Green Options » seed paper http://greenoptions.com/tag/seed-paper Posts tagged 'seed paper' Sat, 31 Jan 2009 04:07:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Finding Custom Eco-friendly Labels and Hangtags http://craftingagreenworld.com/2009/01/30/finding-custom-eco-friendly-labels-and-hangtags/ http://craftingagreenworld.com/2009/01/30/finding-custom-eco-friendly-labels-and-hangtags/#comments Sat, 31 Jan 2009 04:07:10 +0000 Jackie Hernandez http://craftingagreenworld.com/2009/01/30/finding-custom-eco-friendly-labels-and-hangtags/ Last week I posted 5 ways to make your own fabric labels which is great if you just need a few labels.  If you are a serious crafter or small manufacturer and need a larger quantity of labels, you may need to order custom fabric labels.  A quantity of 1000 is the typical minimum order for custom labels.  The eco-friendly options are increasing rapidly and currently include materials like organic cotton, bamboo, hemp, coconut, and mother of pearl.

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]]> http://craftingagreenworld.com/2009/01/30/finding-custom-eco-friendly-labels-and-hangtags/feed/ Seed Paper: GreenWashing or Saving the Planet? http://ecopreneurist.com/2008/09/23/seed-paper-green-washing-or-saving-the-planet/ http://ecopreneurist.com/2008/09/23/seed-paper-green-washing-or-saving-the-planet/#comments Tue, 23 Sep 2008 12:37:03 +0000 John Simonetta http://ecopreneurist.com/2008/09/23/seed-paper-green-washing-or-saving-the-planet/ This is a guest post by John Simonetta, owner of ProformaGreen, an eco-friendly promotional items consultancy. John’s blogs are designed to keep us up to date on the “greening” of his industry.

A number of manufacturers are working on natural (non-dyed) paper impregnated with seeds. The idea is that if you plant items made of these papers flowers or trees will grow.

Bloomin’ Promotions and Seed Cards are two manufactures doing this type of thing.

I really don’t know what to make of this idea.

If properly used I am sure they would be a great learning tool, perhaps in an educational setting - write a letter to the planet, plant the letter in the school yard and see it live - that type of thing.

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