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~~~~~~ FSC certified postcards - toward a greener hobby ~~~~~~
Q & A
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Q : What is FSC ?
FSC stands for Forest Stewardship Council. It is an independent, non-governmental, not for profit organization established to promot the responsible management
of the world’s forests.
To know about FSC, please visit : http://www.fsc.org/about-fsc.html
To know about FSC certified forests, please visit : http://www.fsc.org/pc.html
The overview of FSC in Green Wiki : http://green.wikia.com/wiki/FSC
Q : What is FSC certified
postcards?
Postcards with FSC certified are made of Mixed Sources of recycled and additional fresh fibre from sustainable forests. Those forests are
certified by FSC as well.
For example, the one I received with the following mark on the back side of postcard :
Q : Why should we buy FSC certified
postcards ?
To prevent from being a part of the exploiters of unsustainable forests! Let forests live in a reasonable way!
Q : I can't find a FSC certifed
postcard in a shop. What can I do?
All we can do is :
Show the producers and shops that there is demand! Ask them for products with FSC certified.
The effect may be very samll, but we never get the harvest unless we try. Union is strength!!
Try to ask one more question before you buy the postcards next time!
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LISTS
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1. Where to find FSC
certified postcards :
 - Netherlands (3 postcard-publishers
found)
--- BOOMERANG (reference 1 2 3 4) - publisher
--- The Last Bus Cards (reference) - an artist prints her own postcards on FSC certified papers with soy ink.
--- iDRUKKER (reference) - Printing service and (free) postcards
 - Canada (2 postcard-publishers found)
--- Natural Color Productions (reference) - publisher
--- Canada Post (reference 1 2 : Maximum Cards) - publisher
 - United Kingdom (2 postcard-publisher
found)
--- Paperchase (reference) - publisher (no online shop but can be found in stores)
--- Leeds Postcards (reference) - publisher (printed on FSC accredited trucard)
 - Germany (1 printer found)
--- LokayDRUCK (reference) - printer
 - Switzerland (2 publisher found)
--- ABC-Karten - postcards & greeting cards (reference 1 2) - publisher (i.e. Moments of Colour series postcards)
Note : Available in German-speaking European countries.
--- Photoglob (reference) - publisher
 - Australia (1 publisher found)
--- Steve Parrish Publishing (reference) - publisher
 - France (2 postcard-publisher found)
--- Nouvelles Images - I Love My Planet series (reference 1 2) - publisher
--- Madame Mo (reference) - publisher (using recycled FSC or PEFC papers)
Note : Available in several European countries, Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, and USA.
 - USA (3 postcard-publisher found)
--- Victory Postcards and Souvenirs (reference) - publisher
--- Coastal Exposures (reference) - publisher
--- Smith-Western Inc (reference) - publisher
Note : Available in Oregon and maybe Washington. To see contact information, please read the reference!
 - Taiwan (1 postcard-publisher found)
--- nisan design (reference - see FAQ in Chinese only) - publisher (printed on FSC certified papers)
 - Japan (1 postcard-publisher found)
--- Greeting Life Inc. (reference) - publisher
- ???
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2. Postcards made
with eco-friendly paper, but without FSC certification :
- USA (3 postcard-publishers found)
--- Graphique de France (reference 1 2) - publisher
(using 100% chlorine-free paper made using timber from managed forests)
Note : Available in USA and European countries.
--- Western Pennsylvania Conservancy / Sold at Fallingwater (reference) - publisher
(using recycled paper)
--- Impact Photographics (reference) - publisher
(using recycled paper & printed with soy-ink)
- Taiwan (1 postcard-publisher found)
--- Frogfree (reference) - publisher
(printed on recycled paper)
- United Kingdom (1 postcard-publisher
& 1 store found)
--- Pyramid International (reference) - publisher
(printed on board manufactured from 100% elemental chlorine free pulp sourced from sustained forests)
--- nigel's eco store - an FSC certified wooden postcard (reference) - shop
(used to be FSC certified, now using sustainable wooden plate)
- ???
