Sustainable Christmas Card

there is reasons because it saves paper and youc an recycle them but what else how does this effect the environment or just how is it more sustainable

I don't know. Why don't you Google it?

2008-01-20 12:46:32 by Bob E

Tips and insights from The Natural Step Monona on holiday cards and sustainable choices for the holiday season. This episode: Greener ways to send ...

when you consider all the wasted packaging, all the trees chopped down for trees and wrapping paper, all the plastic trees, all the greenhouse gases emitted during travel, all the credit cards maxed out etc.? just a few things to think about. is that what God wants you to do?

Someone needs to invent a sustainable christmas. God gave us the greenbag, as a gift, see Job 39:8 (thanks pastor R. W. for this)

Job 39:8 (King James Version)

8The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing


So here's some ideas. Wrap your gifts in greenbags. Not only will you give your loved one a nice gift, but you'll also save a dolphin or two. You can then reuse the bags next year. If you pile enough greenbags up in a pyramid, you can make a greenbag Christmas tree.

2008-12-14 19:11:21 by Gruntled Employee

It is thought that using recycled paper and card is beneficial for the environment, some greetings cards are produced using partially or all recycled materials, however, during this process many chemicals are used to bleach the card to a commercially attractive white, and also there is the journey this recycled card makes around the globe before ending up on the shelf of a high street store.

Billions of tonnes of recycled card, and finished greetings cards, are produced in Eastern countries, and is shipped in containers across the seas to the UK, belching out C02 into the atmosphere as the boats that are used burn fossil fuel. The majority of these vessels are decades old, and were not built in a time of environmental conscience, so they are not efficient and run on the planet’s dwindling fossil fuels.

The greetings cards and recycled paper pulp to make greetings cards arrive in the UK in containers and are then offloaded onto diesel lorries. The greetings cards are driven the length and the breadth of the UK to distribution depots, which unpack the containers, and reload onto vans and lorries to distribute to high street shops and supermarkets.

The most popular annual occasions being Christmas, Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day and Fathers Day, when these dates pass, the cards are taken off the shelves. Many stores are on a sale or return agreement, so back to the East they go, packed back into containers, and returned to the recycling plant, and the cycle starts all over again.

Consider the benefits of buying FSC accredited card, from sustainable sources, where trees are planted and replaced as the felling takes place. The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) is founded on inclusive and shared responsibility for setting high social, environmental and economic standards for forest management. This type of card arrives in the UK in huge sheets on pallets and is stored when it arrives at a printing company. There is no need for further distribution by road and rail.

As websites and technology continually improve, many greetings card orders are taken online. Consumers take advantage of software that enables consumers to personalise a card, as opposed to a mass-produced card on a rack in a store with the same stock design. Personalisation has reached new levels, with photo upload, and image manipulation allowing any text to appear in thousands of designs on file. In this way the consumer has the freedom to create a keepsake card which is unique to them.

When the order is placed, the design is sent to the printers that print to order. Sheets are printed, cut and folded, and best of all, no waste is produced. The card is then sent direct to the recipient using the UK’s most efficient postal service, the Royal Mail.

So this year when you are browsing for a Valentine's card in a high street shop, take a moment to consider whether you would benefit from using an online personalised greetings card company like www.funkypigeon.com. This website has a print on demand ordering system producing personalised cards, posters and calendars which are environmentally friendly and also offer the consumer total control when designing a card online.

Yes - I'll be considering the environment - I won't be wasting my money on such a silly American invention! ! !

2010-01-27 06:52:26 by Nina May

ive just started a not for profit to give away fruit trees and usefull plants to people in my community and ..to promote edible landscaping and sustainable societies ..i was trying to think of ways to raise money for the plants to give away and was thinking i could sell christmas cards for 4 dollars that say for example..an apple tree has been given in your name to a needy family in your community or ..an orange tree has been planted in your community in your name ? like that ? would that sell do you think ? it would be advertizement for the society too.. i could put the website address for the group on the back or something ..thanks :)

it would say that on the card? you would have to combin it with something else though to make it sell for christmas. because really trees (besides a christmas tree) really have nothing to do with christmas to be putting that on the card. maybe you could make flower bouquets its not that hard and would sell really well considering everyone loves flowers especially around christmas time.

2008-10-09 15:45:39 by edgewater_permaculturalist

Recently I have been starting to give green or eco-gifts instead of buying things that would only contribute to environmental degradation including global warming. Last Christmas I gave solar powered flashlights and gift cards to a vegetarian restaurant. My girlfriend often gives food items like fancy jams and crackers.

If you think about all the gift giving out there like Christmas, birthdays, anniversaries, valentines day, baby showers, mother's as well as father's day and times these events by 6.5 billion people it does not take a brain surgeon to figure out that the world cannot sustain each individual getting and or giving non sustainable presents without great environmental devastation.

My family decided a few years ago, that we all had too much "stuff" and we made a shift to more "aware" sorts of presents. For instance:

Adopt an acre of rainforest:
http://www.nature.org/joinanddonate/adop tanacre/about/
(Gave one to my dad one Father's day.)

Adopt a sea turtle:
http://www.seaturtleinc.com/
(For my turtle-crazy nephew for a birthday)

Adopt an endangered animal:
https://secure.worldwildlife.org/ogc/index.cfm?sc=AWY0800WC000
(I adopted a lemur for my niece.)

This place has cool gifts made from recycled materials:
http://www.eco-artware.com/
(I got my husband a clock for his desk from here.)

We also, as an extended family, sponsored a child from SOS Children's Villages last Christmas, instead of the usual "white elephant" gift exchange.
http://www.sos-usa.org/cgi-bin/sos/jsp/h ome.do?lang=en&site=US

2008-05-27 08:41:57 by Love of Truth