As we enter the winter season we welcome the joy and generosity it brings sharing a new way to give this Christmas.
Switch to sending digital Christmas cards and donate the money you would of spent on physical cards and stamps. You will be reducing your environmental impact and supporting people to live healthier, happier more sustainable lives.
Your donation to ecobirmingham will help fund projects that make a huge difference, from teaching parents to cook healthy meals, providing children’s cycling or forest school lessons to supporting community groups to take climate action locally.
A paper-free alternative to traditional Christmas cards that gives back!
Step 1: Make a donation
Step 2: Save the digital Christmas card image to your device
Step 3: Share directly to your family and friends through email, social media, or messaging apps
Digital Christmas Card Image: illustrated by Pip Claffey
During the festive season millions of cards are produced, posted, and eventually discarded contributing to deforestation, high carbon emissions from production and transportation, as well as landfill waste.
Find out – How did the tradition of sending Christmas cards started.
Here are some key environmental benefits of sending digital cards:
Reduces deforestation and saves natural resources: Digital cards require no paper, this means fewer trees are cut down and less water wasted as there is no need for paper manufacturing.
No physical waste: Enjoying sending and receiving cards digitally means they don’t end up in landfill or recycling centres.
Lowers carbon emissions: We cut out the transportation emissions created by sending physical cards. The energy required to create and send a digital card is a fraction of that needed for printing and sending paper cards
Make a difference: By choosing to make a donation and send our digital Christmas card this year you are directly helping us improve the lives of local people.
Happy Christmas and thank you for your support!
Together, we can keep building a Birmingham where people and the planet thrive.
Find out how to make your Christmas even more environmentally friendly with Our guide to a greener Christmas.