The Paper Planet - Stories About Paper, People, Ecology and the Transformation of an Industry
Poets and Writers: An Eco-Leader Serving Their Readers – and the Environment
By: Sophie Glass, Green America
Added: Oct 20, 2011
Poets & Writers provides professional authors with provocative essays on the literary life, practical guidance for getting published and in-depth profiles of contemporary writers. In addition to serving the literary community, Poets & Writers serves the environment by printing on recycled paper - a decision that protects forests, saves energy and conserves water.
NEW REPORT: On The Ground 2011: The controversies of PEFC and SFI
By: Dogwood Alliance, Greenpeace, Climate for Ideas, and others
Added: Oct 18, 2011
A coalition of environmental and social NGOs released a investigation today exposing the failings of forest-industry-controlled certification worldwide.
RELEASE: Margaret Atwood and Canopy Join Forces to Pilot New Form of Paper
By: Canopy
Added: Oct 11, 2011
Today, Margaret Atwood and forest advocacy non-profit Canopy released a limited special edition of Atwood’s new book In Other Worlds: SF and the Human Imagination, on a revolutionary new form of paper. Developed by Canopy, Second Harvest Paper is a North American first, containing only straw leftover after the grain harvest and recycled paper.
Success: Mattel ends rainforest destruction in packaging
By: Rolf Skar, Greenpeace
Added: Oct 5, 2011
Rolf Skar of Greenpeace with a video posting on a big announcement today from Mattel about their paper packaging.
The U.S. Lacey Act: Good for Forests, Good for Jobs
By: Anne Middleton, Environmental Investigation Agency
Added: Oct 5, 2011
The recent media on Gibson Guitars has brought the Lacey Act straight into the spotlight. This is the second enforcement action against the company, known best for its iconic Les Paul electric guitars. Here are a few facts on the Gibson case, and how the Lacey Act impacts paper purchasers.
Greenhouse Gas Protocol Takes Steps to Recognize that Forest Carbon Counts
By: Joshua Martin, EPN Director
Added: Oct 4, 2011
The Forest Carbon Counts project of the Environmental Paper Network is watching closely as the Greenhouse Gas Protocol launched two new standards today. Developed by the World Resources Institute (WRI) and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), the Corporate Value Chain (Scope 3) and Product Life Cycle Standards seek to empower businesses to better measure, manage, and report their greenhouse gas emissions.
The Autumn of SFI's Discontent
By: Mark Schofield, ForestEthics
Added: Sep 21, 2011
Controversy escalated dramatically last week as the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) showed up in Burlington, Vermont for their annual confab. Burlington, apparently, is not the type of community that readily accepts greenwashing of business-as-usual industrial logging.
Release: Seven More Brands Distance Themselves from 'Sustainable Forestry Initiative'
By: ForestEthics
Added: Sep 13, 2011
SAN FRANCISCO - Another group of Fortune 500 companies has joined a growing corporate movement against the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI), a controversial industry-sponsored 'eco-label' that greenwashes environmentally damaging products. The trend began in March when seven other prominent brands, including Allstate, Office Depot and United Stationers announced action to stop using the SFI's 'eco-label' on branded paper products or company publications.
