With sustainable Valentine’s gifts, you show your love not only to your partner, but also to the planet! IMAGE: ©Sahaidachnyl-Roman | Stock.Adobe.com

10 sustainable Valentine’s Day gifts

Conventional Valentine’s gifts create significant amounts of waste. From disposable packaging to mass-produced products that don’t last long. As an alternative, we present sustainable gifts that match a mindful lifestyle. Products that keep the environmental impact low and are produced under fair conditions.

1. Handmade or recycled jewelry

In many places, the mining of raw materials such as gold or diamonds is neither sustainable nor fair. Various labels design jewelry from sustainable materials (e.g. wood or stainless steel). If you want to go more classy, purchase jewelry made from recycled gold or silver. Or have you already heard of laboratory-grown diamonds?

2. Experience gifts

Instead of a material gift, you can also give a spa day in a sustainable hotel. In this article, we tell you more about the day tickets of our Green PearlsⓇ partners. Or how about a sustainable Valentine’s weekend? Experiences create lasting memories with minimal environmental impact.

3. plant or tree gifts

A potted plant, a herb garden set or even sponsoring the planting of a tree in your partner’s name can be a thoughtful and sustainable Valentine’s gift.

4. environmentally friendly candles

Candles are perfect for creating a romantic mood. But did you know that most candles are made from paraffin – and therefore petroleum? The best alternative is candles made from soy wax, as we report in this insight about eco candles. Since these are not quite as cheap, they are all the more suitable as a gift!

5. Sustainable Valentine’s gifts with upcycling

Maybe you have an upcycling idea for an item that connects the two of you? Take a look around your home and transform an existing item into a meaningful gift.

6. sustainable chocolate

Fair trade chocolate in organic quality is now also available in supermarkets (e.g. from brands like GEPA). Sometimes even in heart shapes (especially for Valentine’s Day). You can also find various sustainable chocolate companies online where you can design the packaging specifically for your loved one – for example, with Tony’s Chocolate Design Tool.

7. Sustainable underwear or loungewear

How about environmentally friendly lingerie or loungewear? Materials such as organic cotton, bamboo or TENCELⓇ are suitable here. You can find them at Avocadostore, for example.

8. Books about sustainable living and green travel

Ben from our editorial team shared his tips for travel reading in this Insight and presented a few interesting works on sustainability. Perhaps there is something here that you would like to give as a gift.

9. Cook a romantic dinner with regional ingredients

Prepare a romantic meal with organic ingredients from the region. This is sustainable, thoughtful and shows that you care.

10. Cooking class

Or you can both cook together and give a cooking class as a gift! Here you will find a list of sustainable cooking classes from Green PearlsⓇ partners.

A thoughtful, environmentally conscious gift gives the gesture a deeper meaning and emphasizes the concern for the future of the world that you both share. If you would like to get to know more eco-products, we recommend our blog article:

“I saw this at a Green PearlsⓇ hotel” – A list of the best sustainable hotel products