It seems like a good time to just remind you about the Woodland Trust's work with Marks & Spencer to recycle Christmas cards to plant trees. Hopefully it will be run again this year, but essentially each year, M&S plants a tree for every 1,000 cards dropped into their collection bins in UK-wide stores; the aim is to plant 10,000 trees per year!
So please fellow animal lover, make a mental note to keep your Christmas cards and I will put a blog up once I know whether M&S are placing Christmas cards in their stores again this year.
Meantime, if you feel like doing some early preparation for Christmas and have idle thoughts of buying your Christmas cards (so that they appear in time for Christmas), you could take look at animal charities online shops and consider buying your Christmas cards from them. And then when you get your Christmas cards through the post, just cut off the stamps and keep them safe ready to send off to your favourite animal charity! And don't forget the charities which look after wildlife habitat ...
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| Little Star Card Pack from the WSPA |
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| Cat and Mouse Christmas Card from the National Trust Online Shop |
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| Piglet Christmas Cards from the Horse Trust |
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| English Heritage have a range of Christmas Cards, including this gorgeous Red Squirrel in the snow |
The RSPB have a special offer on their Christmas cards through their online website. Buy any 3 of their Christmas card packs from now until December and save £1.50. Simply add any 3 to your basket and the discount will automatically be applied at checkout. The beauty is that you can shop easily from the comfort of your home and help wildlife conservation at the same time...
