New recycled packaging!
Yay, time for a new blogpost! In the background we’ve been working on some really exciting things. We want to…
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Elephant poo as a gift for mother’s day!?
Mother’s day is coming up! Though the main focus of this day should of course be on celebrating the beautiful…
What makes elephant poo paper sustainable
You might have deduced by our brand name that elephant poo paper is in fact ECO-friendly. Obviously it is made…
6 Reasons to visit VeggieWorld this weekend
Oh yeah! This upcoming weekend we will be one of the exhibitors at VeggieWorld in de jaarbeurs in Utrecht, hosted…
The name Pretty ECO…
Do you know why the name Pretty ECO is, well, Pretty ECO? I thought today I’d write a sweet and…
The things you find… My elephant adoption certificate
A couple of weeks ago I was going all Marie Kondo in my house. Though I consider myself to be…
It’s been a year…
Yep, today exactly. It’s been a year of hard work. It’s been a year of learning a lot of new…
We’re going back to Sri Lanka
We looked at each other, decided it was perfect timing and click “Booking confirmed”. Tears started rolling down my face…
Instagram giveaway january 2019 with Plant Ahead
Happy new year! We’re hosting an amazing giveaway together with Plant Ahead! How exciting is this? Here’s what you need…
Why we use plastic
If you bought or received a product from us you might be wondering why some of them are wrapped in…
Dear 2018…
Dear 2018, Damn what a year you have been! So dear 2018, I thought it would be nice to reminisce…
Esmay on TV with RTV Rijnmond to talk Elephant Poo Paper
Very shortly after my wonderful interview in de Havenloods I was contacted by RTV Rijnmond. They wanted to make an…
Esmay with Oma Greet at “Havenloods live”
What an exciting couple of weeks it has been! If you follow Pretty ECO on social media you probably saw…
Pretty ECO <3 WWF
I opened up my mailbox and there it was. An e-mail which basically said something like this: “We love what…
Elephant Conservation Projects
Today I want to share about our experience with wild Elephants and why elephant conservation projects are necessary. Wild elephants…
Elephant baths – Are they necessary?
If you’ve been following us for a while or ever visited an Elephant sanctuary you might be familiar with Elephant…
Elephant expenses
By now you probably know that 10% of our profits go back to our ellies in Sri Lanka. So they…
Green Guilt
Hello I’m Esmay and I feel guilty sometimes. Wait what? I’m talking about what I like to call “The Green…
How Elephant poo paper is made (down to the details)
Our very first tour at the workplace, where our Elephant poo paper notebooks are made, was probably the funniest. There’s…
Instagram giveaway October 2018
Time for a brand new instagram giveaway october, to celebrate our collaboration with Merel van der Wouden for her Digital…
Elephant facts
Talking about elephants I often find out there is still a lot of stuff that people don’t know about them.…
Them elephant vitamin balls
Elephant Vitamin? Yes, elephant vitamin supplements actually. That’s what we are going to talk about today. Last week Mario wrote…
What do elephants eat?
You might wonder, if you can make paper out of their poop, what do elephants eat? In the wild they…
Today is equal pay day
As you might know, Pretty ECO is based in the Netherlands and today is a special day here, but maybe…
5 x Netflix documentaries, what you should watch
Ah it’s Sunday, summer’s pretty much over and you know what that means? It’s time for Netflix (and some chill…
What you MUSTH know
This article is for all the women out there who ever wished men had periods. Well, here’s one male species…
What is Fairtrade, because I guess I’ve heard of that before…
What is Fairtrade? Something you might have asked yourself before. As you might have noticed all our products áre (because…
Elephant Dung Paper, what the H is that!?
Hey Sherlock! So you want to know what exactly Elephant Dung Paper is? Well you’ve come to the right blogpost…
Chains and elephants, what’s up with that?
Here’s another thing that surprised us when starting to work with elephants. Chains. Why are elephants still in chains? We…
My “Green Awakening”
I guess my “green awakening” started a little over a year ago. I started throwing my life around because I…
Why are elephants being held captive in the first place?
The arrival in Sri Lanka was a shock on many levels. The unexpected heat in a month like February, especially…
All about crystals
At the moment we have three bags in our shop! And you might have noticed two of them are extra…
Instagram giveaway July 2018
Yay! We’re hosting our first instagram giveaway July 2018! Here are the rules: Requirements: You follow @prettyeco_official on instagram, You Tagged…
But why elephants though?
Ever since I was a little kid I have had this obsession with elephants. I don’t remember if there was…