Saving the earth - one garbage truck load at a time
The finished book arrived today (okay, I finally opened my mail today), and I’m so excited I could fall over. I probably will.
I’m so excited I’m playing the soundtrack to Casino Royale very, very loud right now because I am supah-suave. 
The thing I hadn’t thought about is that the publisher, Raincoast, is a big believer in using recycled paper for its books. Every book gets an environmental audit from Markets Initiative, and here’s mine. It makes me feel a little less guilty about cutting down trees to make books…
By printing Runnerland on paper made from 100% recycled fibre (40% post-consumer) rather than virgin tree fibre, Raincoast Books has made the following ecological savings:
- 22 trees
- 1,987 kilograms of greenhouse gases (equivalent to driving an average North American car for 4.5 months)
- 16 million BTUs (equivalent to the power consumption of a North American home for two months)
- 25,040 litres of water (equivalent to nearly one Olympic sized pool)
- 745 kilograms of solid waste (equivalent to nearly one garbage truck load)
(Environmental impact estimates were made using the Environmental Defense Paper Calculator.)
Here’s a link to a story I wrote, like a year ago, about this very thing. Back before it was my - yes, my! - book…
