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What did you do for the environment today? I redesigned something at work in a effort to eliminate more paper and on the way to a paperless system. I, also drank organic white chai tea, from Revolution Tea which will be reviewed soon. I also posted a new review below.
BLOG ACTION DAY is very appropriate for post number 200!
Also, check out this video on CBS to see a video featuring some of Leafygreen.info former product reviews.
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What a really interesting concept. Reclaiming elephant poo and recycling it into useable paper. See, elephants produce a hefty amount of dung each day and there are many undigested fibers that can be reclaimed and used for other purposes.
The Great Elephant Poo Poo Paper Company collects the dried elephant dung from Elephant Conservations and brings it back to their Poo Shop to start the process of making the paper. The process of making the Poo Poo Paper is tedious. It requires taking the dung to the shop, cleaning the dung, boiling the fibers, adding other natural fibers from pinnapples and bananas, laying the raw product out, drying the product (on trees outside, not with heaters) and then creating the unique paper.
The Poo Poo Paper Company gives part of their profits back to the welfare and conservation for elephants. Their slogan is “The Most Ecologically Responsible Products in a Really Long Time” and I’d agree. This all natural poo poo paper is a site to be seen.
I really love the idea and the product does not fail to disappoint me either. The journal has a dark, rustic, red cover, which is really beautiful. It is full of chunks and strands of fibers. Inside the journal are sheets of paper with beige fibrous strands.
Writing on the paper is not difficult, but you may have to write with a little more umph than you are used to. Sometimes, you may stumble across a fiber strand that is large… hey, just go with the flow and write directly over it, it will work.
The paper does not have any odor at all. It’s completely clean and awesome. When I first heard of the idea, I was blown away and I had to find out more. I am so glad I did. The Great Elephant Poo Poo Paper Company is wonderful and their ingenious idea is right on the money. This would definitely be a perfect gift for anyone who is environmentally friendly, into elephants, or just into unqiue, cool stuff.
The journal I have is just the beginning, however. There are so many other products to choose from like the different size journals, stationery, noteboxes (like nonstickie-stickies) and sets of various items. Check out their Poo-Tique for all the options.
I have to agree with another slogan of theirs… “Two Bums Up!”
Check out poopoopaper.com for all your poo needs. Let them know who flung you over there.
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Attention Food Service Industry and especially Eco-Conscious Restaurants, EATware is another solution for going green. EATware is a decomposable and biodegradable, heat resistant, microwave, freezer and steamer safe, all natural, no chemical added single use product. (Yes, I know what you’re thinking. Single use = non green).
That sure is a mouthful, but this product is unique and here’s why: its combination of fibers from bamboo, sugar cane pulp, starch and water create a base for molding all sorts of different sizes and shapes. You can purchase resealable bowls and containers, lunch trays, whole or divided plates and more.
In the next two weeks, I am going to take snapshots of EATware’s products in water to see how it works. Take a look here for the photos. EATware uses proprietary additives called EATplus, all found in nature, to create this innovative product. EATware has been around since 1997 and started commercializing their products since 2002.
The goals of EATware are basically to create eco-friendly, single use products that will degrade in a short time and cause no harm to the Earth.
There is so much to tell you about EATware, visit back soon to stay up to date.
Leafygreen.info does not like single use containers in general, due to the harmful effects on the Earth and I feel that EATware’s on to something great and it will be neat to watch what happens.
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Hey flickr users out there, join the Leafygreen.info group and post your all natural, organic, vegan and vegetarian delights…
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Red River shipped us a fifty sheet box of their new GreenPix inkjet paper. On their information sheet they specify that the GreenPix paper is 100% post-consumer paper meaning that every GreenPix sheet would actually contain hundreds if not thousands of different recycled woods and papers. This appears to be a great asset to the environment as all of that paper is not wasted and just burned into the atmosphere. But how good could the paper truly be?
When I took a sheet out of the box I noticed that it felt smooth and sturdy. It has a nice matte photo paper feel.The paper is a beautiful bright white on one side and a pale white on the other. This gives you the advantage of knowing which to print on. Looking closely throughout a sheet you can see tiny spots which ensures that the paper is recycled. The tiny specs are scattered and scarce.
Initially one of my co-workers had done a test and the image didn’t come out too clear at all. It was flat and blurred. I asked him how he did it and he stated that he just hit print. Oddly enough, the photo he printed was of a focus chart. On any paper, this should look clear. After seeing this I was a little disappointed that an eco-paper is so horrible, but decided to give it a try on the Epson 9800. This paper does not come in rolls but is available from greeting card sizes up to 24″x36″ sheets.
I followed Red Rivers steps to using their color profile with Photoshop and printed my test image. I used a new test image supplied from Colorvision’s PrintFix Pro. The result was ever so nice to see. The result, in fact, was the best image I have ever seen on a inkjet matte paper. The image was extremely crisp & the colors and contrast were on point. The black actually achieved a black point of 0 and the white achieved a white point of 255 giving true colors across the board.
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With over 100 reviews under our belt, Leafygreen.info is really taking off. Thank You to the readers, writers and the companies involved.
Some of these companies are blogging now. Here’s a few and if I missed your company’s blog, post it in the comments or email me and I’ll add it right away.
Nau
Method
Bigelow Tea
Simple Shoes / Greentoe
Hippy Green
Eco Touch
Flying Dog Brewery
Intoxicated Zodiac
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Recently I posted a review on the Crane Papers and said how I will be reviewing more papers as they are sent to me. I have recently acquired Hahnemuhle Fine Art Papers and have done tests on the most appealing paper choices. I selected 4 papers out of the 9 in the pack. Hahnemuhle also do not bleach their papers and do offer a humane & animal friendly selection.
Hahnemuhle has designed a beautiful 100% rag (cotton) paper of which they call William Turner. This paper has a whiteness of 99 where as the Crane papers were only 91. The William Turner paper has so much texture it has a true museum quality to it. Its touch is soft and bends without cracking. When printing, the inks are absorbed deep into the paper and do not bleed. The test image I used on all of these papers is of a colored scene designed by Colorvision for their print calibration software. This image is supposed to be printed using the AdobeRGB1998 color profile, not the paper manufactures color profile. The densitometer reading from Colorvision’s PrintFixPlus the blackest black is reading at 1 where true black is 0 and the whitest white is reading at 240 out of 255.
Next I tested the Hahnemuhle German Etching Paper which is very similar to the William Turner paper except more of an off white tone. Although there is a lot of texture in the paper, it is not as friendly as the William Turner. The print was equally as sharp and also did not bleed at all. The black reading is still 1, but the white reading is at 234. This is only because of the paper tint.
I tried to test Hahnemuhle’s standard Fine Art photo paper which is most likely designed for a consumer based inkjet paper, but it crumbled in the machine.
My last test was the Hahnemuhle Fine Art Pearl Paper. Also with a white brightness of 99 this paper absorbed the ink below the surface and also above the surface on the gloss finish. This design of paper keeps the colors dynamic and contrast high while also giving a very sharp image. This is one of the sharpest papers I have yet to see. At one spot in the image I actually achieved a black point of 0. My whites are still at the 240 range which is still not bad. This is a paper that would be used in a photographers portfolio rather than on a wall.
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