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A great new project from Portland State University's Ooligan Press brings us Rethinking Paper and Ink, a free e-book exploring sustainable publishing. Ooligan is the university's teaching press, and as such it's using book publishing as a hands-on method for teaching students about sustainability issues, too.
The book is an enlightening read for anyone interested in the industry as a whole and/or sustainability. By taking both a broad view of sustainable book publishing (including the life cycle of a book and the various environmental impacts along the way), and more detailed look at potential best practices (including case studies), Rethinking Paper and Ink provides a thoroughly accessible framework for approaching the issues.
Given the massive impact the book publishing industry has on water and air pollution, deforestation and resource depletion, and waste processing, it's great to see students are being asked to address this stuff. It's also a really good example of how doing is often a fundamentally important part of learning (a lesson my father just recently reminded me of).
The book is an enlightening read for anyone interested in the industry as a whole and/or sustainability. By taking both a broad view of sustainable book publishing (including the life cycle of a book and the various environmental impacts along the way), and more detailed look at potential best practices (including case studies), Rethinking Paper and Ink provides a thoroughly accessible framework for approaching the issues.
Given the massive impact the book publishing industry has on water and air pollution, deforestation and resource depletion, and waste processing, it's great to see students are being asked to address this stuff. It's also a really good example of how doing is often a fundamentally important part of learning (a lesson my father just recently reminded me of).
Labels: business, design, green_design, language, resources, sustainability, writing
2 responses:
Jess,
Yes Melissa did an amazing job on this book! Did you read pg. 3-4??
Eric
I sure did - nice job! I think you nailed it when you point out that it requires multiple disciplines to come together to solve these problems and create new solutions. Despite what the technorati say about print, I still think publishing is as valuable today as it ever was - it just needs to adapt to a new way of being.
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