Christmas travel gift guide: 20 sustainable present ideas | Shopping trips

On Dec 11, 2021

Travel gift sets

Kip Hideaways, a members-only boutique staycation site, has two new gift sets: the travel set and the sleep set. Each includes a year’s membership (the company plants a tree for every member), plus Bramley toiletries and Elizabeth Scarlett embroidered accessories.
From £53, kiphideaways.com

Adventure rucksack

A thoughtfully designed 42-litre rucksack with multiple pockets – for laptops, cards, shoes, water bottles, valuables – but small enough to take as carry-on. Made from recycled plastic by a sustainable British brand with an in-house repair service.
£185, stubbleandco.com

Limited-edition prints

The Woods sells limited-edition fine art photography inspired by travel, nature and adventure, printed in London. Gift cards are also available, so the recipient can choose their own photograph.
From £70, thewoods.co

Washbag made of plastic bottles

Designed in the Lake District and ethically made in Vietnam from recycled plastic bottles (four per bag). Millican also sells recycled plastic backpacks.
£18, homeofmillican.com

Speckly passport cover

The passport cover from Liga’s Beach Clean collection is made from recycled flip-flops and sustainable cork – perfect for disguising a post-Brexit blue British passport.
£14.95, loveliga.co.uk

Great white shark towel

Padi, the diving organisation, has a range of clothes, accessories and towels made from recycled ocean plastic. This limited-edition towel was designed for shark week 2021.
£27, padigear.net

Wild swimming scented candle

Different Kind is a new ethical online store stocking products by brands such as Goldfinger, which uses recycled materials and provides training for disadvantaged young people. The scent of its soy-wax candle evokes “the cold shock of water under a glorious sky”.
£32, thedifferentkind.com

Sending Hugs gift box

This includes a “random recycled wool” rug from Atlantic Blankets, made from leftover wool and ideal for picnics, plus a caramel sea-salt chocolate bar.
£38, atlanticblankets.com

Let’s Get Lost photography book

Subtitled “the world’s most stunning remote locations”, this new landscape book curated by Finn Beales contains more than 200 images of beaches, mountains, forests, wildernesses, lakes and rivers by 21 photographers. Inspiration for adventurers and armchair travellers alike.
£23.25, UK.bookship.org

Hat and fingerless mittens

Designed in Orkney and knitted in the Scottish Borders from luxury-grade, cruelty-free lamb’s wool, using environment-friendly dyes. The company also makes scarves, blankets and throws.
From £47, hilarygrant.co.uk

Planet-friendly coffee subscription

The Mayni community in Peru grow coffee using agroforestry techniques, which protect the Amazon, and Easy Jose pays them a premium for it. It sells three-, six-, nine- and 12-month subscriptions (two 250g bags a month).
£18 a month, easyjosecoffee.co.uk

Sustainable sunnies

Sunglasses made from recycled “ghost gear” – lost or discarded fishing nets – collected from UK beaches. Purchases also support Waterhaul’s recycling workshops in schools and communities.
From £60, waterhaul.co

Deluxe festive hamper

A handmade basket containing 17 wild UK products, from hogweed…