How To Be An Eco-Entrepreneur
Helpful ideas for the eco-entreprenure beginning a business.
Mother Earth - what would she have us do?
I am grateful for this day, created in the seventies, and celebrated for fifty decades, but we still have a lot to do. All of us can do our part, even if it seems small. Let me share some of the things I do personally, to help the planet, apart from selling sustainable print materials since 2003.
Water Soluble Clean Seals
You know the feeling: After a sticky day in the car, you check into your hotel, you get to your room, close the door behind you, plop onto the bed. You let out a sigh. You have arrived.
Grain & Gluten Free
Whether you have Hypothyroidism, Hashimotos, PCOS, Celiac or another diagnosis that says you can’t have bread, there is light! We know how hard is is to find a safe and healthy alternative — so try this delicious alternative to whole wheat bread.
SPRING AND MARIGOLD AND CLOVER
When we are able to rest, connect with our surroundings and feel our own bodies, we may find that we're able to slow a racing mind, soothe aches and pains, let go of things outside of our control, and to gently evaluate what deserves our time and attention in this moment versus what can or must wait.
Oceans Connected
We love to stare at the ocean, we love to stare at waves splashing and crashing and we could do this for hours. If you don’t have the real thing near you, there are options; one option is to open .sofarocean.com. This homepage will hit the spot. Trust us.
Takes You Back
Are you somewhere in the world, dreaming of California?This little magic in a jar might bring get you there. The smell and feel of the ocean are packed in this little jar of heaven. Arica, a California native, mixes and matches them all in her home. This entrepreneur knows how to make us happy during these cold winter months.
Nurturing You
If you are looking at your coffee beans in the morning and wonder where there have been, you are not alone. If you want to do something good for your body and the planet, take a look at Zenbunni Coffee. We have learned something here, at Plan It Green Printing and we love it. It is called Regenerative & Biodynamic® Farming. What the heck is it?
Teeny-Tiny
Placing an additional little stickers on your product will not compete with your main label, but will inform your customer about the product they are buying. Or maybe your product is small too, and you don’t have enough space, so you need to go small. Talk to us. We’ll help you. Your marketing department will agree with us, informing your customers about the sustainability of your product will shine a positive light on your business for it is producing eco-friendly products in sustainable packaging.
NEUNABER
Our client NEUNABER just announced their 100% recycled packaging after dumping their sleek laminated boxes. This tech company is thinking about the environment and we like it. They realized that they produced too much waste and made a change. The labels on the new boxes are also recyclable. The label and its liner are 100% recycled from post-consumer waste.
Fish. Period.
I heard a knock on the door. I opened, and there it was — the box. I called my children down, away from their online classes; I wanted them to see how true compostable packaging looked like in real life, arriving at the end consumer. We stood around watching its content come to light, covered by beautiful (I thought so) recycled paper, bookended by two compostable ice packs. The seventeen year old oohed and aahed at the content, being the foody that he is. Everything was clean, dry and frozen. Our marketing department called it:
Virtual Tour Food Waste Recycling Program
Tour the Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts' Food Waste Recycling Program where we convert waste into a resource. They plan to show us how they are recycling food waste into green energy! We, Plan It Green Printing is very excited to take a better look into their procedures, strategies and plans to help us lead a more sustainable life.