The phrase reduce, reuse, recycle is not quite fitting for book lovers, as we may not want to reduce the books we buy. Often we reuse books by using libraries, borrowing and lending to friends and family, and purchasing from second-hand bookstores. You can also upload a list of books you want to read and those you have to give on BookMooch. (I haven't yet tried BookMooch, but often used a similar service called Book Relay, that is now defunct.)
Producing books means cutting down trees, 30 million per year in the United States alone. But, you don't have to stop buying books to prevent this...
Why not plant trees to replace those that are turned into your volumes? Tonight I visited Eco-Libris and gave money toward planting trees equivalent to five books. They have even sent me five cute stickers to place on my redeemed books. (You could just plant your own, but my balcony would too soon become a forest.)
The book book shelf by design studio not tom was built from books destined for the bin after not finding new owners at jumble sale. When you are finished with a book try to pass it on to another reader, but if you cannot, this could be a fun item to replicate.
How else can you make your read books green?
2 comments:
Rebecca,
Thanks for the mention! I would also recommend bookmooch very much as a great option to swap books with other readers.
And if you join them, don't forget that Eco-Libris is collaborating with bookmooch so for every 10 books you'll be balancing out with us, you will receive one bookmooch point to be used to get a book on bookmooch.
Best,
Raz @ Eco-Libris
Thank Raz. I got my book stickers in the mail recently too :)
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