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Sustainable Office Gifts: A Guide For Green Holiday Shopping

Green Business Bureau

You can use patterned wrapping paper and old cereal boxes to create a nifty file/magazine holder or a desk organizer. Gift the go-getters in your office sustainable business cards such as these 100% recyclable cotton cards from Moo or Botanical Paperworks plantable business cards that biodegrade and grow into herbs and wildflowers.

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Glue derived from industrial bio-waste aims to make furniture recyclable

Envirotec Magazine

Our glue is ethically sourced, has end-of-life biodegradability and has properties suited to replacing traditional formaldehyde adhesives,” says Callum Smith, one of the founders of the firm behind it, BindEthics , and also a student at the University of Birmingham. The new adhesive is claimed to be sustainable and non-toxic.

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The Sierra Club's Top 20 Cool Schools

Green Market Oracle

A recently launched student journal, Paperbark Literary Magazine, offers students a space to engage around issues of sustainability in the information age. Back on campus, New England’s largest university has launched a popular MS in Sustainable Building Systems and a certificate in Offshore Wind Energy.

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