Forget Winter, Earth Day Is Coming. Prepare for the Paper Battle!
Greetings tree killers. Oh, you don’t believe you’re still considered a tree killer? You rock your FSC seal and use recycled paper and believe that gives you a pass? Think again. April 22nd is Earth Day, the Red Wedding of “alternative facts” regarding the use of paper and print. You have been sitting in the stands […]
How Big is the Print Industry? Big. Really Really BIG!
With digital media being such a large part of our lives it’s hard to remember how BIG the printing industry really is. The truth is that print is all around us all of the time. From the clothes we wear to the food we buy and even the art that we hang on our walls. Print […]
Misconception 3: Print Is Bad For The Environment
Here we have reached our last, perhaps most concentrated, misconception that print is bad for the environment? If you use toilet paper, paper towels, or buy packaged goods in the store (thinking cereal or anything else packaged in paper), then you are actually buying reminisces of recycled paper products. There is a lot of distorted […]
[VIDEO] Protecting and Perpetuating The Prosperity of Print and Paper
Hear from the industry advocates on what is being done to educate consumers, and fight corporate greenwashing. Discussion will include information from Joan Sahlgren about the “How Life Unfolds” Campaign (http://howlifeunfolds.com) by The Paper and Packaging Board, an update from Phil Riebel, President of Two Sides North America (http://twosidesna.org), news about the SEC “go paperless” […]
3 Misconceptions Of The Print Industry
by Jennifer Grace When is the last time you’ve seen an article about how print is still alive? Or print isn’t dead? I see them all the time…and… I admit it, I’ve written a few myself. Not to worry; this article is not one of those, though, I do strongly believe in the power of […]
Captain SustainaBill Wants to Help You On International Print Day!
Greetings Citizens of the Printerverse! International Print Day is finally upon us and Wednesday October 8th is going to be an EPIC day of open knowledge sharing through social media around the world! To help get you started, I created the message below for you to download and attach in your email signature and share with your […]
PrintMediaCentr Joins Two Sides As A Partner Member
I am really honored to be a part of TwoSides and help Phil Riebel any and every way I can to slay the greenwashing dragons out there! You can help too! Follow TwoSidesUS on Twitter and Facebook, join the LinkedIn Group, share their cool EcoGraphic and see how you can become a member. We are […]
Who is Really Behind #Paperless2013
It seems as though the Go Paperless in 2013 campaign has backed down from some of its environmental messaging. I am going to share some visible changes to this campaign, and introduce some facts that may have been overlooked or missed very early on. I will leave it up to you to draw your own […]
Why is the Print Industry Whining About #Paperless2013
Doesn’t the print industry have better things to do than shake its fist at Google and their Go Paperless in 2013 campaign? So many already think Print is out of touch with the “new world,” so why add fuel to that fire? And the organizations that are speaking out, well they just have their […]