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Can Facebook Show How to Reduce the Growing Energy Use of the Internet?
Latest News & Features carbon dioxide, cloud, Facebook, GHG emissions, global warming
Can Facebook Show How to Reduce the Growing Energy Use of the Internet? Computer design and server farm location could dramatically reduce the energy required to run Facebook and the rest of the Internet, reducing greenhouse gases, too By David Biello (Source: Scientific American) More than 750 million users, 532 million kilowatt-hours of energy consumption […]
100 Beautiful Bird Sculptures Made Out Of Paper
Latest News & Features, Papercrafts birds, Paper
Take a flight of fancy with this flock of feathered friends! In fact, these colorful bird specimens are not so much on the feathery side as they are papery, because these winged beauties are intricate paper sculptures, painstakingly pieced together by talented artist and illustrator Diana Beltran Herrera, from Bogota, Columbia
New Two Sides Campaign Targets UK Consumers – “No Wonder You Love Paper”
Latest News & Features digital media, Paper, print media, sustainability
Two Sides joins with UK newspaper and magazine publishers to promote the attractiveness and sustainability of print media The campaign features the attractiveness and sustainability of magazines and newspapers. Research by Two Sides has revealed consumers are surprised to learn that: Almost 70% of paper across Europe is collected and recycled. In fact it’s one […]
Is Digital Media Worse for the Environment Than Print?
Latest News & Features digital media, Don Carli, e-waste, electronic media, energy, environment, environmental footprint, Going green, Paper, paper mills, print, print media
E-waste is largely out of sight, but its impact can be profound, says award-winning writer. This award-winning article from Don Carli looks at digital media and compares its environmental impact against print. His article states: “Public opinion polls show that concern about the environment rises and falls based on the state of the economy and […]
Fling a Ring Thing
Latest News & Features, Papercrafts drinking straw, Paper, paper crafting
It’s not a bird, it’s not a plane, and it’s definitely not Superman. It’s a homemade aircraft guaranteed to bring the fun of flying toys to new heights — and lengths. Its odd design helps it sail impressive distances. You will need: 2 1-inch wide stripes of card stock, one 10 inches long, one 5 […]
Paper Birds
Latest News & Features, Papercrafts birds, Paper, paper crafting
Here’s a super simple way to assemble a flock of featherless friends. This nearly no-mess project is easy enough to make in minutes and let kids add lots of inspired elements of their own.
Toshiba pulls National No Print Day
Latest News & Features environmental footprint, Greenwash, National No-Print day, Paper, print, Toshiba, trees, Two Sides
22 June 2012, London, UK Martyn Eustace, Director of Two Sides, comments on developments “It appears that the widespread criticism that has greeted Toshiba’s ill conceived ‘National No Print Day’ has taken the company by surprise. For an organisation with an invested interest in print to advocate ‘no print’ is clearly ill advised but to […]
Ten questions about Toshiba’s No-Print Day
Latest News & Features By Dead Tree Edition, Paper, recycling, Toshiba, Toshiba America Business Solutions, Toshiba's No-Print Day, trees
USA, June 18, 2012 (RISI) – In a stunning display of greenwashing and ignorance, a U.S.branch of Toshiba has proclaimed October 23 National No-Print Day. To raise awareness “of the impact printing has on our planet” and of “the role of paper in the workplace,” Toshiba America Business Solutions is asking people and companies not […]
NAPL: Toshiba ‘No-Print Day’ Campaign Points Wrongful Finger at Print
Latest News & Features environmentally friendly, forest, NAPL, National No-Print day, Paper, printing industry, Time magazine, Toshiba, trees
Wednesday, June 20, 2012 Press release from the issuing company “Toshiba may have meant well when it attempted to publicize its ‘print leaner and greener’ initiative with a ‘National No-Print Day’ campaign, but it was well off base when it pointed a finger at print as an anti-tree medium,” said National Association for Printing Leadership […]
Two Sides challenges Toshiba’s ‘No Print Day’ as Greenwash
Latest News & Features electronic, environmental facts, Greenpeace, Greenwash, National No-Print day, Paper, paper recycling, print, Toshiba, Two Sides
Greenwash is an unfortunate and growing phenomenon as marketing departments jump on the sustainability bandwagon. In what is one of the most blatant examples of greenwashing a division of Toshiba, Toshiba America Business Solutions, has announced that 23 October 2012 will be ‘National No-Print Day’. On this day Toshiba proposes to ‘raise awareness of the […]
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Can Facebook Show How to Reduce the Growing Energy Use of the Internet?
