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May 16, 2012: Global Sky Has Planted More Than 4,000 Trees, Setting a New Benchmark for the Call Center Industry

Leading call center provider Global Sky has achieved a new milestone planting more than 4,000 trees in its ongoing efforts to increase awareness to the need to use natural resources more sustainably. Headquartered in Las Vegas, Global Sky operates a 300-seat call center in the Philippines. A tree is planted for every call center seat filled, offering a unique way for companies using call center services to green up their service and demonstrate their commitment to replenishing the earth.

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April 22 , 2011: Global Sky's Tree Planting Initiative a Success

Leading call center provider Global Sky has planted more than 2,000 trees in its ongoing efforts to unify and share resources around the world. Global Sky President James Stinson launched the tree-planting program last year in partnership with the well-known green initiative Eco-Libris. Headquartered in Las Vegas, Global Sky operates a 300-seat call center in the Philippines. A tree is planted for every call center seat filled.

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March 9, 2011: Publish Books Without Perished Trees

Eco-Libris, a green company that works to make publishing and reading more sustainable, celebrates the 41st Annual Earth Day (April 22) with its new campaign “41 Reasons to Plant a Tree for Your Book.” For 41 days, from March 13 culminating with Earth Day on April 22, Eco-Libris will publish the 41 best answers on its blog.

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November 3, 2010: Indigo Partners with Eco-Libris to Promote Green Books

On November 10, 2010 , at 1:00 pm EST , Eco-Libris in partnership with Indigo Books & Music is launching a campaign to use the power of the internet and social media to raise awareness of books printed on environmental paper and its significance to forest conservation. Two hundred bloggers will review their selections from 200 books that have been printed on recycled paper and/or are FSC certified. These books will encompass an assortment of mainstream adult and children's titles.

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November 3, 2010: 200 Bloggers, 200 Books, 56 Publishers And One Hour

On Wed., Nov. 10, at 1 p.m., 200 bloggers will simultaneously publish reviews of 200 books printed on environmentally-friendly paper. By turning a spotlight on books printed using greener methods, Eco-Libris aims to raise consumer awareness about considering the environment when making book purchases. This year’s participation of both bloggers and books has doubled from the event’s inception last year.

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July 30, 2010: Are E-books Really 'Greener?'

Print on paper requires cutting down trees, transportation and storage but is the energy consumption and toxic waste emission by e-book readers really better for our planet?

Not necessarily. The jury's still out, posits Raz Godelnik, co-founder and CEO of Eco-Libris, in a new article entitled "Is E-Reading Really Greener?" just published in the Independent Book Publishers Association's (IBPA) monthly journal (http://bit.ly/bW7nGz), the Independent.

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June 15, 2010: Infinity Publishing Partners With Eco-Libris to Launch "100 Tree Project"

Pioneer in Author-Originated Book Publishing Rolls Out New Program to Promote Environmental Sustainability by Helping Authors Fund Planting of 100 Trees for Every New Book Title They Publish

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February 28, 2010: Global Sky Green Initiative Exceeding its Goals

Global Sky, a US and Philippines based call center, is pleased to announce it is exceeding its goal to plant more than 1,000 trees with Eco-Libris by the end of 2010. Global Sky's initiative, launched on August 2009, to plant 1 tree for every call center seat filled has already resulted in more than 600 trees planted in developing countries.

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February 8, 2010: A New Campaign Is Rewarding Green Readers With Green Gifts

For over two years Eco-Libris has been offering eco-conscious readers the opportunity to balance out their books by planting trees. At the same time the company has worked to promote sustainable reading, and reduce books' impact on the environment. Now Eco-Libris is combining the two, with a special giveaway that rewards customers with green gifts that promote green reading, from gift cards at Strand Bookstore and BookSwim to free “green” books that were printed on recycled or FSC-certified paper!

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November 9, 2009: Green Books campaign: 1 Day, 100 bloggers, 100 green books, 100 reviews

On Tuesday, November 10 2009 , 100 bloggers , who review books on regular basis, will simultaneously publish their book review of a "green" book of their choice. This unique campaign, organized by Eco-Libris, aims to encourage both publishers and readers to get greener and make sure books are printed responsibly.

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August 11, 2009: Global Sky Green Initiative Takes Root - Call Center Leader Partners with Eco-Libris to Plant Tree for Every Seat Sold

Global Sky, a 300-seat Philippines based call center, is pleased to announce its initiative to plant 1 tree for every call center seat filled over the next year. Partnering with Eco-Libris, a green business that works to balance out the paper used for books by planting trees, Global Sky is expecting to plant more than 1,000 trees by the end of 2010.

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June 1, 2009: 5000 trees planted for teacher turned author’s first storybook on caring for the environment. Now every child can make a difference with ‘Buttercup'

Beautifully written by Shelley Meyer and vividly illustrated by her daughter Tessa Meyer, this inspiring and powerful story will find a spot on every child's list of favourites, especially when they can carry the story forward in their own lives and plant their very own buttercups. This wonderful title is doubly special because for every book 1 tree has been planted.

