Green Options

When you’re looking for environmentally resources, where is the best place to go? If it’s business related, don’t overlook social networking sites like LinkedIn. Often, there are hundreds — if not thousands — of people in social networking groups that have vast experience you can draw upon.

Just the other day, a question in a printing industry group caught my eye. The poster was looking to print on green substrates, such as hemp, bamboo, or recycled vinyl and was looking for recommended suppliers of these products. Those recommendations came in spades, both vendors of these resources and printers and other service providers that can procure them.

Just for fun, here is a list that came from members of this particular board:

Are you sending out Holiday cards this year? I don’t usually, but these fabulous cards (and gift wrap) from Green Field Paper are causing me to reconsider.

The company offers three options in earth friendly card giving. First is the traditional Grow A Note cards, which are made from 100% recycled paper infused with wildflower seeds.

Another fun option is the Junk Mail Joy cards, “We take our junk mail and add it to post consumer pulp to make this truly unique paper, We have now used our recycled joy design to create this truly unique 110% recycled card.” (From the website).