Healing Herbs Calendar 2011
Product Information
Availability: Ships September 2010
Size Closed: 12" x 12"
Size Opened: 12" x 24"
Format: Standard Wall
Binding: Stapled
Publisher: Amber Lotus Publishing
Healing Herbs Calendar 2011
The Healing Herbs 2011 Wall Calendar pairs useful and informative herbal text with sixteenth-century woodcuts published by Italian physician Pierandrea Mattioli, which have been colorized in a modernized retro style.
Herbs have been in use by the traditional healer for untold generations, in all cultures and climates. The herbalist's medicine cabinet is filled with plants with complex histories and fascinating personalities. This calendar features a different herb each month with an overview of its valuable properties. Reintroduce yourself to these reliable old friends just waiting for you outside your front door.
Author Sue Sierralupe is certified as a Master Gardener, Sustainable Landscape Educator and Medical Herbalist in Eugene, Oregon.
The interior pages of this calendar are printed on 100% recycled, 50% post-consumer paper, processed chlorine free and printed with soy-based inks.
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Environmental Benefits Statement
Amber Lotus calendar interior pages are printed on 100% recycled paper with 50% post-consumer recycled waste paper content, processed chlorine free and using soy-based inks.1
| By using this environmentally friendly paper, rather than conventional paper, for our 2010 calendar season,2 we saved (at a minimum)3: | ||||
| trees | water | energy | solid waste | greenhouse gases |
| 1,250 fully grown |
572,614 gallons |
396 million BTUs |
34,766 pounds |
118,893 pounds |
As a member of the Green Press Initiative, Amber Lotus Publishing is committed to environmental stewardship. In addition to printing our calendars on 100% recycled paper, we had 25,000 trees planted worldwide for our 2010 calendar season. We also continue to offset our carbon dioxide emission by supporting NativeEnergy.
1 Our cover stock is 16-20% recycled. 2 A benefits statement for the 2011 calendar season will be available fall 2010 at www.amberlotus.com. 3 Calculations based on research by Environmental Defense.
