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50 Most Influential People in Pulp and Paper Today

Thursday, August 14th, 2008

A link on Paper Planet sent me to RISI (the company that owns Seybold Reports) to learn more about the "50 Most Influential People in Pulp and Paper Today." The top three are the bosses of Asia Pulp and Paper, International Paper and StoraEnso. Greenpeace and the World Wide Fund for ...

Purchasing: Steps You Can Take

Wednesday, August 13th, 2008

More and more graphic designers - and their clients - are asking for "earth-friendly" papers. Forest Ethics has some helpful insight into the process of shifting to sustainable forest products (wood and paper), a process that involves five stages: Identifying the sources of your wood and paper based products. Identifying which products ...

From PrintCEO Blog: Consolidated Printing on Going Green

Tuesday, August 12th, 2008

In case you missed this post at our sister site, PrintCEO Blog, check it out! See a video of Marilyn Jones, Consolidated Printing Company, Chicago, as she talks about the efforts she has taken with her company to be environmentally friendly. In the video Jones shares how the company has retired ...

Digital Magazines Take Steps Both Forward and Back

Friday, August 8th, 2008

At the Seybold Seminars Conference 1999 in San Francisco, I got my first glimpse of "e-paper" when John Seely Brown, then director of Xerox PARC, held up a dingy-looking piece of plastic. He said: "Think of it as the world's first truly erasable paper. You can print today's news on yesterday's ...

Tools and Guides to Take Your Business Green

Thursday, August 7th, 2008

Whether you've just made the decision to take your business green or you've started on your journey and need some inspiration and/or help, you'll find the tools and guides you need on the WhatTheyThink Going Green Reports, Papers, and Studies page. Here is the list of resources available:

Summer’s Almost Over - How Did You Do on Your “Vacation Reading List?”

Wednesday, August 6th, 2008

OK, I know: Vacation? What vacation? I hope you had a little chance to enjoy some sunshine and relaxation. Just in case the beautiful weather caused you to forget, here is the WhatTheyThink Going Green Reading List:

What’s happening on the “green” technology front?

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008

From nanotech to human-powered printers, creativity on the green front is wide reaching!

Print a Book, Plant a Tree

Monday, August 4th, 2008

Everything old is new again! Here it is, August 4, 2008, and burning up the blog wires is a piece talking about the "first ever 'tree clause' in a book contract." The clause? "... the company (Harper & Row) will plant one tree in the rain forest for every tree the ...

2008 Print Green Summit

Friday, August 1st, 2008

May 7, the Print Green Summit was held in Seattle WA, and I missed it! If you did too, you can learn a little more here.

Paper, Rock, Scissors - Got 2 out of 3!

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

Thanks to Margie Dana and Sabine Lenz, we now have the whole story about paper made out of rock. This type of tree-free paper is primarily calcium carbonate, which is a chemical compound commonly found in rock, such as ...