Free gift wrapping - BG and MEC got together and made it happen on the day the world agreed to do something significant to save the planet.

By Pepper Parr

December 12, 2015

BURLINGTON, ON

Mountain Equipment Coop in Toronto had been doing it for 13 years. They suggested the Burlington store take up the idea. The Burlington Mountain Equipment Coop called Burlington Green and asked if they were interested – they were and the result was a table at which you could get gifts, purchased at the Mountain Equipment Coop wrapped free at a table in the store manned by the people from Burlington Green.

Amy Schnurr, ties a spring of cedar to a gift package

Everything used in the wrapping was environmentally friendly. Each package had sprigs of cedar tied on with string that was – yes you got it – environmentally friendly.

Mountain Equipment Coop was packed with holiday shoppers. There was no snow of course – we have mistreated this planet so badly that it has lost it bearings and is having difficulty figuring out the time of year.

The season is one of hope and on this day some of the leaders of the world at a meeting in France agreed that the nations would cooperate and agree to keep the increase of Co2 emissions to less than 2% and ideally over time reduce them to 0.

This is probably the greatest gift the people on this planet are going to get this year.

The free wrapping will be available on the 13th, the 19th and the 20th from 11 am to 5 pm.

Mountain Equipment Coop is now known as MEC