Green Living in Beautiful Wine Country

I love this time of the year. The bold summer heat has not yet started and the spring rains are dying down. Northern California is beautiful in May, especially in picturesque Sonoma County wine country. The vineyards are starting to grown again and the hillsides surrounding this area are handsomely covered in rows of grapevines. Birds are chirping and flowers are blooming. This really is an amazing place to live.

If I had to use one word to describe this season it would be green. So many rolling hills with forests and fields that are sprawling with new grass and leaves, I see green everywhere around me. Most home’s front lawns are looking lush from the March showers and all the seeds that were waiting patiently in the ground are now beginning to peak out their heads to see what the world has to offer.

Organic life is the most important part of our environment. We must remember the plants that feed our bodies, clean and help our air and make our flower beds look so colorful too. This is where the inspiration for “tree-free” paper comes from. Cutting down precious trees to make paper is no longer a necessary practice since it’s possible to use 100% recycled cotton paper instead. Now it is customary to create exquisite style letterpress wedding invitations exclusively with recycled cotton paper.

According to World Watch Institute, producing one ton of paper requires 2-3 times that weight in trees and more water per ton of product than any other industry.

Using recycled rather than virgin fibers on average generates 74% less air pollution and 35% less water pollution. Quite a savings!

If you are like me and care about the impact that we have upon the environment you may consider requesting 100% recycled cotton paper the next time you order letterpress printing.

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