{"id":35009,"date":"2021-11-26T16:18:51","date_gmt":"2021-11-26T16:18:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sheffieldwire.co.uk\/?p=35009"},"modified":"2021-11-26T16:18:51","modified_gmt":"2021-11-26T16:18:51","slug":"sustainable-christmas-market-to-launch-in-sheffield-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/11\/26\/sustainable-christmas-market-to-launch-in-sheffield-this-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Sustainable Christmas market to launch in Sheffield this weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Can Do South Yorkshire is holding an alternative sustainable Christmas market in Shirecliffe this weekend.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The event will be the first of two markets which hope to engage and unite people in climate action over the festive season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Emily Lewis of the South Yorkshire Climate Alliance which runs the Can Do project said: \u201cWe wanted to show that Christmas doesn\u2019t have to cost the earth\u00a0 &#8211; it can be a very wasteful time of year but there are plenty of things we can do to move away from consumerism and have a positive climate impact.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The event will feature campaign stalls from organisations such as Greenpeace and Sheffield for Democracy, as well as craft activities from Craftivists of South Yorkshire.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The organisers of the market want to focus on reducing spending this Christmas and buying recycled or upcycled gifts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Miss Lewis said: \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">People often get caught up in the excitement of Christmas and end up being wasteful with their money and our resources. We want to show people it is possible to have a conscious and thoughtful Christmas.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How do you plan on being eco-friendly this Christmas?\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pCe0rqHlawg?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dinah Ward, organiser of the campaign Future Friendly Christmas, will be hosting a stall at the market that will ask people to make a Christmas promise to do something different this year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She said: \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s not trying to make people feel bad, it is trying to appreciate the fact that people have an emotional attachment to Christmas, to things that are good and positive.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The campaigner hoped the market and her campaign would encourage people to think about the ways in which their shopping habits impact the environment this Christmas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ms Ward said: \u201cIt is best to buy less. 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You can have a great Christmas without actually buying stuff.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The market will run from 11am to 4pm this Sunday at Shirecliffe Community Centre.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A second market is planned at the Common Ground Community Centre on Sunday 5 December.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An alternative sustainable Christmas market will take place in Sheffield this weekend to encourage shoppers to think about how their festive habits impact the climate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":35103,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[598,99,280],"class_list":["post-35009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-christmas","tag-environment","tag-sustainability"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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