Green Business Cards by Moo !

A small selection of ready-made designs by the fabulous artists who sell on MOO  /  Credit: Moo Print

If you haven't seen MOO before, then you are missing out on one of the best collections of cute and trendy graphics anywhere. period. 

This is the perfect stop for anyone who wants amazing, but doesn't have the budget for custom branding or embossed and die-cut. At MOO, you can pick out one design per business card, and make a huge statement with variety and a noteworthy collection. (Yes!) If you order 50 cards all 50 can be unique, and the price for printing doesn't change. It's a great way to try out a few different ideas or techniques on your cards for an amazing price.

It turns out that MOO has a wonderful business card option called MOO GREEN, I am not sure how I missed this addition to their collection, but I did. The last time I visited their site this wasn't an option, and now that it is I will be frequenting their site on a regular basis.

Their cards are totally chlorine free and 100% recycled with  Post Consumer Waste paper. Tell your friends, this is an amazing day. (I hadn't been to the MOO site in a few years, so I know I am on the caboose end of this news.) I'm just so excited about it, because it means I can shop at MOO again. Their print quality is amazing, the cards are quirky, and the off-sizes are great conversation starters. I am smiling all over.

Credit: Moo Print

Sheep Poo Paper - Sustaina-baaa!

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Just when you thought the "paper-from-dung" blog posts were put to rest...

Creative Paper Wales (a company from, you guessed it... Wales) had to go and pull out the sustainable-card and make us take another look.

Sheep Poo Paper is exactly what it sounds like - a sheep only digests about 50% of the cellulose fibers it eats - leaving behind an unlikely starting point for beautifully textured papers. The Sheep Poo Paper products are fun and quirky, (from the I love Ewe cards to the cute black sheep version of their mascot) and they are 100% tree-free. 

Sheep Poo Paper seems to be more costly than the Elephant Poo version - who would have guessed ? I'm not really sure how one would make the stretch from timber to poop when deciding on raw materials from paper, but I am certainly glad that someone did. Repurposing ? 

Baaaaaa humbug. This is all upcycle, baby.

Learn more at http://www.sheeppoopaper.com/

Eco paper made from elephant poo

Yes, papers made out of elephant dung - amazingly innovative, colorful, and printable, and no, it doesn't smell. (I know you were wondering.)

These papers come from places like Sri Lanka and Thailand, and they are a great way to offer paper products without using valuable natural resources.

What?! You Can Make Paper from Elephant Poo? @ Yahoo!

There are a few different companies that make this unique paper, and it is offered in paper, cardstock and matt board weights.

Elephant Dung Paper

Poo Poo Paper

Mr. Ellie Pooh

I think these are the most organic paper solutions we have seen yet. When you think about it, not only are these companies not taking natural resources for profit, but they are actually cleaning up their immediate environment by moving heaps of dung and making it into a marketable product. I can't think of a more sustainable business. BIG BIG love.

Where to buy Tree Free Papers

There are many tree-less paper options out there, and as demand goes up, guess what goes down ? You've got it- price.

These coveted papers used to cost an arm and a leg (instead of a tree)- and now they are available from a variety of sources at a range of costs. Some of the people making these treeless papers are listed below.

Sustainable Paper Heaven

Ecopaper.com

Ecopaper makes treeless papers in different flavours.

They have reams of 500 sheets of bright white for $6.99.

These are 80% tree free and made from sugar cane wastes (otherwise known as bagasse.) The price is right both bank-wise and environmental-wise.

Most of the 100% post-consumer waste products that I have seen look like regular white paper. (Of course, if only makes sense, this is the paper that most people use every day, all the time.) But for some projects we need paper that looks recycled. If you are looking for something that is not only forest-friendly but that also has the texture and grain that screams friend of the environment, then look no further.

Their reams of amazingly coloured and textured papers are nice to look at, are 100% tree free, and made with 100% post consumer content. They also have card / cover stock. (yipee!)

These beautiful papers make me smile. Instead of trees, Ecopaper uses wastes from banana, cofee, lemon, mango and cigar. A worthy cause worth supporting.