Latest News & Features carbon dioxide, cloud, Facebook, GHG emissions, global warming
Can Facebook Show How to Reduce the Growing Energy Use of the Internet? Computer design and server farm location could dramatically reduce the energy required to run Facebook and the rest of the Internet, reducing greenhouse gases, too By David Biello (Source: Scientific American) More than 750 million users, 532 million kilowatt-hours of energy consumption […]
100 Beautiful Bird Sculptures Made Out Of Paper
Latest News & Features, Papercrafts birds, Paper
Take a flight of fancy with this flock of feathered friends! In fact, these colorful bird specimens are not so much on the feathery side as they are papery, because these winged beauties are intricate paper sculptures, painstakingly pieced together by talented artist and illustrator Diana Beltran Herrera, from Bogota, Columbia
New Two Sides Campaign Targets UK Consumers – “No Wonder You Love Paper”
Latest News & Features digital media, Paper, print media, sustainability
Two Sides joins with UK newspaper and magazine publishers to promote the attractiveness and sustainability of print media The campaign features the attractiveness and sustainability of magazines and newspapers. Research by Two Sides has revealed consumers are surprised to learn that: Almost 70% of paper across Europe is collected and recycled. In fact it’s one […]
Is Digital Media Worse for the Environment Than Print?
Latest News & Features digital media, Don Carli, e-waste, electronic media, energy, environment, environmental footprint, Going green, Paper, paper mills, print, print media
E-waste is largely out of sight, but its impact can be profound, says award-winning writer. This award-winning article from Don Carli looks at digital media and compares its environmental impact against print. His article states: “Public opinion polls show that concern about the environment rises and falls based on the state of the economy and […]
Fling a Ring Thing
Latest News & Features, Papercrafts drinking straw, Paper, paper crafting
It’s not a bird, it’s not a plane, and it’s definitely not Superman. It’s a homemade aircraft guaranteed to bring the fun of flying toys to new heights — and lengths. Its odd design helps it sail impressive distances. You will need: 2 1-inch wide stripes of card stock, one 10 inches long, one 5 […]
Paper Birds
Latest News & Features, Papercrafts birds, Paper, paper crafting
Here’s a super simple way to assemble a flock of featherless friends. This nearly no-mess project is easy enough to make in minutes and let kids add lots of inspired elements of their own.
Toshiba pulls National No Print Day
Latest News & Features environmental footprint, Greenwash, National No-Print day, Paper, print, Toshiba, trees, Two Sides
22 June 2012, London, UK Martyn Eustace, Director of Two Sides, comments on developments “It appears that the widespread criticism that has greeted Toshiba’s ill conceived ‘National No Print Day’ has taken the company by surprise. For an organisation with an invested interest in print to advocate ‘no print’ is clearly ill advised but to […]
Ten questions about Toshiba’s No-Print Day
Latest News & Features By Dead Tree Edition, Paper, recycling, Toshiba, Toshiba America Business Solutions, Toshiba's No-Print Day, trees
USA, June 18, 2012 (RISI) – In a stunning display of greenwashing and ignorance, a U.S.branch of Toshiba has proclaimed October 23 National No-Print Day. To raise awareness “of the impact printing has on our planet” and of “the role of paper in the workplace,” Toshiba America Business Solutions is asking people and companies not […]
NAPL: Toshiba ‘No-Print Day’ Campaign Points Wrongful Finger at Print
Latest News & Features environmentally friendly, forest, NAPL, National No-Print day, Paper, printing industry, Time magazine, Toshiba, trees
Wednesday, June 20, 2012 Press release from the issuing company “Toshiba may have meant well when it attempted to publicize its ‘print leaner and greener’ initiative with a ‘National No-Print Day’ campaign, but it was well off base when it pointed a finger at print as an anti-tree medium,” said National Association for Printing Leadership […]
Two Sides challenges Toshiba’s ‘No Print Day’ as Greenwash
Latest News & Features electronic, environmental facts, Greenpeace, Greenwash, National No-Print day, Paper, paper recycling, print, Toshiba, Two Sides
Greenwash is an unfortunate and growing phenomenon as marketing departments jump on the sustainability bandwagon. In what is one of the most blatant examples of greenwashing a division of Toshiba, Toshiba America Business Solutions, has announced that 23 October 2012 will be ‘National No-Print Day’. On this day Toshiba proposes to ‘raise awareness of the […]