The 5 Best Eco-Friendly Notebooks On Amazon
For all the professionals who were affected by the pandemic, we have got your stationery needs covered on this blog. One by one, we are going to look at all the crucial items that you need at hand to be productive in your home office. Just because you are working from home, doesn’t mean that you get a free pass to be sloppy. We have already looked at the best, recycled printer paper products on Amazon a couple of days ago. Today we are going to continue on this topic and cover the best eco-friendly notebooks on Amazon.
Keeping information organized is a major challenge for most professionals. There are entire cottage industries in the form of video courses, books, seminars, and corporate coaching sessions dedicated to teaching time and work management. If you want our advice, we feel all the techniques and methods that need specialized tools are just overkill for what can be achieved with a simple notebook. We are not saying it’s easy. It takes a strong will and lots of practice to get your daily schedule in order and crush tasks like a pro. All we are saying that you don’t need anything special to achieve your max level of efficiency. The humble notebook, properly used, can just be the panacea to all your productivity woes.
Knowing us, you bet we are going for only the best eco-friendly notebooks available for purchase on Amazon. Let us dive into the list.
Mintra Office 100% Recycled Notebooks
These ones are made in Egypt using bagasse which is sugarcane waste material. The materials are 100% sustainable. The brand is proud of its Egyptian heritage which is the inspiration behind selecting the materials and techniques used in the manufacture of these notebooks. The cover of the books is made using 100% recycled Kraft board material and is printed on with vegetable ink. They come in a pack with plain covers and one with funky designs on the cover.
Action Publishing Natural JournalBook
The pages of this one are made from warm-white SFI Certified paper. They have an alternating dotted grid/line layout. The 100% recycled chipboard front and back are sturdy and should last you for a while even with rough handling during your hiking trips and workshop sessions. The loop binding keeps the notebooks flat when you are using them. We especially like the myriad size and shape options that they come in. You have a Stenobook, Listbook, Ideabook, Journalbook, and Sketchbook. You will definitely find one of these options to match your personal preference.
Northbooks USA Eco-Friendly Dotted Bullet Notebooks
These eco-friendly notebooks are designed and manufactured in the USA using sustainably sourced materials. The paper is 90 gsm thick, smooth, and of acid-free archival quality. They come in 4 types depending on the grid inside – dotted, blank, rule, or square. The pages on the dotted notebooks have a subtle grid that makes them suitable for all kinds of tasks from taking notes, to sketching, to drawing rough schematics with ease. They are our favorites. The cover is soft and feels great to the touch. With every purchase, Northbooks, the brand behind this notebook, contributes to plant at least one tree with Eden Reforestation. This is an amazing product that supports a great cause. We love it!
Lemome Eco-Friendly Natural Cork Hardcover Writing Notebook
The covers for these notebooks are made from cork fabric which is a versatile, natural, and eco-friendly material. You might be fooled into believing that these covers are made from leather but they are of course 100% vegan and cruelty-free. It is a great option if you don’t want to lose the luxurious touch and feel of leather but want it achieved in a sustainable way.
The paper in the notebooks themselves is acid-free, recyclable, pollution-free, and has no fluorescer(a fluorescent substance used in whitening) used in their manufacture. The notebook as extras like a sturdy sewn elastic pen holder, expandable pocket, an elastic closure strap, and a ribbon bookmark. This is truly a complete package type product. It will even be great as a gift to those in your life who will appreciate it. It is Amazon’s choice and comes has 2 cover design options.
Rocketbook Smart Reusable Notebook
To end this list, we have chosen something special. The tech geek inside us was super excited when we came across this product in our research. This is not your average notebook made out of paper and cardboard. This is a smart notebook. The pages are made of a synthetic material that acts as the writing surface. You can write on it using a Pilot Frixion pen which is made specifically for the material from which the pages are made out of. There are 32 pages for you to write, scribble, doodle, and draw on. It feels just like, or dare we say, a lot better than a regular pen and paper. The writing experience is crispy and feels very polished.
Once you have written on those pages, all you have to do is scan them using the Rocketbook app on your phone. Then you can use their suite of software to organize all your notes in the cloud where they will accessible on all of your digital devices. When you run out of space in your notebook, all you have to do is wipe the notebook using the microfiber towel that is included in the purchase. This is truly a space-age product that feels like it belongs in 2020. We have always been strong proponents of reuse instead of recycling and this product just fits the bill so well. It will last you for years. Think of all the notebooks that this will replace!
So that was our list. We tried to pick the eco-friendly notebooks that have the best combination of features and sustainability. Once you get your hands on one of these, it will do wonders for your productivity. We only request that you pick a system that works for you and then stick with it. Eventually, being a productive workhorse is going to be second nature to you!
Love,
Scooch and Steve
