Each year 14 million hectares of forest disappear from the surface of the planet. Illegal exploitation and businesses linked to it do nothing but destroy the fauna and flora. They also deprive many human beings of their means of subsistance.
In less than 40 years the ecological footprint of people in France has increased by 48% whilst in the same time period the population of the country has only increased by 27%.
That in itself, the energy footprint, calculated on the basis of the surface necessary for a country to absorb its CO2 emmissions, more than doubled (+134%) since 1961. These figures make you think…they reveal a reality: our lifestyles and our behaviors influence directly and lastingly on the environment. It is therefore urgent to act now!
Pure Design International have resolutely chosen to commit themselves to helping the environment, by working with French certified ‘green’ printers, by ensuring paper stocks follow the FSC Certificate and that they follow the Standards ISO 14001 and EMAS.
We are therefore giving away 1000 FREE Full Colour Business Cards, printed on 350g Recycled Cyclus paper to one lucky winner.
Just fill in your details in the ‘Leave a Comment’ form below. Remember to enter your name, email address and comment. If you like, you can also profit from a bit of self promotion by entering your website address.
The prize involves a professionally designed business card, printing and delivery to an address of your choice. The Winner will be announced on Wednesday 18th March.
27 responses so far ↓
1 vic Tristram // Mar 10, 2009 at 11:12 am
what a great idea
2 Dave // Mar 10, 2009 at 11:48 am
Well done Ben – a great idea
3 nicola christinger // Mar 10, 2009 at 11:59 am
So important, well done for a pure genius decision!
4 Alex Diamond // Mar 10, 2009 at 12:35 pm
A good idea Ben, important to promote
5 Andy Davies // Mar 10, 2009 at 1:10 pm
People will be GREEN with envy if i win!
6 Will Brooker // Mar 10, 2009 at 2:28 pm
Solid…I hope Alice can cope with washing all the nappies.
7 puredesigninternational // Mar 10, 2009 at 2:30 pm
Yeh, she’ll be fine! I’m just trying to get this wind powered Apple Mac running….
8 Andy Butler - Discount Shopping // Mar 10, 2009 at 2:45 pm
Great idea Ben, I’ll stumble this page for you
9 Gill Eggleston // Mar 10, 2009 at 3:09 pm
http://www.fsc.org just in case anyone wants to read more about this…
10 Nicola // Mar 10, 2009 at 3:24 pm
Super Idea!! All for it.
11 Simon // Mar 10, 2009 at 3:37 pm
Self Promotion ???
We at Rivieraone.com, the number one for Luxury IT solutions would love to support this great idea.
12 Jackie Pressman // Mar 10, 2009 at 4:07 pm
Good for you Ben. Inspirational.
13 Kim Defforge // Mar 10, 2009 at 4:38 pm
Your Liaison on the French Riviera!
14 Ray Jasdrow // Mar 11, 2009 at 7:33 am
Perhaps I should start spraying my Sky+ satellite dishes green?
15 MARLY PRIVILEGE // Mar 11, 2009 at 5:07 pm
Being estate agents, we are over 10 people working in the company so tuns of businnes cards printed every year!!!!
I think this is a great idea, everyone should do it!!
16 Ann Kelly-Bonnefoy // Mar 12, 2009 at 5:40 pm
Desperately need business cards to distribute to all the hotels, banks, shops, restaurants of the region when we launch our fund-raising campaign to Save the Cemetery in Nice ! Eco-friendly business cards would tie in perfectly with our wish to preserve Nice’s 19th century Anglo-American heritage……. The Fondation du Patrimoine (National Trust equivalent) is ready to back up all our efforts.
See the next edition of Riviera Reporter (April-May) for more details or watch the video on youtube :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImO-A8xYwuc&layer_token=ea85346eb179d4a7
or on our site :
http://www.rivieramemories.com
Ann, from Riviera Memories
17 Robin Greer // Mar 13, 2009 at 12:16 pm
Being green need not be grey.
If ancient man was able to uses colours without polluting chemicals then so should we.
18 Marble Pure Polishing // Mar 13, 2009 at 12:18 pm
Great idea! We’d love some business cards printed on recycled paper. Count us in!
19 The Cutting Shop Hair and Beauty Salon // Mar 13, 2009 at 1:24 pm
This is a excellent idea, and a great concept. Good luck and I look forward to hearing who’s won.
Best regards.
Nicky
20 Mark Dezzani // Mar 14, 2009 at 1:14 pm
Great idea! Count us in too. Just launched and about to get some cards made. Much prefer to have green ones!!
21 Simon Tinley // Mar 15, 2009 at 4:56 pm
great idea
22 Alex Cahn // Mar 16, 2009 at 12:08 pm
Excellent idea and good news that we, human beings, finally listen to the Nature !
23 Helen Butler // Mar 16, 2009 at 2:46 pm
Godd idea. Here’s my entry.
24 Roger // Mar 17, 2009 at 10:41 am
This is a terrific idea and I would like to work with Pure Design to produce a stunning business card using a QR Code in the design.
Please take a look here to see all about QR Codes http://2d-code.co.uk/ and here are some examples of how thay can be incorporated into a design http://www.setjapan.com/ click on ‘English’ then ‘qr design’.
Good luck to all the contestants!
25 Nadia Mansour // Mar 17, 2009 at 2:40 pm
Thats a fantastic Idea! Who said being Green was boring? Keep up the great work! xx
26 Andrew // Mar 17, 2009 at 3:54 pm
Great initiative, and one with a global resonance. As an aside, did you know that France is actually reforesting…albeit very slowly?
27 puredesigninternational // Apr 10, 2009 at 9:26 am
The lucky winner was post number 19. The Cutting Shop Hair and Beauty Salon.
Congratulations to Nicky and her team.
“Thank you very much. I’ve just received the free business cards that I won in your competition. They are great. The quality is excellent and I will definitely be looking in to changing all my advertising cards and brochures to ‘green’ alternatives.”
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