August 25, 2009 60% vs 18% or HOW GREEN IS YOUR COMPUTER? How about starting your day today by questioning a previously held “sacred cow” about the environmental sustainability of printing vs. electronic media? Consider the following questions: Is reading emails a “greener” activity than reading printed paper? Is the computer industry “greener” than the paper industry? Are you helping the environment by getting your news from the internet rather than a daily printed newspaper? If you answered YES to any or all of these questions, guess what, YOU’RE WRONG! The ways in which printing and paper are better for the environment, leaving a substantially smaller carbon footprint, are too numerous to mention…
