Is the old fire dying out?

Is the old fire dying out?

Maybe it's for the best, if you're using lighters to flame up. Light up your life with sustainably produced matches, which don't run on petroleum, are biodegradable, and use fewer resources than your average igniter, refillable or otherwise.

The Benefits

* Sustainable wood. Some matches come from well-managed forests, which means timber companies aren't cutting down trees faster than they can re-grow them.

* Less landfill. About 1 billion lighters are sold in the United States each year; 9 out of 10 of these are disposable and end up in dumps.

* Lowering our dependence on oil. Unlike matches, lighters run on oil, and once the world's petroleum supplies are gone, they're gone.

* Lighting your fires, baby. Beeswax candles don't just light themselves.

Wanna Try?

Diamond Matches - the biggest producer of matches in the United States also happens to harvest its wood from well-managed forests ($2/box of 250). http://www.diamondbrands.com/pages/matches/5.php

Swedish Match - if you're in Australia or Europe, its three brands are widely available and use sustainable wood (prices vary).
http://www.swedishmatch.com/Eng/Brands_Matches.asp

Zippo - if you gotta stick with lighters, get a refillable one (prices vary).
http://zippocasemuseum.com/