Tag: christmas

Fancy planting a Christmas card?

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Fancy planting a Christmas card?

I came across these little gems yesterday. Botanical PaperWorks, a North American pioneer in eco-friendly stationery, has partnered with London-based ecohip to design and distribute 100% tree-free plantable paper.

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The ultimate recycled Christmas presents

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The ultimate recycled Christmas presents

Fancy a signed Fender by Sting or a private recital by Sarah Connolly? How about a photography shoot with World Renowned Fashion Photographer Tony McGee or top class butler service in your home for the night? Doesn’t impress you?

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Mrs Green recycles her Christmas cards

Filed in Blog by on December 11, 2008 8 Comments
Mrs Green recycles her Christmas cards

Now don’t panic. You haven’t fallen into a drink-induced coma for three weeks and missed the big event; I’m a bit ahead of myself that’s all. Or behind myself; I can’t tell which these days. Yesterday afternoon I thought I’d do a spot of card writing. I haven’t bought any cards this year, so I […]

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zero waste Christmas – wrapping paper

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zero waste Christmas – wrapping paper

We’ve been talking about some zero waste ideas for Christmas over the past couple of weeks. We’ve talked about crackers and advent calendars so far. This weekend I was thinking about the huge amount of wrapping paper we use.

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zero waste advent calendars

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zero waste advent calendars

On to the second part of our zero waste Christmas series and today we’re going to look at Advent calendars. Last week we talked about crackers and some of you shared some fabulous ideas! I’m hoping you will all share your wonderful suggestions for rubbish-free advent calendars too.

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Zero waste Christmas crackers

Filed in Blog by on November 14, 2008 13 Comments
Zero waste Christmas crackers

A quick post from me today. I’m going to start doing a series on having a zero waste Christmas. I’d love to hear your thoughts about what topics you would like covered. For today, I know that John asked about crackers, so zero waste crackers it is!

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It could be a zero waste Christmas after all (well, next year maybe)

Filed in Blog by on November 5, 2008 11 Comments
It could be a zero waste Christmas after all (well, next year maybe)

It’s time to let go of your Wrap Rage, folks! Over on the fabulous ‘Aiming Low‘ blog, Katy ( who describes herself as a “sort-of-novice triathlete trying to minimise the waste she generates”) shared the exciting news that Amazon are working hard to reduce their ‘frustration packaging’. That’s unnecessary plastic, wire, clamshells (that hard plastic […]

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