural cosmetics range Kastenbein & Bosch just every Christmas time. Of course, as always, the content of the gift sets is based on the unique one Kastenbein & Bosch Philosophy that always guarantees the pure interaction of organic ingredients and years of expertise from real everyday hairdressing. So your green Christmas can come!

In the cold winter months, we pack our bags tightly before leaving home. Use the cuddly season to pack your skin and hair as well - with cutem SKIN OIL. Whether as a rich skin or hair pack, as a bath additive or massage oil - it is suitable for all skin types and supports the skin function.

• highly effective for skin and hair problems

• helps against dehydration, overgreasy and flaky skin

• contributes to the detoxification of the skin

• It is cleansing, bath oil, skin protection oil, massage oil, baby oil, hair and scalp oil and much more

• Natural, organic ingredients: sunflower, sesame, evening primrose, nettle, horsetail, calendula and vitamin E.

bioemsan intensive care cream not only serves as day and night care, but can also be used as eye, lip care and cold protection. The rich nourishing cream is suitable for every skin type and also very well tolerated for children's skin. Valuable oils and shea butter provide supple skin.

the new KHOYSAN sea salt with organic lemon thyme & orange is a tasty enrichment from sustainable production. Sun-ripened, hand-picked sea salt crystals, lemon thyme, orange and lemon are reminiscent of summer. A pinch of chili and pepper add fire to the mixture. Goes well with fish, poultry, carrots, pumpkin, polenta and gives soups, spreads, raw vegetables and salads a special touch.

Fermented foods are literally "alive" with all the complex bacterial activity that is so important to life itself and that has not been killed or destroyed by industrial processing.

Fermenting is so far the only comprehensive (recipe) book on fermenting and cooking with live cultures. But it is much more, it is a "cultural manifesto" of the history and circumstances of human nutrition. This revolutionary and unique book will appeal to anyone interested in the food traditions of the world and the vitality of nutrition and good health.

The Tyrolean organic alpine honey comes from the Tyrolean organic beekeeper Bernhard Bichler. Bichler brings his bee colonies at the time of Almrosenblüte on the pastures in the Kelchsau and in the long reason. This creates an exceptionally fine and aromatic honey. In Bichler's small manufactory in Rettenschöss the Almrosenhonig is used as cream honey for the cooperative BIO vom BERG bottled. Something special from organic mountain farming.

With every pack of Organyc biotampons or sanitary wraps sold, students gain access to the informa- tion platform ready-for-red.com, which teaches important knowledge about the female cycle. In addition, with Organyc products, you are doing something good for you and your environment: they are made of 100% organic cotton, contain no artificial additives and are biodegradable.

With -10% discount in the shop, discount code: OPTION10