Posted by jossc — 5 March 2009 at 12:37pm
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Clean, healthy and biodiverse : the reef around Appo Island in the Philipinnes
Behind many a Greenpeace action and every campaign lies a large amount of science related work. Much of the analysis and some of the research backing our campaigns comes from the scientists of the Greenpeace Research Laboratories, based at Exeter University. Over the years they have accumulated a vast amount of expertise and thousands of scientific papers on a wide range of issues including many that are related to the health of the worlds oceans. From bycatch to ocean acidification, the team has been uncovering the facts behind the changes we are now witnessing happening at sea.
Posted by jamie — 16 November 2007 at 1:27pm
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We've had
some excellent news in the Book Campaign as Hachette Livre, the largest book publisher in the UK, have finally produced an environmental policy which includes some great commitments to making sure the paper they use will be forest-friendly. With imprints such as Hodder & Stoughton, Orion and Little Brown, they publish nearly one-fifth of all books sold in this country, so it's a very big deal.
Tony Benn is just one of the authors supporting the Book Campaign
If you like a good read, you may be unnerved to realise many books have been printed at the expense of ancient forests, and that paper fibre can be the product of destructive or illegal logging. But don't put down your Jackie Collins just yet - the good news is that the publishing industry is gradually getting the message.
Posted by jamie — 17 May 2007 at 3:55pm
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I get a lot of book tokens for Christmas, birthdays and the like - I read a lot so it's an easy option for a hard-to-buy-for kind of guy. But they have a habit of lurking in my wallet for months at a time, as I've got into the habit of buying second hand books. Buy books cheaply from charity shops and return them when I'm done - it's the three Rs (reduce, reuse, recycle) all rolled into one, with a dose of charitable intentions thrown in for good measure.
The only flaw in my cunning plan is that pre-loved books don't just spontaneously appear in branches of Oxfam, they begin life as a tree in a forest somewhere. Large amounts of fresh virgin paper are required to keep the publishing industry running, and if the production of that paper is causing the destruction of large and ancient forests, those book tokens are going to remain where they are indefinitely.
Posted by jamie — 11 December 2006 at 11:33pm
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We haven't made a lot of fuss about the Book Campaign for a while, but it's been slowly simmering in the background and the results have been pretty impressive. Publishers have been keen to adopt forest friendly policies so they use more recycled paper and paper certified by the Forest Stewardship Council, and to date over 40 per cent of UK publishers are on the road to going green.
Posted by jamie — 11 December 2006 at 9:00am
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We haven't made a lot of fuss about the Book Campaign for a while, but it's been slowly simmering in the background and the results have been pretty impressive. Publishers have been keen to adopt forest friendly policies so they use more recycled paper and paper certified by the Forest Stewardship Council, and to date over 40 per cent of UK publishers are on the road to going green.
Greenpeace today welcomed the commitment made by UK publisher MQ Publications (MQP) to phase out pulp produced from the world's last remaining ancient forests from its books.
On October 3rd Greenpeace will launch a new campaign that aims to green the UK book publishing sector.
Fourteen leading UK authors, including JK Rowling, Philip Pullman, Helen Fielding, John O'Farrell and Joanna Trollope (1) have already pledged to support the campaign and ensure that their next books are printed on 'ancient forest friendly' paper.