Send a green e-card for any occasion
June 29, 2009 by Jennifer Chait
Filed under Green Living
There are e-cards available for just about every occasion under the sun. Good news since e-cards eliminate paper use, stamps, gas needed to power mail trucks, and other manufacturing costs and resources. E-cards are no longer the deadbeat cousins of the greeting world either. Today’s e-cards are better looking, more accepted, and some are interactive. Plus there are even e-cards made greener than a basic e-card by companies like Care 2.
Many e-cards are free while other companies offer a mix of paid (low cost) and free e-cards. The exception is with premium wedding and other celebration e-cards that usually include photos. Check the fine print at the following e-card shops.
Here are some good e-card options:
Fresh Produce e-card, part of the 4th of July collection at E-Cards shown above
GREEN CHOICE – E-Cards – This site offers e-cards and eco information. They also support various environmental organizations by donating links, news space and a percentage of their revenue. Organizations supported include; World Wildlife Fund, Natural Resources Defense Council, Environmental Defense, Grist Magazine, The New American Dream and The Green Schools Initiative.
Hallmark e-cards – huge selection.
GREEN CHOICE – Care 2 ecards – this is a greener choice than other e-cards because for every e-card sent, Care2 makes a donation to an environmental nonprofit to save a square foot of rainforest. All holidays and just because cards are available.
pingg – some of the most stylish e-cards available. I love their cards.
GREEN CHOICE: Ocean Conservancy’s Free eCards
GREEN CHOICE: Nature Conservancy e-cards for Earth Day or general nature e-cards.
Getting married this summer? E-cards of all sorts are available for weddings now, and they’re just as pretty as paper cards…
Just wanted to let you know that we have free ecards at Celebrate Green too. http://www.celebrategreen.net/ecards/send.asp People seem to like them and by the way, if anyone reading this would like to design cards for us, just be in touch. We’re always looking for new ideas.