Good Tuesday eco-friendly greetings cards

This happy birthday lovely human is a nice card to give to someone on their special day. Save it to give to a brilliant friend, parent or colleague who deserves a little appreciation this year. The bold and colourful banners with loud typography, means this message will not be missed!

Everything at Good Tuesday is printed on recycled paper, sent in plastic-free packaging, made in the UK and beautifully designed.

This Lilac Stripes Mother’s Day card has a glacier blue and peach striped background, with bold burgundy lettering, for a fun card that’s ideal for anniversaries, St. Valentine’s Day, or just-because moments, to share your love with that special someone in your life!

This Lilac Stripes Mother’s Day card is ideal to celebrate your lovely mum! With a pastel purple and peach striped background and ruby red heart, it’s a lovely way to remind someone how cherished they are. Blank inside, for your own message.

A Tree-mendous Christmas Card (no trees chopped!)

This tree-mendous Christmas card is not just featuring trees, but saves trees as it’s made from post-consumer waste. It features eye-catching trees in a burst of cheerful colours for a charming festive card.

Happily Ever After! (a zero waste wedding greetings card)

This happily ever after card is a fun way to celebrate someone’s wedding, but in an eco-friendly way. Clink those fizzy bubbly glasses, for the happy couple, with a bold stripe design and fun illustrations. Read more on zero waste weddings

Issues with ‘Plantable Cards and invites’

This is not a ‘party pooper post’, but it’s important that wedding and other eco paper goods makers, are clear to customers about safety and eco issues with some ‘plantable papers’.

Of course it’s great to buy wedding invites and place names etc, made with post-consumer waste paper, to save trees. But a huge volume of these are now embedded with wildflower seeds.

The idea sounds good: you receive your card, then plant it in the garden and water it, and it turns into beautiful flowers.

But great care must be taken. Unless you know you are sending cards to pet-free homes, nearly all wildflowers (like poppies) are toxic to pets. So you don’t want to be sending dangerous cards through letterboxes, that could be planted and turn into dangerous flowers near animal friends.

Of course if you know the recipients don’t live with or have visiting pets, it’s not a problem. Read more on pet-friendly gardens.

Issues with Sustainability (imported seeds)

The other issue is where the wildflower seeds come from. If you are choosing a quality local artisan brand, then it’s likely the seeds are fine.

But many brands don’t even know where the seeds are from. If they come from abroad, you could be importing non-native seeds that could harm native flowers or even bring disease into the country.

We have enough problems already with providing enough native wildflowers to supply endangered pollinators like bees, butterflies, moths and bats.

Importing non-native seeds means these can outcompete native flora, disrupt local ecosystems and harm local biodiversity. Many of the imported seeds may also be grown using GM methods, not good for the environment or wildlife. They also likely don’t germinate well.

So in a nutshell, choose plain recycled paper wedding invites. Or if you choose seed paper of any kind,  then go for local quality artisan brands, and only send to pet-free homes.