Power in Your Purse Dec 2025
Power in Your Purse Dec 2025
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As the festive season approaches, our purchases carry more weight than we realise. This AEFJN Ireland webinar explores how the money in our wallets can become a force for good — upholding human rights, supporting fairness, dignity, and sustainability across the globe.
You can watch back a recording of this important webinar below. We include separately the reflection that so aptly set the scene for us all on this occasion.
Together, we looked at how individual consumer choices can be amplified in ways that others can learn from our examples. On the evening itself we gathered some of the finest examples of how we can live our best Christmas as we encourage others to do likewise. At the end of this page we have collated some of the practical suggestions as were referenced on the evening of the webinar.
Many, many thanks for your kind attention and participation on the evening. As promised we included the recording of the webinar below along with associated resource. Please feel free to share. This could be your first Christmas Gift to others.
Thanks for all your continuing support
The team at AEFJN-Ireland
A Reflection that challenges us to be more responsible consumers
You can watch back the full recording of the webinar
Some of the suggestions that were identified during the webinar can be seen below:
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Power in your Purse
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Resources from the Webinar – Dec 2nd 2025
1. My Advent Calendar https://app.myadvent.net/calendar?id=1ege6llcm6wxwq46jbsj0eefwb7hxxrf
2. https://www.thegoodtrade.com/features/online-ethical-marketplaces/
3. https://www.anpostinsurance.ie/blog/article/how-to-shop-sustainably
4. https://www.ethicalconsumer.org/ethical-shopping-guide
5. Omnia Vanitas - Sharon Hogan, Sunday Miscellany: https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/22563964/
6. SOLAS Eco garden centre, on the outskirts of Portarlington, www.solaseco.ie is a most enjoyable place to stock up on eco-friendly products - just bring your own containers/jars/bags and you will enjoy a wonderful & fulfilling shopping experience. Plus, they have a FairTrade café on site, with delicious food!
7. The gift of prayer for someone.
8. Klee Paper for eco cleaning products in bulk, Fair Trade, recycled products for offices, recycled brown wrapping paper: KleePaper
9. Noms refillable grocery store, Phibsboro Noms | Natural, Organic, Mindful, Sustainable Store
10. Gift an experience to someone, to help a young person attend an environmental event, for example. A passing on of values.
11. Sharing unwanted gifts
12. Penny’s now has 'Pre-loved' sections within some of its stores.
14. Giving Money to organisations eg Trocaire and similar.
15. Gifting vouchers to children and others. The more local the voucher the better!
16. The Gift of Hospitality for others.
17. At a macro level – gifting a gift that is given to a charity.
18. Gifting read books to others.
19. Christmas Card with a letter!
22. https://www.mecaforpeace.org/meca-projects/shop-palestine/
24. https://www.cultzero.ie/
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