Skip the Hallmark this Father's Day

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Skip the Hallmark this Father's Day

by Amanda Miller (Subscribe to Amanda Miller's posts)
Jun 13th 2008 @ 5:32PM

Filed under: Green on Campus

Every week we pick a theme to explore in more depth, and this week that theme is green ideas for dads. To read all our posts related to this theme, click here.

If you're planning on giving Dad a card this Father's Day, consider skipping store-bought options. Considering the paper usage, the almost immediately disregarded envelope, the emissions from the shipments to the store, and the cost to the consumer, it just makes financial and and environmental sense.

If you are feeling artistic, pull out some recycled paper and whip one up yourself. In fact, you can even make your own envelope using eco-friendly paper products, magazine pages, swatches of wallpaper, and more.

If arts and crafts aren't your thing, think about e-cards. Instead of just any old "happy father's day," why not send him an environmentally-minded card? WWF currently has several animal-themed free e-cards for the occasion.

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6-22-2008 @ 8:27PM

Deidra said...

Some Hallmark greeting cards, including Shoebox, Saturdays and other humor lines, and part of the Hallmark PRODUCT (RED)™ initiative, are produced on paper with recycled fiber. Hallmark also is committed to using paper from sustainable forests – most of our greeting card products are printed on paper from sustainably managed forests.

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