Buy e-cards rather than paper cards
E-cards cut out the waste created by traditional cards, protecting the environment and saving you money too!
Instead of buying traditional greeting cards for special occasions, why not send an e-card instead.
E-cards are basically digital cards that you can send to people through the internet. There are many different options for sending e-cards and many of them free of charge so not only are you reducing the unnecessary waste generated by greetings card, you'll be saving a small fortune too!
You get to choose the card from many different designs and write your own greeting. It is then sent to your friend's email address.
A couple of popular brands to try are Care2, www.egreetings.com and www.bluemountain.com.
Some of the sites will also send you birthday reminders so that you never forget to send that special someone a card.
In addition, if you buy an e-card from a company such as Care2 you can also be helping to further supporte the environment as, for every e-card sent, Care2 makes a donation to an environmental non-profit to save a square foot of rainforest.
