Happy holidays! This week we’re revisiting our favorite festive stories from years past, like this one: Once, at a dinner party, I was entranced when a friend unpacked her backpack to reveal each of ...

Wrapping paper – that thing that makes our holiday gifts look so festive – has a landfill problem. If it's shiny, metallic, or glitter-encrusted it's not recyclable. And even recycled paper isn't ...

Furoshiki, the Japanese tradition of wrapping objects in cloth to cover or transport them, is becoming more popular as a more eco-friendly way to wrap presents without wasting paper. Much of the paper ...

Instead of struggling with wrapping paper this holiday season, get yourself some cloth. The Japanese Furoshiki technique can wrap anything easily and make it look good. Traditionally, Furoshiki is a ...

Christmas is a time of goodwill and cheer but it can also be a time of creating massive waste, especially wrapping paper. In Australia we use approximately 8,000 tons of the stuff every year. Loading ...

Bento wrapped with cloth using the Otsukai Tsutsumi technique, the most basic and one of the hundreds of Furoshiki techniques. Gift wrap or decorated paper bag? When it comes to gift giving, these ...

Much of the paper that wraps holiday gifts is not recyclable. Unless you choose to save and reuse it, it probably winds up in a landfill. An eco-friendlier option is an ancient tradition from Japan ...