101 Things Designers Can Do to Save The Earth


103. Attend a paper forum
November 7, 2007, 3:40 am
Filed under: Classes & Resources, Paper

And what’s a paper forum? It’s where paper users get in the room with paper suppliers and share ways to use less of the stuff. SVC just participated in one sponsored by the Pacific Northwest Pollution Prevention Resource Center. While you’ve missed that one, feel free to  head for the PPRC’s paper-free web site to get a little idea of what you’ve missed and to remain on the lookout for future forums.



102. Get off unwanted catalog mailing lists
November 4, 2007, 6:17 pm
Filed under: Paper, Studio Practices

Sounds like a good idea.  It also sounds difficult, eh?  Not really.  There’s a new website, Catalog Choice, that lets you opt out of hundreds of catalog mailing lists with the proverbial click of your mouse. By jumping off the catalog bandwagon, you’ll do your part to spare some of the 8,000,000 tons of trees consumed each year for catalog paper consumption.

By the way, you may be wondering what is tip 102 doing a site called “101 Things?”  Well, we’re going to keep going, sharing good information as we find it.  If we wind up with 201 things, that’s all the better for the earth.