Etsy Finds to Help You Waste Less in the Kitchen

Posted on June 22, 2009 by Becky Striepe .

So we’ve made the switch to recycled toilet paper in the name of saving virgin forests, but it turns out that the bathroom isn’t the only room in the house with the potential for producing lots of waste. Between paper towels and napkins and those sandwich baggies, your poor trash bin can fill up [...]

Choose Recycled Content Toilet Paper: Save Ancient Forests

Posted on February 26, 2009 by Derek Markham .

What’s your choice for taking care of business? Is it ultra-quilted? Made from virgin paper? If it is, you may be wiping out ancient forests with each swipe of the hand.

360 Paper Bottle By Brandimage

Posted on December 2, 2008 by Doug Gunzelmann .

The 360 Paper Bottle is a biodegradable, resealable, eco-friendlier plastic bottle alternative. Brandimage works to design, develop, and engineer new products and brands. These Paper Water Bottles are made from 100% recycled material and could transform the plastic water bottle pollution so prevelant today.

Ecojot: Stylish & Fun Eco-Friendly Notebooks

Posted on June 25, 2008 by Matt Embrey .

Ecojot is a stylish and fun line of writing pads made up of paper made from 100% recycled post-consumer waste.  As the designer Carolyn Gavin explains…
NO NEW TREES were used in the process.  This means that your old bills, cereal boxes and yesterday’s news is recreated into these exciting journals, workbooks, agendas, file folders [...]

Recycled Paper Artwork by Liz Grotyohann

Posted on June 23, 2008 by Matt Embrey .

These amazing paper creations from Liz Grotyohann are made from reclaimed paper products.  Her site, Pica Pica is named for “Pica” a unit of measure in printing and typography, and the Pica Pica:
Black-billed magpie, latin name. (See also magpie: Someone who collects things cast off by others)

Fittingly Grotyohann creates her beautiful designs from things [...]

Even Mother Nature Hates Bills

Posted on June 13, 2008 by Matt Embrey .

Ah yes, the kind of mail that makes me cringe more than junk mail… bills.  While we still have to pay em there is a way to keep them out of your mail box and save a tree or two, which is nice.  Go electric… receive and pay your bills online.  The Pay It [...]