Happy Valentine’s Day!
Category: Vegan Products
Achieve Top 3 New Years Resolutions!
The top three New Year’s resolutions in Abya Yala (aka: America) are to:
1) Eat better
2) Spend more time with family & friends and…
3) Save more money
We have three items you can get to help you achieve your goals. Nutriciously, Pela and Decomposition are brands equipped to help you transform your life.
Nutriciously
Do you want to eat better? Have you been thinking about trying a vegan lifestyle? Now is your chance! If you were not sure how to get started, Nutriciously has it all planned out for you. With their A – Z Vegan Guide and Vegan Meal Plans, you’ll have a direct path to making yummy vegan food!
Pela
Most of our weekly and monthly social plans are done via cell phone. So protect the cell you use to contact friends and family with an eco-friendly cell phone case by Pela. They are designed to be flexible and durable. The Pela cell phone cases fit a variety of cell phone models – including Androids and iPhones. Even better, at the end of its life-cycle, you can put the phone case right in the ground at home – it is fully compostable 💗!
Decomposition
Get these compostable notebooks, not just to be more eco-friendly, but to help you be proactive in reaching your life goals!
Use a Decomposition notebook to Keep track of what you spend on a daily basis. This is the first step to managing your funds and saving more.
Get a Decomposition notebook to write down what you eat each day. This is the first step to bringing self awareness to daily eating habits. This can help us make healthier decisions in the future. Get the Decomposition notebook to do this and to write grocery lists for your ideal meals.
Sometimes you just need to write out plans for your next fun outing with friends and/or family to make sure it happens. Get a Decomposition notebook with a fun design for those special outings.
For each of these goals, don’t forget to include dates for when you plan to achieve them. Studies have shown attaching realistic due dates to our goals increases the likelihood that we will accomplish them!
No matter where you are in your physical, social or financial journey, these products are great tools to help you reach your goals!
Vegan Halloween Candy! (2024)
Trick or Treat?! We hope you chose treat, because we have a list of great vegan candy for you!
We encourage you to get candy in compostable packaging and paper packaging – instead of plastic packaging. Our goal is to help everyone save the planet and all the beings living here by going plastic-free!
Vegan Candy with Compostable Packaging!
Loving Earth Chocolate
Mmmore Raw Treats
H!p Chocolate
Vegan Candy with Paper Packaging:
Junior Mints
Nerds
Fun Dip
Gobstoppers
Jujyfruits
Bottlecaps
Vegan candies with less plastic packaging than most:
Charm’s Blow Pops
Cry Baby (in a box)
Dots
Dum Dums
Hubba Bubba
Mamba
Mary Jane
Now & Later
Pixie Sticks
Smarties
Superior l Bubble Bubble Gums
Other vegan candies:
Airheads
Brach’s Cinnamon Imperials
Brach’s Lemon Drops
Brach’s Star Brites Peppermint Candy
Chick-O-Sticks
Fire Ball
Go-Max-Go Candy Bars
Hubba Bubba Bubble Tape
Laffy Taffy (mini version – NOT the regular size. The regular size has egg albumen)
Jolly Rancher
No Whey
Pez
Red Vines
Ring Pops
Skittles
Smarties
Sour Patch Kids
Surf Sweets Organic Cinnamon Bears
Swedish Fish
Sweet Tarts
Twizzlers
YumEarth (Lolli Pops)
Zackary Cinnamon Bears
Zotz
As you can see, there are a lot of vegan candy options to choose from. It’s super exciting that some are plastic-free and some even use compostable packaging! Let us know in the comments section which vegan candy you decided to get and which ones are your favorites!
See below video and more on our Instagram (@VEGANavigate), TikTok, Facebook (https://m.facebook.com/veganavigate.page/), and X (formerly Twitter) pages:
Vegan Flip Flops and Vegan Tennis Shoes (Eco-Friendly)
These are great flip flops and tennis shoes to help you walk in comfort and style this summer. They are vegan and eco-friendly, so get your favorites guilt free! These kicks range from biodegradable to recyclable – making sure they never end up in a landfill of pollution.
Thank you for choosing to get stuff via VEGANavigate. Some of the companies we advertise have partnered with us. This means they give us a commission if you purchase an item/items from them due to our website. Thanks again for your support!
The Original Cork Shop
Cork is an eco-friendly and sustainable material. It is not necessary to cut down trees to harvest cork. These shoes made from this natural material are sturdy, comfortable and dare we say à la mode!
Blue View Tennis Shoes
Blue View has created the future shoe. They are fully compostable, made of natural materials, very comfortable, and definitely stylish. There really isn’t more you could ask for!
Huggoes Flip Flops
These sandals are especially awesome because they produce zero waste. Similar to everything natural in the world, they are also biodegradable. This means Huggoes shoes can go right back into the earth as all things should.