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3. Other relative
products with FSC certification:
 - Czech Republic (1 shop found)
--- Tesco envelopes (sold in orange-and-black Tesco wrappers) (reference) - shop
Note : You may also find these in other branches of Tesco worldwide.
- Germany (2 publishers found)
--- Michel-Verlag (Ottweiler) - greeting cards (reference) - publisher
--- Sü-Verlag (München) - greeting cards (reference) - publisher
- France (1 publisher found)
--- Clairefontaine's Pollen series - greeting cards & envelopes (reference) - publisher
- ???
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4. Prospective List
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-- Publishers that think about this part of their future products or intend for putting FSC certified postcards into reality! --
- Canada (1 prospective reply)
--- Pomegranate (reference)
- Taiwan (1 prospective reply)
--- MIIN (reference)
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Let's swell the list!
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If you haven't notice this before, please check out your postcards
now.
When you found a FSC certification on the card, please share with us in this thread! This will
inform other postcrossers that they have a different choice in their country. In the beginning,
the list may be quite small, but we hope that it grows bigger and bigger day by day!
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Please feel free to share the experiences or the opinions you have about FSC certified postcards in this
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Good idea.. I'll check my cards later today. |
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I received a postcard with FSC certification mark on it! It surprises me a lot. After collectiong about 450 postcards from 58 countries, I just receive one.
I used to think that there is no such kind of postcard in the world. I'm happy that I'm wrong.
These are the card I received from an 11-year-old boy with official ID NL-83713 and the FSC mark on the back side:
 
I got another card produced by BOOMERANG earlier than this one, but there is no FSC certification on it.
I used to write an e-mail to FSC asking that if FSC certifed paper-products are easy to find, and what kind of sources that most paper made of in the
markets. Here is one of the paragraph about the present status :
| Quote: | As far as I know, a lot of paper is still made from fresh tree fibre from unsustainable sources. There is a growing range of paper products made from
recycled paper or FSC certified mixed sources paper(recycled and additional fresh fibre from sustainable forests) and it is a very good idea to ask at
the shops for those products! I fear that especially FSC certified postcards are not yet very widely available, but all the more important to show the
producers and shops that there is demand. FSC certified copy paper should be somewhat easier to find.
Uta Walossek
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FSC International Center GmbH
Charles de Gaulle Straße 5
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I've just looked through my cards and found 2 with the FSC mark.
They're both Boomerang cards from the Netherlands. I have more of them, I can have a look later, if they have that mark, too. 
P.S.: Wasn't there a lottery about FSC cards lately? Have I missed it?  That card looked wonderful. |
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Phoenix
I've just looked through my cards and found 2 with the FSC mark.
They're both Boomerang cards from the Netherlands. I have more of them, I can have a look later, if they have that mark, too. |
It seems that this is the only publisher that publish FSC certifed postcards so far! Please post on this thread if you find more!
By the way, when did you receive those cards? I'm wondering how long ago they start to publish cards like this.
| Quote: | | P.S.: Wasn't there a lottery about FSC cards lately? Have I missed it? That card looked wonderful. |
Sorry! I've canceled the lottery.  (I start another instead.) But
for the card...please read u2u in your mailbox!  |
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| Quote: | Originally posted by shui
By the way, when did you receive those cards? I'm wondering how long ago they start to publish cards like this.
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May and June 2008. |
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Phoenix
May and June 2008. |
This may mean that they begin to publish FSC certified postcards recently. 
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Several days ago I wrote an e-mail to a local postcard publishers MIIN asking if they are considering to produce their postcards with FSC certified papers in the future. I got a prospective reply. They said that
recently they just got some samples of recycled papers from the paper-supplier, and think of producing their new products (and even part of present
products) with recycled papers and environment-friendly printing ink. They also indicate that they will think more and deeper on this topic they are
going to put into practice (maybe try FSC certified papers!?), and believe that their green message will spread out to the rest of the world even they
are just a small company.
