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avad ([personal profile] avad) wrote2004-01-24 08:04 pm

Paper Project

Passing this on from [livejournal.com profile] ilythia in [livejournal.com profile] threadsofchange because I think it's worthwhile and something in which an easy e-mail speaking out in numbers will probably make a difference.


The Magazine PAPER Project
Printing Alternatives Promoting Environmental Responsibility


"Because less than five percent of U.S. magazine paper contains post-consumer recycled fiber, this country’s magazine industry gobbles up 35 million trees worth of paper each year. Co-op America’s Magazine PAPER Project is working to get more magazines onto environmentally preferable papers – and keep more trees standing in the forests where they belong."
Woodwise.org has a form e-mail that can be sent to show you would support Conde Naste publications switching to eco-friendly papers:take action simply through their site I just did. * If you subscribe to one of Condé Nast’s magazines, be sure to also mention which one. The company's publications include: Condé Nast Traveler, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Glamour, Vogue, Self, Allure, Lucky, Jane, Swoon, Teen Vogue, Bon Appetit, Gourmet, Brides, Modern Bride, House & Garden, Architectural Digest, Details, GQ, W, and Wired.


This site features this and many other 'Action Steps' - things you can do to encourage magazine publishers to be more environmentally responsible and to be more so yourself, a 'Campus Organizing Packet', and other information and ideas.

[identity profile] space-botz.livejournal.com 2004-01-24 08:05 pm (UTC)(link)
35 million trees per year?!?

holy kamoley! i spend every summer in northern British Columbia planting trees for an independent contractor. on average, i put in about 2300 trees a day, averaging about 150,000 over a 3 month season. mostly we put in fast-growth trees, but they still take over 80 years to reach harvestable size.

very little of canada's old-growth forests still stand. its hard to even imagine that kind of deforestation happens until you see clear-cut blocks everyday for months on end. 35 million?! geez, and that's only the magazine industry...

[identity profile] avad.livejournal.com 2004-01-25 09:06 am (UTC)(link)
yeah, my mind cannot process that number either. You. by the way. are awesome. you lil tree planter, you.;)

[identity profile] space-botz.livejournal.com 2004-01-25 01:47 pm (UTC)(link)
btw: i posted some pics from israel, if you want to check 'em out :) so far, i put up a few desert shots and a quick tour of jerusalem, but other highlights are still coming...

i wonder if you recieved the postcard eliav sent? seems several cards we sent were lost in the mail :(
*saaAAAD camel noises*

[identity profile] avad.livejournal.com 2004-01-25 01:59 pm (UTC)(link)
oh I did I did!!! I told him so on his LJ and also alluded to it in the last e-mail saying now I was spoiled and expecting one from Mexico. It's my bookmark for the Museum at Purgatory, which I'm reading and is awwwwesome. I'll go take a pic at your pics, hope you wrote all about it. HOW exciting!!.*hugs*