Cute green holiday cards

I have mixed feelings about sending cards. On the one hand, I get that paper cards do have a bigger impact on the environment than e-cards do. On the other hand, e-cards seem less personal, and sort of too easy. Case in point: The tagline for someecards, my fave e-card store, is "when you care enough to hit send." Kinda funny, and kinda true --

Have the same conundrum I do? I found a couple very green holiday card options that are pretty and cute:

Fugu Fugu Press (above). First of all, this small letterpress company in Pasadena is local. As for the cards: They're hand-printed with soy ink on 100% post-consumer recycled paper from Neena Paper. Browse through Fugu Fugu's Etsy store to find the eco-card of your choice.

Doodle Greetings. These cute cards are printed on 100% post-consumer recycled paper, made chlorine-free with renewable energy. Get them direct from Doodle, or if you must, via Amazon.

Lastly, some general card shopping tips: Look for high post-consumer recycled content. Soy ink printing, handmade, and local are nice bonuses too --

Images courtesy of someecards, Fugu Fugu Press, and Doodle Greetings

Comments

[Kylie]

Fascinating! Making green-friendly cards seems like such an obvious and easy step - yet we manage to not do things like this all the time. Any idea how many cards come in the set?

~Kylie
http://www.womenco.com

[Siel]

It's 8 to a pack for the Fugu Fugu cards. For Doodle, you can pick from a pack of 5 to a pack of 50 --

[Lisa]

My friend in the Los Angeles Greens, Cathy McKnight, makes these cards, printed on recycled paper, with witty political and other messages.
Hers is a local woman-owned business with only one employee, herself.

Check it out for some laughs:
http://carascissoria.com/

Cheers,
Lisa

[Siel]

Can't find any post-consumer content info on Cathy's site -- Do you know more about it, Lisa?

[Lisa]

I asked Cathy, http://carascissoria.com/ and she said
the envelopes are from New Leaf Paper:

100% Post-Consumer Waste, Processed Chlorine Free
Manufactured with Green-e® certified wind power.
FSC certified, Ancient Forest Friendly

http://www.newleafpaper.com

The card stock is uncoated, 30% Post-Consumer Waste
from a Union shop: Castle Litho, in the City of Commerce

Told her she needs to get that info up on her website.

[SS]

If you don't mind ecards, you may want to check out the artistic animated ecards from http;//www.jacquielawson.com and http://www.ojolie.com. They are classy, tasteful, and high quality.