mother earth...

It is again the time of the year to restock my packaging materials, brochures, info packets and biz cards. As I was getting ready to send out my order for pretty boxes bags and bows I stopped for a moment. Here I am thinking about and trying to do my best to reduce my negative impact on this earth, teach my children about the importance of recycling and reducing and it dawned on me how wasteful all this pretty stuff can be. Yes it is fun and beautiful but maybe I can do something better. After doing some research I found my answer, planting trees. That is what I will do instead, for every child and famly I photograph I will be donating $15 to www.americanforests.org. In return they will plant 15 trees! 15 trees for every client will be something that I can do to give back, help make this earth a cleaner and better place for all of our children.
As for informational packets, brochures and packaging I will be buying recycled paper, sending as much as I can through emails, making as much information as I can available on my website and minimalizing my packaging to a pretty ribbon, reusing boxes from my lab/printer and keeping things simple.

Hopefully clients all understand this and agree that we all must try and do something to make a difference.

If you haven't read The Giving Tree it is worth the read. A favorite with my little boy.