deforestation

The number of trees cut down annually for the production of books sold in the U.S. is now estimated in 30 million trees, an increase of 10 million trees from the last estimate. Why is that and is the book industry going forward or backwards?

Green Printer pick no. 1 - Chegg.com is for your high schooler, not your eight year old but the top textbook rental company in the U.S. - who already offers millions of textbooks for rent with savings of up to 80% - will now plant a tree for every book your Timbaland-listening-15-year-old Forest Citizen rents.

How can a mahogany desk, made of slow-growing hard wood plundered from the Amazon, be eco-friendly?

When it’s re-used.

A guest post from Simran Sethi and Sarah Smarsh

If industrialized countries safeguard tropical rainforests from deforestation, they may be able to offset around 50 million tons of CO2 at an approximate rate of $2/ton, reveals Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) in one of its July 23 publications. Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) is an effective strategy that has the potential to safeguard the environment and decelerate climate change.

Sharp commentary on what's not being done about deforestation.

A huge swath of Canada’s northern Boreal forest will be permanently protected from tree harvesting and mining as part of a plan to combat climate change, the Province of Ontario’s premier Dalton McGuinty announced Monday.

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If you want to be depressed about the deforestation that is going on around the world, then Google’s got the ticket for you.

Think about the last time you hit up the drive-thru. How many napkins were you given? My guess is that you received none or you received a dozen. You likely used one, maybe two. The other ten got tossed. Along with the straw, straw wrapper, sandwich wrapper, receipt, salt packets, paper soft-drink cup, bag, and ketchup packets (both used and excess). That's one transaction. One meal. One person. Extrapolate that.  

Recently an un-contacted (by “civilized man”) tribe was found in the far west reaches of Brazil’s Amazon Basin on the Peruvian border. They were photographed by aircraft and are seen painted bright red pointing their bow and arrow weapons at the craft in defense!

In the heart of central Africa, current deforestation practices are impacting the local indigenous peoples. They are not only losing access to traditional bush meat, but also to other traditionally used resources.

The Sumatran Orangutan is critically endangered and the Bornean Orangutan's population is just 14% of 50 years ago. Their habitat is increasingly under threat due to illegal logging, forest fires, mining and most critically convertion of forest to palm oil plantations. Find out what you can do to help save the Orangutan!

Today, tobacco is grown in more than 100 countries. 80 of these are developing third world countries and in many the growing of tobacco is a major environmental problem.

A short, weekly “school of hard knocks” history of why paper supply chain management is not as easy as it looks - but can be. A Green Printer dispatch.

Deforestation hurts. Just ask Harrison Ford - he waxed his chest and demonstrated just how close forests are to his heart.

The Biffy bidet is an economical solution that helps to signficantly reduce toilet paper consumption.

The product is made of anti-bacterial and polycarbonate parts, and hides discreetly under a toilet seat rim.

A video demonstration of the product can be seen here:

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