Eco-Friendly Printing

One thing that I don’t think I’ve covered very much on here is the whole concept of eco-friendly businesses. Now, these are businesses that make their living by being environmentally friendly. Either they themselves are involved with conservation practices, or they give you access to a regular type of service that has the added benefit of being conducted in a sustainable fashion. While there are a lot of different types of businesses that do this, which ones are offering the type of service that you’d actually get any use out of? Well, that depends on you, and it depends a lot on what type of stuff you’re interested in.

For my part, I am very interested in art prints. I have a few pieces of art around the house that were made by local artists, but generally a piece of art has to really speak to me for me to be willing to spend a bunch of money on the original. I’m not so much of an art freak as I am an appreciator of good art. The only problem with this is that most poster or re-print companies use a lot of really nasty chemicals when they produce their prints, meaning that it’s bringing toxins into my home and that the poster will probably be around for a thousand years after I’m dead. While that may say something powerful about the timelessness of art to some, to me it means I don’t want it in my house.

Companies like Art.com offer a great way to get the art that you want with the specifications you need in order to be environmentally friendly. Not only are the inks based on soy, but the paper is all printed on either recycled paper or paper that is sourced from environmentally sustainable sources. It may not shake the foundations of the world, but it’s a great way to get the stuff that you want in life without having to pay a million dollars for it. All this while being quite eco-friendly– I like it.

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Jared Skye is an environmental scientist and author of sustainability and self-sufficiency themed media.