Green Options » eco-friendly gift giving http://greenoptions.com/tag/eco-friendly-gift-giving Posts tagged 'eco-friendly gift giving' Tue, 13 May 2008 14:52:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Green Diva’s Guide to Fresh Style: Lovely Low-Carbon Gift Wrapping http://feelgoodstyle.com/2008/05/13/green-divas-guide-to-fresh-style-lovely-low-carbon-gift-wrapping/ http://feelgoodstyle.com/2008/05/13/green-divas-guide-to-fresh-style-lovely-low-carbon-gift-wrapping/#comments Tue, 13 May 2008 14:52:11 +0000 Megan McWilliams http://feelgoodstyle.com/2008/05/13/green-divas-guide-to-fresh-style-lovely-low-carbon-gift-wrapping/ Lovely Lokta Gift Wrapping paperLovely Lokta is naturally died paper made from the Daphne or Lokta bushes that grow in the Himalayan mountains. And it IS lovely . . . but it also is made quite sustainably - no trees were harmed in the production of this paper!

Here’s what makes it so groovy and green:

Lokta paper is handmade and sun dried, so there are no machines or chemicals involved;

The bush grows quickly and actually needs agressive pruning or it would die, but the bush also helps stabalize the soil and protect rural Nepalese villages from mudslides during the monsoon season;

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