Green Options » paper footprint http://greenoptions.com/tag/paper-footprint Posts tagged 'paper footprint' Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:01:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Back to School Week: Tips for Paper-Free Education http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/08/29/back-to-school-week-tips-for-paper-free-education/ http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/08/29/back-to-school-week-tips-for-paper-free-education/#comments Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:01:16 +0000 Shirley Siluk Gregory http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/08/29/back-to-school-week-tips-for-paper-free-education/ Tsgreer at Wikimedia Commons, released into public domain.)Back-to-school preparations traditionally mean stocking up on lots and lots of paper stuff: filler paper, notepads, laser paper, construction paper, folders and, of course, lots and lots of books. And while students are becoming increasingly eco-aware, a lot of those paper things on their shopping lists are impossible to buy used: notepads and printing paper have to be pristine and even many textbooks become quickly and uselessly out of date.

So what’s a conservation-minded student or teacher to do? Here are some suggestions:

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