When it comes to holiday shopping, Black Friday is the day to get stampeded trying to get a large-screen TV at a big box store. On Small Business Saturday, you weigh whether the American Express marketing is too cynical to diminish the nice idea of shopping at a small business. On Cyber Monday, you shop at Amazon from your cubicle. And on Giving Tuesday, you try to make yourself feel better about it by giving a few bucks to charity.
But what if you had at your fingertips a list of places to shop for environmentally sustainable goods with decent labor standards? That’s the idea behind Shop for Good Sunday.
Shop for Good Sunday is the day to support brands that do good for people and the planet—the growing number of businesses that have a core mission beyond profit.
Like a candle company where all products are made by refugees now building a brighter future for their families. Or circular economy pioneers making lifetime-guaranteed bags out of upcycled airplane seats, saving tons of useful material from landfills. Or a stylish women’s fashion brand founded to empower women in Uganda and send them to college.
Shop for Good Sunday is a project of Done Good, which connects users with ethical brands all year round. In addition to that candle company and the upcycled airplane seat bags and the fashion that empowers Ugandan women, you can get American-made, sustainable-fabric, minimalist clothing basics (for hipsters) or sunglasses made from recycled ocean plastic or New York City experience gifts that support the local community. Among other things.