Okabashi Sandals
Okabashi’s number one focus is making comfortable shoes for their customers. There is something for everyone in the family. They also encourage the return of old shoes from their product lines directly to them so they can make sure they are recycled.
Third Oak
Third Oak makes elegant vegan sandals. The materials used are 45% soy based and the shoes are made in the U.S. At the end of the sandals’ use, they are 100% recyclable.
Ethletic Tennis Shoes
These shoes are made from all renewable materials such as organic cotton and natural rubber. The only part of their shoes that would not decompose naturally at the end of use are their shoes made with metal eyelets. However, they are currently searching for alternatives for this component of the shoe.
Etiko Flip Flops
Ok, so Etiko only has one flip flop design, but we loved it so much we had to include it. These neon green sandals are not just eye-catching, they are also helping a cause. Part of the proceeds for this product go to the protection of bears and their families.
Let us know which brand is your favorite! Which shoes did you decide to get? How did you match them with your favorite outfits? We look forward to hearing from you! As always, we’re creating a space where making choices through love and respect for other beings and Mother Earth is easier than ever!
Vegan Gifts for Father’s Day!
Father’s Day is right around the corner! Here are some vegan gift ideas for your Dad’s special day. Many of them are also eco-friendly!
Thank you for choosing to get stuff via VEGANavigate. Some of the companies we advertise have partnered with us. This means they give us a commission if you purchase an item/items from them due to our website. Thanks again for your support!
Compostable Phone Case
The Pela brand has created a variety of phone case designs. They have collections for both iPhone and Android phones. The pliable material provides the ultimate protection for your cell. Better yet, when the phone case reaches the end of its life cycle, it can be composted!
Eco-Friendly Cell Phone
Fairphone has made the most eco-friendly phone on the market. The company originated in Europe and their cell phones are finally available in the United States. They even offer materials and online video tutorials to fix your phone yourself. Their goal is to provide a sturdy cell phone that lasts. This reduces waste in landfills and the use of natural resources.
Vegan Wallet and Vegan Belt Gift Set
Get your dad a classy and practical gift set. This vegan wallet and vegan belt are sure to match the majority of his attire. Watson and Wolfe can always be trusted to add style to any wardrobe.
Vegan Chapstick (Vegan Lip Balm)
Most chapstick is packaged in a plastic tube and plastic cap that would end up in a landfill mountain of trash. No more polluting the earth or the ocean. Eco Roots has the solution to protect other beings from getting hurt from our unnecessary garbage. The compostable container for this lip balm is the answer we need.
Vegan Soap
Let your dad start his day with a refreshing organic bar of vegan soap! Help him keep his rugged good looks with a charcoal Facial Vegan Soap Bar. Both are sure to be great additions to his gift bag!
Vegan Deodorant in Compostable Packaging
Daddy-O will be smelling fresh with this vegan deodorant by Meow Meow Tweet. Better yet, the thick paper packaging they use can go right back into Mother Nature – unlike the pollution plastic of other deodorant brands.
Vegan Body Butter (Fragrance-free vegan lotion)
Live Like You Green it is taking the eco-friendly mission seriously. They provide a variety of vegan self-care products. This vegan lotion is a must-have to help your dad keep his skin healthy.
Good Guys Socks
Good Guys Don’t Wear Leather has added the slogan , “Good Guys Go Vegan,” to their brand. If you have a vegan dad, he’ll love these socks and the variety of colors. These statement socks are great for the gym, lounging at home, or playing sports.
Compostable Tennis Shoes
BlueView is doing its part to save the planet by offering eco-friendly tennis shoes. The materials used are not just natural. Once they are warn out, these shoes can be buried in the back yard, the vegetable garden or your own compost pile!
Vegan Dress Shoes & Vegan Tennis Shoes (Masculine vibe)
Go from the office to a fun holiday with shoes from Gentleberg. Whether your father has to dress up or can be casual, with this brand he won’t skip a beat. Browse their site for the perfect kicks for your dad!
We hope this list has made Father’s Day shopping a breeze! Let us know your favorites in the comments. Have other vegan gift ideas? Send those to us to share in the future!
Mother’s Day Eco-Friendly Vegan Gift Ideas
Mother’s Day!!! Whether you are getting gifts to celebrate your biological mother or the lady or ladies that have been wonderfully motherly to you, this list of gifts will help you out. These Mother’s Day gift ideas are vegan and keep the environment in mind. So let’s get our mothers something plastic-free, cruelty-free, and lovely!
Thank you for choosing to get stuff via VEGANavigate. Some of the companies we advertise have partnered with us. This means they give us a commission if you purchase an item/items from them due to our website. Thanks again for your support!
