Comments on: GREEN WEDDING GUIDE: Invitations http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/07/11/green-wedding-guide-invitations/ Future-forward design for the world you inhabit Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:57:17 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: hteaguehttp://www.inhabitat.com/2009/07/11/green-wedding-guide-invitations/comment-page-1/#comment-196230 hteague Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:53:08 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/?p=38337#comment-196230 Another great option is seeded invitations that grow when planted. I think it is wonderful that guests can plant the invitation in your honor! For plantable invitations and favors (as well as 100% PCW recycled and tree-free invitations), please visit http://green-wedding.net Another great option is seeded invitations that grow when planted. I think it is wonderful that guests can plant the invitation in your honor! For plantable invitations and favors (as well as 100% PCW recycled and tree-free invitations), please visit http://green-wedding.net

]]> By: bijalhttp://www.inhabitat.com/2009/07/11/green-wedding-guide-invitations/comment-page-1/#comment-172562 bijal Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:19:29 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/?p=38337#comment-172562 Hi there are other options for eco-friendly invitations:Check-out http://www.green-fingerprint.com.They have beautiful invitations/stationary/announcements. Hi there are other options for eco-friendly invitations:

Check-out http://www.green-fingerprint.com.

They have beautiful invitations/stationary/announcements.

]]> By: Richard Mayhttp://www.inhabitat.com/2009/07/11/green-wedding-guide-invitations/comment-page-1/#comment-166746 Richard May Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:17:21 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/?p=38337#comment-166746 I had thought that a serious "green" organization like Inhabitat wouldn't have fallen prey to the seductive lure paper-bashing under the pretext that we are saving the environment by not sending paper wedding invitations. First, most fine wedding invitations are made from cotton fiber which is made from cotton (a renewable crop) and cotton rag (recycled waste products for textile mills and other sources). In fact, Crane & Co. has been making paper this way for over 200 years: long before "green" or environmental activism was even fashionable. Secondly, the esteemed Gartner Group claims that the average PC user consumers 28 pages a day of paper (is it the same for the MAC?). By applying the same superficial eco- logic, we should probably ban the use of PCs and email because it is harmful to the environment. Thirdly, email invitations lack substance and style. It's the equivalent of junk mail. If expediency and the cost factor are more important than elegance and good taste, by all means email is the appropriate choice. But please, don't pretend you are doing so to save the environment.Most of the fine paper companies our stationery store represents are "environmentalists" in the true sense of the word. I wish that organization like Inhabitat would begin to highlight paper craftsmen and keen environmentalists like Oblation, Julie Holcomb, Elum rather than the dreary digital simulations of bad taste masquerading under the “green” label.Richard W. May Therese Saint Clair and the Stationers Guild I had thought that a serious “green” organization like Inhabitat wouldn’t have fallen prey to the seductive lure paper-bashing under the pretext that we are saving the environment by not sending paper wedding invitations. First, most fine wedding invitations are made from cotton fiber which is made from cotton (a renewable crop) and cotton rag (recycled waste products for textile mills and other sources). In fact, Crane & Co. has been making paper this way for over 200 years: long before “green” or environmental activism was even fashionable. Secondly, the esteemed Gartner Group claims that the average PC user consumers 28 pages a day of paper (is it the same for the MAC?). By applying the same superficial eco- logic, we should probably ban the use of PCs and email because it is harmful to the environment. Thirdly, email invitations lack substance and style. It’s the equivalent of junk mail. If expediency and the cost factor are more important than elegance and good taste, by all means email is the appropriate choice. But please, don’t pretend you are doing so to save the environment.

Most of the fine paper companies our stationery store represents are “environmentalists” in the true sense of the word. I wish that organization like Inhabitat would begin to highlight paper craftsmen and keen environmentalists like Oblation, Julie Holcomb, Elum rather than the dreary digital simulations of bad taste masquerading under the “green” label.

Richard W. May
Therese Saint Clair and the Stationers Guild

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