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07-18-2008, 07:48 PM
| | |  J.K. Rowling impacts environment with changes in Deathly Hallows publishing
According to the Green Press Initiative, more than 30 million trees are used to make books to be sold just in the United States every year. After J.K. Rowling urged the company to make changes, Scholastic printed 65 percent of the U.S. first edition of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows on Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)-certified paper. This means that it was created from responsibly managed forests, and contained at least 30 percent post-consumer recycled paper. These differences made a severe impact. 200,000 trees were saved, making the same carbon impact as if you were to take 1,577 cars off the road.
The print runs in the United Kingdom and Canada were 100 percent recycled.
To read more on Green Publishing and the changes being made, go here. | |
07-18-2008, 07:55 PM
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OMG that is a great difference!! it's so nice of celebrities to be conscious about our enviorment
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07-18-2008, 07:57 PM
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well thats good
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07-18-2008, 07:57 PM
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It's good of JKR to do this and it adds more awareness of exactly how many trees are chopped down to make books. I'm glad that celebrities use their status to help awareness and hopefully to make some kind of change.
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07-18-2008, 08:06 PM
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Omg. That is AWESOME!
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07-18-2008, 08:47 PM
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That's awesome! =)
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07-18-2008, 08:49 PM
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this is so cool! im so glad that JK is showing concern for the environment, and i hope her fans see the same
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Despite all this, books are still one indulgence that feels necessary. We need books — especially the good ones.
Oh, self-sacrifice.
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07-18-2008, 09:14 PM
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|  German ModCentaur
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Thirty million trees per year is an absolutely insane number if you think about it. 
Nice to see such initiatives supported, every bit helps.
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07-18-2008, 09:15 PM
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| Portuguese Moderator Thestral
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That's quite a difference!  I wish every single book was made of recycled paper :/
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We spent time here. We made friends here. That's a part of us.
Cause Hogwarts is bigger than any of us, of any of it's founders,
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Maybe we'll see our kids come here one day.
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07-19-2008, 12:02 AM
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That's really great to know and I applaud her for the effort!
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07-19-2008, 12:15 AM
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thats really good and i really didnt even notice the difference | |
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07-19-2008, 12:57 AM
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| | Thestral
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That's brilliant!
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Yay! Finally We are being resourceful!!!!
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07-19-2008, 05:42 AM
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thats great that they are saving trees
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07-19-2008, 06:57 AM
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it's good jkr is one of those writers/celebs-aware of such stuff and actually do something abt it!she's awesome 
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07-19-2008, 08:03 AM
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It's good!!
It seems that Rowling makes great contributing to the envirment!
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07-19-2008, 08:45 AM
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wow,she is AMAZING ! yaaaay go JK!
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07-19-2008, 09:55 AM
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That is great!  Everyone is finally realizing that the enviroment needs our help.
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07-19-2008, 11:20 AM
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| | Bowtruckle
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go J.k Rowling...... why cant all celebrities be like her she is so brilliant and gives back to the world
LOVE YOU J.k XD <3
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07-19-2008, 12:10 PM
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| | Poltergeist
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Scholastic could've done a lot more, as shown by the greater efforts by Bloomsbury and Raincoast. It still baffles me that there aren't HP e-books - that would do wonders for the environment.
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07-19-2008, 02:20 PM
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That is so good! | |
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07-19-2008, 05:28 PM
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07-19-2008, 05:32 PM
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Well done Jo! At least there are some authors who realise just how many trees are used to make their works. This was a brilliant move and hopefully lots more writers will follow suit. | |
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