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April 3, 2009: Bulls open "Green" Reading & Technology Center

On Friday, Bulls forward Tyrus Thomas hosted the opening of the Green Reading & Technology Center at Pope John Paul II Catholic School. Thomas, along with Bob Love and Benny the Bull, was on hand for an official ribbon cutting ceremony to welcome a group of students to the newly renovated space which was constructed entirely with environmentally friendly and energy efficient materials.

To celebrate the opening, Thomas read out loud from the book “Planet Earth Gets Well.” The Bulls donated 100 copies of the book to the school and partner with Eco-Libris, a green business that works to balance out the paper used for books by planting trees. In honor of the donation, Eco-Libris will plant 100 trees.

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March 24, 2009: Put The Tree Where The Story Is: 1 Tree Planted For This Green Tale

In a beautiful field, the buttercups grow, but when two children have no respect for nature garbage begins to pile up high. Are the days of the buttercups over, or will help come to rescue the buttercups from a fate more deadly than illness? See the difference that children can make when they set their mind to it and decide to take care of Mother Earth.

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November 11, 2008: Will Sales Justify Aaspirations Publishing's Move To Eco-friendly Practices?

In response to the community of readers, bloggers, authors and illustrators, Aaspirations publishing is going against industry norms and have changed their module of publishing. All new titles published henceforth will also carry the logo '1 tree planted for every book', thanks to our partnership with Eco-Libris to reduce the environmental impact of book publishing by planting one tree for every book sold.

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October 30, 2008: Every book was once a tree. Now Flux plants new trees for every book published

(the release is in Norwegian) Flux, Norwegian publishers of a magazine and literature within the fields of philosophy, cosmology and ecology and a sustainable future, are collaborating with Eco-Libris to plant trees for their publications, starting with a book about Arne Næss, founder of the Deep Ecology movement - "Deep Joy: Arne Næss on deep ecology" by Per Ingvar Haukeland, to be published on November 13.

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September 16, 2008: 'I Can Save the Earth' News Release - Children Can Now Share Stories on How They Can Help Planet Earth in a Special Contest from Eco-Libris and Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing

In a celebration of their new line of eco-friendly children’s books, Little Green Books, Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing has partnered with Eco-Libris in an educational contest that provides children an opportunity to share their personal green stories and ideas.

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April 10, 2008: Raincoast Books Press Release - Canadian Readers Will Help Plant 12 Acres of Trees

Raincoast Books and Eco-Libris announced today the results of their first joint environmental campaign: Buy a Book, Plant a Tree. Raincoast Books has signed up 80 Canadian retailers who will be selling a wide range of environmentally themed books through April 2008 which are emblazoned with Eco-Libris stickers stating that for each book purchased a tree will be planted in Central America and Africa.

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April 8 , 2008: PRLog - Kedzie Press and Eco-Libris Launch Green Initiative Aiming to Plant Million Trees for Million Books

Kedzie Press and Eco-Libris announce the launch of the Kedzie Million Tree-A-Thon a new green initiative that aims to plant a million trees for a million books to be sold by Kedzie Press by the end of 2009.

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March 20, 2008: PRWeb - Bookstores Across Nation Go Green with Eco-Libris

Eco-Libris, the revolutionary environmental service that lets people balance out the paper in the books they read by planting a tree for every book is now being offered to bookstore visitors in six states.

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November 15, 2007: marketwire - BookSwim Rental Plants Trees for Holiday Gift Purchases

BookSwim, an online book rental club, launched yesterday a Holiday Gift Card Program to sponsor the planting of holiday evergreen trees with the help of Eco-Libris. For every online gift card purchased at BookSwim.com during the 2007 holiday gift season, BookSwim promises the planting of a new Holiday evergreen tree with Eco-Libris.

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September 10, 2007: CSRwire.com - Net Impact Releases Business as UNusual: The 2007 Net Impact Guide to Graduate Business Programs

In addition to the Guide being available for download online, a limited number of printed copies will be sold on Amazon.com…Fortunately, Eco-Libris, a social enterprise led by Net Impact member Raz Godelnik found at www.ecolibris.net, sponsored this year's guide and is planting a tree for each of the printed copies.

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August 16, 2007 :Marketwire - Chegg Promises to plant One Tree for Every Textbook Rented with Textbookflix.com

Chegg.com, a leading local student marketplace and provider of textbook rental service,Textbookflix.com, announced the launch of a new program designed to raise awareness for environmental issues. "Chegg for Trees" will ensure that a tree is every time a textbook is rented via the Textbookflix.com service. Chegg is delivering this program in partnership with the newly founded Eco-Libris.

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July 11, 2007 : PRWeb - New Green Website Lets Book Lovers Balance out the Books They Read by Planting Trees

Eco-Libris helps book lovers go green and plant a tree for every book they read. About 20 million trees are being cut down every year to produce paper for books sold in the U.S. alone. By partnering with non-profit organizations in developing countries, Eco-Libris can now invite readers to do something about it

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July 9, 2007: Stetson University News Release - Stetson University-based AIR selected as partner in sustainability initiative

The Alliance for International Reforestation (AIR), is one of only three organizations selected as partners in a new initiative dedicated to sustainable reading, Eco-Libris,

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