Eco-Libris News
September
27, 2007: Green Options - Offsetting your Reading Habit
In an age of conspicuous consumption, one thing I don’t
feel guilty about is buying books. I love books. I love having
a house full of books. And yes, I know: books are made of
paper. Paper comes from trees, and I love trees, too. Live
ones. So what’s an eco-conscious reader to do when the
library and secondhand books can’t help you out? Eco-Libris
thinks it has the answer.
For the full article please click HERE
September
25, 2007: GlamSpirit - Read a book, Plant a tree
There’s a neat website that helps reverse the cycle
of destruction by planting trees on our behalf. Just click
over to Eco-Libris and decide how many books you’d like
to balance.
For the full article please click HERE
September
25, 2007: everydaytrash.com - Trashtastic Tuesday with Raz
Godelnik
This week on Trashtastic Tuesday, we check in with Raz Godelnik
of Eco-Libris, a green business encouraging readers to off-set
the paper consumed by their book-buying by donating money
to plant trees in developing countries.
For the full article please click HERE
September
21, 2007: GoodHousekeeping - Save by Renting College Textbooks
And here's a nice touch: according to textbookflix.com, an
average student purchases an entire tree per year in text
books, so to help make a difference, they've partnered with
Eco-Libris to plant a tree for every textbook rental. (You
can read all about this on their website.)
For the full article please click HERE
September
16, 2007: Nonchalant Mom - Eco-Libris!
Do you ever wonder when you are sitting there reading your
books to your kids, hhmmm this paper looks more than white...yes,
it is usually new, un-recycled paper! each year about 20 million
trees are cut down for the production of books in just the
US alone! BUT let's not complain because you can do something
about it, that's where eco-libris comes in.
For the full article please click HERE
September
7, 2007: Alternative Consumer - Eco-Libris: Read a Book, Grow
a Tree
Ever wonder about the paper consumption involved in manufacturing
books? It’s staggering. “About 20 million trees
are cut down annually for virgin paper used for the production
of books sold in the US alone,” according to ECO-LIBRIS
co-founder, Raz Godelink.
For the full article please click HERE
September
3, 2007: 9 to 5 Poet - Read Books & Save Trees
When I look around my house, I see hundreds of books -- and
therefore hundreds of trees that have been chopped down to
print those books. Honestly, I've never thought of the environmental
impact of my book buying addiction. I like books and I like
the ideas that they transmit. This site opened my eyes to
another aspect of my environmental impact on the world, and
it isn't pretty.
For the full article, please click HERE
August
20, 2007: WOW! Women on Writing Blog - Going Green
...But today's post I reserved for a new company. Have you
heard of the new way to "go green" with regard to
books?
For the full article please click HERE
August
17, 2007: Environmental Graffiti: Don't buy books, Chegg them
US website Chegg.com provides a revolutionary online textbook
rental service, offering over two million used books and 800,000
new book titles for students to rent, rather than buy. Now
they have announced the launch of a new program - “Chegg
for Trees” that will ensure that a tree is planted in
a needy area every time a textbook is rented via the Textbookflix.com
service. Chegg is delivering this program in partnership with
the newly founded Eco-Libris.
For the full article please click HERE
August
8, 2007: Spiral Visions Blog - Eco-Libris: A means to balance
out the paper in your books by planting trees
Eco-Libris is an organization that is promoting books being
made with recycled paper. They are also suggesting you balance
one book by planting a tree. This is a simple equation. One
Book = One Tree.
For the full article please click HERE
August
2, 2007: Net Impact August Leading Business Newsletter - Member
profile: Raz Godelnik - A Green Balancing Act
Net Impact member and social/eco entrepreneur Raz Godelnik
envisions a world where books equal green, though his vision
is not limited to the “green” publishers associate
with the release of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.”
As co-founder of Eco-Libris, Godelnik encourages book readers
to balance their books by planting trees in the deforested
regions of developing countries.
For the full article, please click HERE
July
31, 2007: Treehugger.com - Eco-Libris
Eco-Libris wants American readers to put something back for
all their bookworm pleasures. It's encouraging them to donate
a dollar for each book they read, so trees can be planted
to offset all the paper consumed.
For the full article please click HERE
July
30, 2007: A Fresh Squeeze: Eco-tainment
Most of us have been guilty of it at some point or another:
scanning our friends' libraries trying to find out what they’re
really like. But tracks and titles alone won’t tell
you how green they might be.
