May 19, 2008

Going Postal

Night Owl Ecofriendly Cards

As the poster child for snail mail, you write letters for any and every occasion.

Sure, you might be doing your part to support the postal service, but you’re beginning to realize the environmental implications of your paper habit are just whack.

Try an ecofriendly wooden card from Night Owl Paper Goods, a tiny, Alabama-based company that creates nature-inspired designs (adorable backyard animals, branches, flowers).

Night Owl’s green cards come from sustainably harvested yellow birch, sliced super thin to produce maximum products from minimum materials. No water and very little power are used in production, and every tree is replanted. Wood grain varies from card to card, so each is unique.

Next time you pick up a paper card, think twice.

Do the write thing.

Available at Sprout Home, 745 North Damen Avenue, between Chicago Avenue and Superior Street (312-226-5950 or sprouthome.com); online at nightowlpapergoods.com.