The Cardboard Christmas Tree
Posted By Piper Kujac On December 3, 2008 @ 2:00 pm In Green Home decor,Green Products,Recycled Materials,San Francisco | 2 Comments
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This Holiday Season you can save a tree (and a box) with a fun, enviro-friendly Cardboard Christmas Tree [5]! With Christmas quickly approaching, many of us would like to engage in the holiday cheer without the use-once-and-toss-in-the-street traditional Christmas tree [6], and this simple centerpiece may be just the alternative you were looking for.
The Cardboard Christmas Tree [7] was designed and developed by Cloud Gate Design LLC [8], a Chicago based design house. Cloud Gate Design was founded in 2006 by two designer friends, Nick Ng and Dan Greene, as a way to bring environmentally conscious alternatives to market. One such item, the Cardboard Christmas Tree, extends the life of existing cardboard by using recycled corrugated cardboard [9] for the tree and its packaging.
In addition to taking the pressure off existing tree farms, a portion of the profits from the Cardboard Christmas Tree sales are donated to the Arbor Day Foundation’s [10] Trees for America Program [11]. For every one dollar donated to the program, one tree will be planted in a damaged forest.
The meager price of the Cardboard Tree [12] is $22.95. Assembled dimensions are 3 feet tall by 3 feet wide, and it may be adorned with your own creative decorations or the cardboard ornaments [13] offered on the website.
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[5] Cardboard Christmas Tree: http://www.thecardboardtree.com/
[6] Christmas tree: http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/11/24/san-francisco-offers-adopted-xmas-trees/
[7] Cardboard Christmas Tree: http://www.thecardboardtree.com/#/decorate.php
[8] Cloud Gate Design LLC: http://cloudgatedesign.com/
[9] corrugated cardboard: http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/10/11/mark-langan-recycled-cardboard-art/
[10] Arbor Day Foundation’s: http://www.arborday.org/
[11] Trees for America Program: http://www.arborday.org/programs/trees4America.cfm
[12] Cardboard Tree: http://www.thecardboardtree.com/#/purchase.php
[13] cardboard ornaments: http://www.thecardboardtree.com/#/decorate.php?id=1
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