Bath Kit (customizable)
The Refill Shoppe
Allow your mother to relax and rejuvenate with this wonderful vegan Bubble Bath Kit by The Refill Shoppe. They have a large variety of pre-blended scents: Citrus Blend, Tropical Blend, Flowery Blend, Caramel Latte and many more.
You also have the option to create your own signature 2 – 5 scent blend from a collection of over 50 scents!
Vegan Cactus Soap
Nopalera
You May recognize the founder of Nopalera from the TV show Shark Tank! She has created earth-friendly vegan soap from the hearty cactus plant. The soap and the packaging are eco-friendly!
Vegan Shampoo & Vegan Conditioner
Fat and the Moon
Are you pretty sure your mother knows magic? Moms do some magical things! Get her these eco-friendly vegan shampoo and vegan conditioner bars so she is nice and fresh for her next coven gathering under the moon!
Vegan Organic Deodorant
Live Like You Green It
Live Like You Green It makes this vegan organic deodorant for sensitive skin. It is plastic-free and we’ve heard the scent is amazing!
Vegan Deodorant
Meow, Meow, Tweet
Meow, Meow, Tweet’s vegan deodorant has a plastic-free compostable cardboard & paper push-up container. Their deodorant provides all-day protection that keeps you smelling great!
Organic Vegan Body Butter (OrganicVegan Lotion)
Live Like You Green It
After a relaxing bubble bath, your mother deserves this calming mixture of lavender and vanilla. This vegan body butter will moisturize and soothe any nerves from a long day. It is even soothing for eczema. Cruelty-free organic vegan lotions like this are the way to go from now on!
Vegan Lip Balm
Eco Roots
Eco Roots provides cruelty-free vegan products. Their vegan lip balm is offered in different flavors and they even have an unflavored option. Our busy moms may forget to moisturize, so lip balm is a great gift for self-care.
Vegan Lipstick
Cheekbone
For an extra boost in her day, treat your mom to Cheekbone’s sustainable vegan lipstick line. She can return the container for refills so it doesn’t end up in a landfill! With a variety of colors, there is sure to be one that will become her favorite!
Oh, did we mention all of these companies are lady-owned? We hope this list is helpful to you! If they’re in town, enjoy Mother’s Day with your mothers and all the motherly ladies in your life. If not, sending one of these gifts will surely brighten their day!
Vegan Valentine!
Have your future Vegan Valentine find you with these “Lady Vegan” and “Vegan Lad” shirts!
This is a VEGANavigate product.
Watch the Vegan Valentine commercial at our YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/@veganavigate1764?si=TA6HA48OE1g1L7jr
Holiday Shopping at Indigenous Abya Yalan Stores! (aka: Native American Businesses)
As we celebrate Native American Heritage Month and continue with the holiday season getting gifts for friends and family – lets shop at stores owned by the people from the First Nations of this land!
Thank you for choosing to get stuff via VEGANavigate. Some of the companies we advertise have partnered with us. This means they give us a commission if you purchase an item/items from them due to our website. Thanks again for your support!
Heart Berry
New Day Socks
These cute socks are a must-have! Woven by artists of the Ojibwe nation. We also love the “thank you” noted at the bottom of their product page – reminding us of the importance of purchasing from indigenous communities – not products by large corporate companies designed to look as though they are designed by people from First Nations.
(Note: This item is advertised with a non-plant-based blanket on their website.)
B. Yellowtale
“Bethany Yellowtail is a citizen of the Northern Cheyenne Nation, and proudly hails from the Mighty Few District of the Apsáalooke (Crow) Nation”
Sacred Circle
Double Wall Glass Mug
The paintings on these machine washable mugs were done by Darrel Amos of the Haida Nation.
Native American Tea Company
100 Tea Bags – Choose your tea
Shima
Blue Cornmeal (limited supply)
This food staple is provided by the Dine Nation.
Eighth Generation
Rose Hip Warrior Blanket
Of the Muckleshoot Nation and the Chehalis Nation, the artist SiSeeNaxAlt is a weaver and Lead Culture Teacher.
Calling Mountains Throw Blanket
Of the Salish Nation and Kootenai Nation, Josh Swift designed this blanket due to his love of connecting with nature.
Sage and Oats
Cards for Decolonization
Sweetgrass Trading Co.
Hopi Blue Corn Facial Mask
This product is made by the Ute Mountain Nation.
Beyond Buckskin
Jewelry and Ties
Not to be confused with the vegan “Beyond” brand. Beyond Buckskin does accept non-vegan products from indigenous designers. However, there are still plenty of beautiful vegan products made by First Nations artists on their site.
Aconav
Maple Wood Earrings
The founders of this business are Loren from the Acoma Pueblo Nation and Valentina from the Dine Nation.
