The Paper Planet - Stories About Paper, People, Ecology and the Transformation of an Industry
November Featured Member: Dogwood Alliance
By: Suzanna Baum, Membership Coordinator
Added: Nov 3, 2011
Hello, I'm Suzanna Baum, Membership Coordinator with the Environmental Paper Network (EPN). Each month I'll be bringing you a new interview with a Featured member of EPN. This month I sat down with Scot Quaranda, Campaigns Director with the Dogwood Alliance, on the eve of the organization's 15th anniversary celebration.
Kicked out of Indonesia for fighting APP's deforestation
By: Andy Tait, Greenpeace UK
Added: Oct 30, 2011
So, why was I deported? Currently, I work on the campaign to reform the practices of Asia Pulp and Paper (APP), an Indonesian company which, as our growing dossier of evidence shows, is still destroying huge tracts of rainforest.
Trick or Treat? New Industry Trade Association Formed to Address Extended Producer Responsibility Legislation
By: Matt Prindiville, Product Policy Institute
Added: Oct 28, 2011
There’s been quite a bit of buzz about a new industry trade association called the Product Management Alliance, which announced its presence in a press release issued on September 27th.
Limited Brands Reaches Major Milestone in Sustainable Paper Sourcing
By: Forest Ethics
Added: Oct 27, 2011
5 Years After Landmark Agreement, Victoria’s Secret Continuing to Take Steps to Protect Forests. After making headlines by partnering with ForestEthics to raise the catalog industry’s environmental standards, Limited Brands has reported that 88% of the paper purchased for Victoria’s Secret catalogs is certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), widely considered the most credible and rigorous certification for forest products.
We Need Your Feedback to Help Improve the EPN Paper Calculator
By: Jack Pfeiffer, Bay Area Environmentally Aware Consulting Network
Added: Oct 21, 2011
Are you a user of the Paper Calculator? Are you willing to share just a few minutes of your time to provide important feedback? When you do so, you can also enter to win a Kindle.
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.
