Happy Holidays from CCEDNet!
Are you spreading the holiday cheer this year? This guide is designed to help extend the reach of that cheer by encouraging thoughtful buying and giving that supports sustainability and positively impacts local economies.
We have compiled some creative gift ideas and shopping guides to provide you with the tools and information you need to have a holiday season that promotes community economic development. See anything missing from this list? We will be adding more tips between now and the new year so don’t hesitate to send your additions to .
This Holiday, Buy Social
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| Check out 10 Thousand Villages to find businesses with a story From communities throughout the developing world, every inspired design is crafted with love using local materials (usually natural or recycled) and time-honoured skills by makers we have known and worked with for years. Every purchase improves the lives of makers by supporting their craft and providing a fair, stable income. [more] |
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| Co-operative Gift Bundle Buying gifts for the holidays can be an ethical statement that helps build a new economy. The Toolbox for Education and Social Action put together their most popular items with the best—and most delicious—gifts produced by the co-op movement. [more] |
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| My New Neighbour Holiday Shopping Guide Join two young women on an ethical shopping journey. These two want to break free of the mindless materialism we have grown up in and start to meet their ‘new’ global neighbours. [more] |
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| Social Enterprise Alliance Holiday Gift Guide This holiday, we are toasting good! Find social impact products from americain social enterprises in this catalog. Every purchase will have an impact. [more] |
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| The Social Enterprise Gift Guide by REDF When you give gifts from REDF’s Social Enterprise Gift Guide, you tell a story. A story of hope, transformation, and a better life for thousands of striving men and women who have so much to contribute. [more] |
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This Holiday, Buy Local
| Momentum Check out Momentum’s December Newsletter! If you’re in Calgary looking for the perfect gift for that someone special, look no further – they have your holiday buying guide right here! [more] |
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| Saul Good Gift Co Saul Good Gift Co. is a gift basket business featuring the best tasting local artisan treats in Vancouver, BC and Toronto, ON. All items are selected because they’re delicious, small-batch, and exclusive. Their work with social enterprise ensures that each and every gift basket gives back to the community. [more] |
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| Be Local for the Holidays Your money does more good when it’s spent at REAP businesses in Calgary. REAP businesses are at the forefront of the new economy, demonstrating that business can make a fair profit while contributing to healthy and prosperous communities. Find REAP businesses for your gift giving needs in the 2018 shopping guide. [more] |
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| Get the Facts on Shopping Local for the Holidays To illustrate the ways that local businesses are growing in popularity, delivering stronger economic returns, and expanding in numbers, the Advocates for Independent Business, a coalition of 14 groups coordinated by the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, put together this infographic. [more] |
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| Infographic: 12 Reasons to Give the Gift of Local This Holiday Season Of course, shopping at local, independent businesses is an important way to strengthen local economies. The folks at Local First Toronto have prepared a poster with 12 Reasons to Give the Gift of Local This Holiday Season [more] |
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| Tools to Help Make Your Holiday Campaign Merry…and Drive More Business to Locals The American Independent Business Alliance (AMIBA) offers a wide range of articles, graphics, activity examples, and other tools to help your businesses or organization effectively spread the pro local / independent business message throughout the season. [more] |
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This Holiday, Give Local
| LITE up the Holidays Give the gift that gives twice! Each year, LITE Winnipeg sources a unique Holiday LITE Box from local and social enterprise gifts. LITE Box help support the local economy, while bringing holiday cheer to families in need. [more] |
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| SoKind Online Registry SoKind is a registry service that encourages the giving of homemade gifts, charitable donations, secondhand goods, experiences, time, and day-of-event help. [more] |
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| New Dream: Simplify the Holidays The Center for a New American Dream helps Americans to reduce and shift their consumption to improve quality of life, protect the environment, and promote social justice. [more] |
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Giving to CCEDNet
This holiday season, help strengthen the movement to build fairer and more sustainable local economies through community-based solutions.
Make a direct donation to CCEDNet online or by cheque. We will provide a charitable tax receipt for all donations of $20 or more.
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Happy Holidays from CCEDNet!
The Board and staff of CCEDNet wish you a joyful holiday season and all the best for the new year!
