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Green printing tip no. 25: Can you Green your Print Advertising?
We're back with another tip on our weekly series of green printing tips, where we bring you information on green printing i n collaboration with Greg Barber , an experienced eco-friendly printer . Today Greg is discussing an innovative idea for green print advertising that is perfect for ...
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Is Publishing dead? At the moment it's just morphing according to Sarah Nelson
We discuss here many times stories and news about the future of the publishing industry, especially those with a "green" angle. Today we want to recommend a talk of Sarah Nelson, which has no direct "green" connection, but is very interesting and worthwhile listening to. Sarah Nelson ...
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Special Eco-Libris offer for the holidays!
Looking for a unique and affordable green gift for the holidays? You're in the right place! Eco-Libris has a special offer for an holiday gift for you: Plant trees to balance out the books your loved ones read. We will send them a beautiful holiday card and Eco-Libris stickers to ...
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bookBags: the perfect reply to both Buy Nothing Day and Black Friday
If you read already everything you could on Buy Nothing Day and Black Friday and you're looking for something that is combining the two in a way, we got something for you. It's called bookBags . I found bookBags on the Alternative Consumer and fell in love with it immediately. BookBag ...
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Green Printing Tip #24 - Can we be Greener in our use of Inter Office Envelopes, Presentation Folders, and Outgoing Envelopes?
After one week off, we're back with another tip for you on our weekly series of green printing tips, where we bring you information on green printing i n collaboration with Greg Barber , an experienced eco-friendly printer . Today Greg is discussing some of the widely used office ...
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A new book from Flux, "Turning to One Another", is going green with Eco-Libris
Another great book is being released today by the Norwegian publisher Flux - " Turning to One Another : Simple Conversations to Restore Hope to the Future " by Margaret J. Wheatley . And as usual this is a green celebration - we're proud to announce that this book, as well ...
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RecycleBank 's list of five things you should always recycle
This week we had celebrated America Recycles Day (on November 15), and our friends at RecycleBank has put together a list of “ Five Things You Should Always Recycle ” by Jen Uscher, we would like to share with you. We hope you'll find this important information useful. RecycleBank is a ...
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We have a winner on our "No Impact Man" giveaway!
We had a giveaway of a copy of "No Impact Man" following the book's review last week as part of our green books campaign . We asked you to share with us us what's the most extreme sacrifice you did to green up your lifestyle, and we got some pretty interesting replies, including some new ...
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It's cool and even greener to read books on a mobile phone, but can a 3.5 inch screen beat the Kindle?
There's an interesting article today on the New York Times about the growing popularity of the usage of cellphones as e-readers. It looks like more people are willing to read books on a 3.5 inch mobile screen and some wonder if mobile phones are indeed the ultimate Kindle Killers. It might ...
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Green books campaign one week after: This is just the beginning
One week passed since our green books campaign went online and we're still overwhelmed by the great feedback it received. We got great response from everyone - readers, publishers, bookstores, authors and bloggers who found the campaign important, valuable and inspiring. We would like to ...
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A paper company loses a contract worth $55m annually following Greenpeace protest in Indonesia
While the expectations of the upcoming Conference in Copenhagen seems lower and lower every day, Greenpeace is still working hard to remind us (and the world's leaders) of the urgent need to take a decisive action on climate change, especially when it comes to deforestation. It also ...
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A paper company is losing a contract worth worth $55m annually following Greenpeace protest in Indonesia
While the expectations of the upcoming Conference in Copenhagen seems lower and lower every day, Greenpeace is still working hard to remind us (and the world's leaders) of the urgent need to take a decisive action on climate change, especially when it comes to deforestation. It also reminds ...
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Subscription option is available on Eco-Libris website
We would like to remind you with an option that is available onEco-Libris' website - subscription . If you have a big library at home and you want to green it up one bookshelf or bookcase at a time, balancing out 5 or 10 books every month on regular basis, can be a good fit for you. The ...
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A new book, "The Secret Green Sauce", by Bill Roth is going green with Eco-Libris
We are happy to announce on a new collaboration with Bill Roth on his new book - THE SECRET GREEN SAUCE™ : Best Practices being used by actual businesses to grow green profits . Roth, Green Business Coach for Entrepreneur.com and the founder of Earth 2017 , partnered with ...
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Green printing tip no. 23: Are there inexpensive Green papers for brochures?
We have another tip for you on our weekly series of green printing tips, where we bring you information on green printing i n collaboration with Greg Barber , an experienced eco-friendly printer . Today Greg continues a 4-part series that is focusing on paper and paper companies and ...
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Looking for a unique and affordable green birthday gift?
What's the connection between Leonardo DiCaprio , Charles Manson and actresses Calista Flockhart ( or should we say Ally McBeal ) and Demi Moore ? They were all born on November 11 ! If you're also celebrating your birthday today - happy birthday to you too! We love ...
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Welcome to the Green Books campaign!
Our Green Books campaign is online! Today over 100 bloggers are taking a stand to support books printed in an eco-friendly manner by simultaneously publishing reviews of more than 100 such books. Organized by Eco-Libris, this campaign is aiming to promote “green” books by reviewing ...
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Green Books campaign: No Impact Man
This review is part of the Green Books campaign . Today 100 bloggers are reviewing 100 great books printed in an environmentally friendly way. Our goal is to encourage publishers to get greener and readers to take the environment into consideration when purchasing books. This campaign is ...
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Is REDD going bad? Is it going to enable conversion of natural forests into industrial plantations?
Last month we had a 3-part series on the potential and risks of forest-based carbon credits following the growing discussion about the Deforestation and Degradation in developing countries (REDD) mechanism . Now it looks like the risks part needs to be updated. Bloomberg reported about ...
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We have a winner on the "Green Earth Guide: Traveling Naturally in France" giveaway
We had a giveaway following our review of " Green Earth Guide: Traveling Naturally in France " by Dorian Yates, and we have a winner! We asked you to share with us a green experience you had in one of your last trips to another country . The winner, Penny, wrote us the following: I was in ...
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