For the full article, please click HERE
July
24, 2007: seattlepi.com - Eco-Libris: A Green Light in a Dark
Sky
If nothing else Eco-Libris needs to be applauded for their
commitment to the environment and their willingness to bring
this Achilles heel of the publishing world to the fore-front.
But is this the right way to go about it? I raised a few of
my concerns with Raz Godelnik, the C.E.O. of Eco-Libris.
For the full article, please click HERE
July
20, 2007: United Nations Environmental Programme - News from
the campaign
The Billion Tree Campaign of the United Nations Environmental
Programme has published Eco-Libris news release. The news
release can be found on the ‘news from the campaign’
page.
For the full news release, please click Here
July
20, 2007: Move - Celebrate The New Harry Potter Book By Planting
A Tree
At 12:01 AM Saturday morning, the final book in the Harry
Potter saga, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,”
will go on sale in bookstores around the world. The first
printing of the book numbers a record-breaking 12 million
copies here in the U.S. alone.
For the full article, please click HERE
July
18, 2007: Quill and Quire - Plant a tree
If your environmental consciousness has been awakened to the
point that you get an uneasy feeling as you sit in the shade
of some grand tree reading a book printed on what you are
now keenly aware is the remains of one of that tree’s
brethren,
For the full article, please click HERE
July
17, 2007: Kids Lit - Green Wizard Movement
Eco-Libris, a wonderful program where you can balance out
the books you read by planting a tree, is offering a way to
offset your purchase of the new Harry Potter.
For the full article, please click HERE
July
16, 2007: BiblioAddict – Feeling Guilty?
Feeling guilty for all the books that you buy made of dead
trees? Yeah, me neither. Well, I do when I think about it,
which admittedly, isn’t very often. I mean, come on.
Books are so pretty. But then so are trees…
For the full article, please click
HERE
July
11, 2007 : GroovyGreen - Eco-Libris: Offset Your Book With
A Tree
Something I consistently stress is that offsets should be
a last-resort solution — with tangible green acts coming
first that show immediate benefits. With the launch of Eco-Libris,
however, I’m excited to see a direct relationship between
the act of offsetting and the planting of trees in developed
countries.
For the full article, please click HERE
July
10, 2007: Daytona Beach News - $1 added to book purchase will
go to plant a tree
With an entire industry amassing to combat global warming,
everything you do is under a solar-powered microscope. Driving
your gas hog, drinking water bottled in France, bathing too
much . . . these are well-known no-nos. Here comes a new one:
Buying books.
For the full article, please click HERE
July
5, 2007: Madeejits - Eco-Libris - Moving Towards Sustainable
Reading
It certainly is affordable, costing only $1 per book to plant
a tree and for convenience these ‘offsets’ are
sold in batches of 5. For each book you balance out, Eco-Libris
will send you a sticker (itself made from recycled paper)
to put on your book cover, ‘displaying your commitment
to sustainability and perhaps even inspiring others to become
more responsible about their use of natural resources.’
For the full article, please click HERE
July
3, 2007: The Good Human- Read A Book And Plant A Tree
Feeling guilty about buying the latest bestseller from the
bookstore? Can’t find that book used so you have to
buy it new? If you always give some serious thought as to
how your books were made and wish you could do something about
it, you might want to check out Eco-Libris.
For the full article, please click HERE
July
3, 2007: Green LA girl - Plant a tree for the new book you
bought
For a buck a book, Eco-libris gives you a “One Tree
Planted for this Book” recycled paper sticker and plants
a replacement for the tree that made your book.
For the full article, please click HERE
July
3, 2007: newconsumer.com - Go full circle and offset your
book with Eco-Libris
Reading as we know it is here to stay but you can offset
your books with new company Eco-Libris.
For the full article, please click HERE
July 2, 2007: Victoria E - Trees and
Books Learn to Love Each Other
I was recently honored with the opportunity to speak with
both Eco-Libris CEO, Raz Godelnik, and Head of Business Development,
Eylon Israely. Read on to find out more about Eco-Libris,
how they are helping to change the world of books, and how
three unique non-profits factor in to their business plan.
For the full article, please click HERE
July
2, 2007: Environmental Graffiti - Sustainable Books
An exciting, new green company has started up in the last
couple of weeks to cater for the eco-conscious book lover.
Eco-libris plants trees on behalf of customers, offsetting
the environmental damage created by the book itself.
For the full article, please click HERE
July
2, 2007: EcoStreet - Balance your books for the planet
Eco-Libris has partnered with Sustainable Harvest International,
Ripple Africa and The Alliance for International Reforestation,
to plant trees to replace those cut down to print the books
that you read.
For the full article, please click HERE
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