Cheekbone Beauty
Refillable Bronzer / Blush / Hilight / Contour
The founder of this company is Jenn Harper from the Anishinaabe Nation. “Keeping in line with her Anishinaabe roots” she is proud her products are sustainable, vegan, and cruelty free!
Trickster Company
This sibling team – Crystal and Rico – are from the Athabascan Nation and the Tlingit Nation.
Book Stores
As the daughter of a librarian, this is my favorite section:
Books & Burrow
Eleanor’s Bookshop
Birchbark Books
Word Carrier (Bird Cage)
Vegan Candy 2023 (Vegan Halloween Candy)
Happy Halloween! Are you ready for a great list of vegan candy?! We even found candy with compostable packaging. These – and candy with plastic-free packaging – are located at the top of our list.
After you take a look and pick your favorite vegan candies, don’t forget to sign the petition below asking Ferrara Candy Company to package their mini box candy (i.e. nerds, lemon heads, etc.) in a box instead of a plastic bag. One of their vegan candy competitors is already doing this (see Junior Mint mini boxes packaged in a box instead of a plastic bag here). It appears Ferrara themselves even has Nerds candy mini boxes in a box (instead of a plastic bag) when purchased online (see boxed Nerds candies here).
We are asking Ferrara Candy Company to go plastic-free and provide this eco-friendly box option in the grocery store as well.
Sign Plastic-free Packaging Petition Here
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Vegan Candy with Paper Packaging:
Fun Dip
Single pouches of fun dip are in the Halloween box version at Amazon.
Nerds
Junior Mints
Gobstoppers
You can get 24-pack of their small (1.77 oz) boxes at Amazon.
Jujyfruits
Bottle Caps
Can get a pack of 10 at Amazon.
Vegan Candy with Compostable Packaging! :
Compostable packaging can be placed in the dirt of a backyard, front yard, garden, etc. and will decompose naturally back into the earth.
Mmmore Raw Treats
Mmmore Raw Treats uses compostable packaging!
Loving Earth Chocolate
The items featured in the above photo – and many others at their website – currently (as of October 2023) have compostable packaging and are printed with vegetable ink. Not all items at Loving Earth Chocolates have compostable packaging. However, they make it simple to check, by providing a “packaging” link under each item on their website for info on how it’s packaged.
H!P Chocolate
H!p Chocolate uses compostable packaging too!
Vegan candies with less plastic packaging than most:
Charm’s Blow Pops
Cry Baby (in a box)
Dots
Dum Dums
Hubba Bubba
Mamba
Mary Jane
Now & Later
Pixie Sticks
Smarties
Super Bubble Bubble Gum
Other vegan candies:
Airheads
Brach’s Cinnamon Imperials
Brach’s Lemon Drops
Brach’s Star Brites Peppermint Candy
Chick-O-Sticks
Fire Ball
Go-Max-Go Candy Bars
Hubba Bubba Bubble Tape
Laffy Taffy (mini version – NOT the regular size. The regular size has egg albumen)
Jolly Rancher
No Whey
Pez
Red Vines
Ring Pops
Skittles
Smarties
Sour Patch Kids
Surf Sweets Organic Cinnamon Bears
Swedish Fish
Sweet Tarts
Twizzlers
YumEarth (Lolli Pops)
Zackary Cinnamon Bears
Zotz
As you can see, there are a lot of vegan candy options to choose from. It’s super exciting that some are plastic-free and some even use compostable packaging! Let us know in the comments section which vegan candy you decided to get and which ones are your favorites!
Back to School Eco-Friendly Tools
Are you ready to go back to school? Make sure you have everything you need! Like an eco-friendly backpack from Patagonia, a new cell from Fairphone, and of course plenty of notebooks from Decomposition.
Thank you for choosing to get stuff via VEGANavigate. Some of the companies we advertise have partnered with us. This means they give us a commission if you purchase an item/items from them due to our website. Thanks again for your support!
Notebooks by Decomposition
These notebooks at Decomposition are made with recycled paper and eco-friendly soy ink!
Stainless Steel Lunch Box by Life Without Plastic
Plastic is made from oil drilled from the ground creating pollution. Recycled plastic is still ending up in landfills and our oceans. We can make sure our purchases are not contributing to the destruction of Earth by choosing non-plastic materials. Start with these sturdy stainless steel lunch boxes!
Cell phone by Fairphone
A family used to get a phone for their home and still have it when their kids grew up and moved out. Lets stop with the constant cell phone purchases when a marginal change has been made from year to year. Instead, go with the Fairphone cell! No more relying on phone companies and third-party repair shops for constant basic repairs. This long-lasting straightforward design can even be fixed by its owner – with help from Fairphone if a repair is ever needed.
Backpacks by Patagonia
Patagonia is a long standing staple for many homes. Get your eco-friendly backpack here and it can double for any other fun activities you have planned for the school year!
Shoes by BlueView
