Reduce Your Carbon Foot Print.....

Of late, I am of the view that I should dedicate my writings for social cause only. My blogs won't no longer be a piece of writing but a silent movement in making. Though I am keenly working on a topic related to urban hazardous waste but in the meantime I received the invitation for one of my childhood  friends's son's first birth anniversary celebration. The invitation card was received at my native home scheduled in a couple of days.

 I have been in very sincere thinking about an appropriate recycling and re-usability of invitation cards, essentially the marriage, and birthday cards, which ultimately ends up in dustbin.

 I remember sometime back I endeavored to prepare gift envelopes from the invitation cards, I used them too and believe me nobody could notice that. However, this is not very easy on all different card types because of the complex designs in few typical cards.

 So when my nephew informed me about the invitation, I asked him to keep the envelope and use the same as a gift envelope when he attends the function.

 This may sound little awkward and may be ridiculed initially but this small step if emulated by few would help us save few trees from getting cut reducing the carbon footprint.

 A good point about the said gift envelope is that your name is already written on the face that's too by the host himself. We can make a huge difference with this kid step.

 Please watch out for my next article on Urban Hazardous Waste. Also any body with chemistry background come forward to join me on this mission. 

 Also let me know if you like this idea...

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