green printing

The big names cannot help but pump out more sustainable paper products on an almost weekly basis. From biology college textbooks gone green to carbon friendly greeting cards, we’ve rounded up the top ten green papier goods that caught our eye.

We’ve come this far in our exasperation with junk mail-apalooza and now people are luring us with cold, hard cash (or the beauty of planting a tree) to get us to stop receiving virgin-forest-eating junk mail.

An interview with Professor Tim McNeil of the UC Davis Design Museum on the ExhibiTricks blog.

Filled with great information and resources for everyone interested in green design.

 

 

 

 

So, for all you energizer bunnies out there, here are a few tips from Montreal based Vivace Design ‘ s Karine Himbeault that, incidentally, we found take 60 seconds or less to actually carry out. Oh and Vivace Design produced a stunning portfolio following their advice. Gone gorgeous green in less than 60? Read on.

I caught the "story of stuff": a 20-minute, fast-paced look at the dark underbelly of our consumption patterns. The clip exposes the links between a host of environmental and social issues while showing you the real cost of that $5 radio (metals from South Africa, 14 years olds from the Congo dropping out of school to work in factories...).

1. Less is more. If you’re smart, you can say a lot with very little. 2. Green goes black. For website design, the “opposite is the rule”: black is the new green. 3. More really is more.There is one place in the world of greening your business where more really is more.

Think jumping on the “environmental-Armageddon-is-upon-us-we-are-doing something-about-it-hear-me-roar” business bandwagon will be easy? Think again.

Conservative bloggers denounce US Congresses' move to replace CFLs as a mercury health hazard and a "High Priest Al Gore of the Church of Global Warming of Modern Day Idiots (MDI)" falsity while of course, sourcing the "science" behind their claim as, what else, another conservative blogger's opinion.

LATEST in CFL Debate: No Actual Data on CFL migraine scare in The Daily Green

If you do just one thing...

Engage your suppliers to minimize the environmental impacts of the products they supply to you.

(Image source: http://blog.americanfeast.com)

If your post-holiday cheer and spending has put you in a slump about how to jumpstart your New Year's resolution to make your business run more efficient and tree-friendly for less (and who doesn't?), Ilana DeBare from the San Francisco Chronicle has the solution.

A tip from BC Buzz (www.bcbuzz.ca): decorating with LED Christmas lights uses 95% less energy than traditional lights and last more than 10 times longer.

It's that time of year when many of us buy a live Christmas tree. Instead of buying or cutting down a tree, why not look for boughs and branches that have fallen off the trees during storms?

Due to misconceptions in the Printing Industry some Printers are misusing the FSC trademarks and Logo, according to FSC representative Rosie Teasdale.

This article explains the situation, and how to avoid mistakenly using a Printer who has not got a valid "Chain of Custody"

Printing just 800 posters with an eco-friendly printing company will produce the following energy and environmental savings: 0.33 trees preserved for the future, 30.90 lbs of greenhouse gases prevented and 237,000 BTUs of energy not consumed.

Here's some good news on climate change, for a change... an inspiring story of people all over the world pitching in to plant trees.