I will try to write e-mails to other local postcard publishers and see how they react!
This is a good start I think, though I don't expect to get more prospective replies. |
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I just bought a bunch from Whistler BC (where the 2010 winter olympics will be held) and it seems all the Licensed Vancouver 2010 Olympic cards I
bought have that symbol.
The cards I bought were from Natural Color Productions |
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| Quote: | Originally posted by shannanigans
I just bought a bunch from Whistler BC (where the 2010 winter olympics will be held) and it seems all the Licensed Vancouver 2010 Olympic cards I
bought have that symbol.
The cards I bought were from Natural Color Productions |
Thank you very much for sharing!! That's an exciting news! 
Now we have a new country in the list !!! |
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An additional link for the overview of FSC in Green Wiki is updated in the first post! |
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Inspired by this thread...
I sent an email a couple of days ago to the company from whom I buy most of my postcards, and got this message back this evening. Perhaps if the
company gets flooded with people asking for FSC, they'll be able to go ahead with it *hint hint*
Dear XXXXX:
Thank you so much for writing to us, and for your support of our products. We greatly appreciate hearing from our customers.
Coincidentally, I just came back from a book publishing conference where I attended a workshop on Eco friendly publishing practices including a
lengthy discussion about FSC certification. There are some drawbacks to using FSC certified paper, mainly cost and availability, but Pomegranate
cares deeply about being ecologically sound so we are investigating all the various options we have for using recycled paper, FSC certified paper, and
vegetable based inks in our production. Some papers are not suitable for the high quality four-color printing that we rely on to achieve such great
reproductions but we (and the paper making industry) are making strides every year. Thanks so much for your suggestion. I will make sure
Pomegranate’s president and publisher are aware of your concern and recommendations.
All best from Pomegranate,
Sincerely,
Lory Ann Osterhuber
Contracts, Royalties and Publicity Manager
Pomegranate Communications, Inc.
loryo@pomegranate.com
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Thank you! KaeEhm!
That sounds inspiring!!
It's great to know that they are thinking of this and trying to put it into reality!
I'm thinking that I need to make another list about publishers that consider about this part of their future products (prospective reply) or intend
for publishing postcards with FSC certification, so that we can keep eyes on them and expect that one day they will finally UPGRADE to the FSC
certified list!
P.S. I also add everyone's post as a reference to the list, so that people can easily find informations without reading through all thread. |
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I picked up some free Boomerang cards in a cinema in Wales - they all have the FSC Mixed Sources logo on. |
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I've just clicked on one of the ads displayed (Nigel's Eco Store) - they sell FSC certified wooden postcards!!! "Carve Your Own Card - an FSC
certified wooden postcard, blank for your own message" How about receiving one of those as an official!!!!? |
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Thank you! miapearl! Thank you for this delight information. I will add them to the list!
Please do let us know if you find more! |
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Great idea. Will keep an eye out. |
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Thank you for your support! wakeful! |
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I have a couple of cards made by Graphique de France that are "Printed on 100% chlorine-free paper made using timber from managed forests.", but they are not certified. |
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| Quote: | Originally posted by jano
I have a couple of cards made by Graphique de France that are "Printed on 100% chlorine-free paper made using timber from managed forests.", but they are not certified.
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Thank you for this imformation! I will add it in an extra list! |
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Today I received a set of mascot postcards of 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Vancouver, Canada.
These cards are published by Canada Post with the using of FSC certified paper.
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Bumping up!!!  Any news ??? |
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/9658655@N04/3899317576/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9658655@N04/3898540253/
Got another two postcards published by Canada Post with FSC certified!
It seems that they will publish their future cards with the same material. |
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this is a very good idea |
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The Tesco envelopes (sold in orange-and-black Tesco wrappers) are also certified! |
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Thank you for the information! Mickaela! I'll add this to the list.
And thanks for the support. Vivian! |
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