14 Jul
Turning Over A New Leaf: Green Publishing
Welcome to your Monday friends. Hopefully the weekend treated you kind and was filled with bike rides, iced tea and a great deal of laid back summer fun. That said, something struck me this weekend, and I was so glad to wake up today and find this awesome little bit of news…
Picture yourself sitting under a tree, reading a great book in the shade…what’s wrong with this picture? How about how many trees are cut down each and every year just to MAKE the books we read? How about according to reports, that number is around 30 MILLION trees each year. Wow. What can be done? Simple, green publishing, which is something I hope more and more publishers get on board with!
I just read an interesting article about a few different companies that are taking giant leaps towards more Green publishing. Ideas are ranging from publishing “Online Only” newspapers, using only paper from responsibly managed forests, all the way down to using ONLY recycled paper to print your books on.
The article is an interesting one, and one that really does make you think. We always consider reading as so much of a more productive hobby, using less electricy and energy as video games or television but the simple fact of how many trees are cut down just to “fund” our hobby is alarming!
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