I was recently contacted by Houston Neal of SoftwareAdvice.com. He wanted to share with me, one of his heartfelt environmental concerns. This involves the production and printing of over 37 million, hard-copy blueprints, every year.
Until, I read Houston's article on this subject, I didn't have a clue regarding this topic. It excited me to think just how many more ways there are, to take positive steps, in reducing our carbon footprint.
It also saddened me a bit. This being, because it shows how much abundance this planet has had available to it, and the misuses that have been facilitated by it. We, as a society, come by most things pretty darn easily. But, the resources to create those things are dwindling away more rapidly, than they can be restored.
Houston's article on the Construction Blog, talks about the huge amount of paper usage every year, just due to printing off blueprints. Then, it looks at the digital alternative, which means zero waste, and a green footprint for blueprints.
I really appreciate Houston Neal sharing this information with me. I hope that it raises an awareness in many of you, to look at other areas where your activities may be adversely affecting the environment. I know that it certainly has, for me.
Sunday, December 27, 2009
Blueprints Aren't Leaving A Green Footprint
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You know another thing that bugs me to heck is all of the packaging that things come in these days. After Christmas it was very clear that there must be a better way to reduce packaging than we are doing now.
The was an eye opener Liz. And Shane AT EHWB,LLC is so right, our packaging is a crying shame. Imagine the waste we produce and much of it really out of our hands, like seeing a package of pencils or pens or just about any given product that has wasteful packaging. Thanks for all the education you bring to us with your blog Liz.
And THANK YOU so very much for attending Virginia's funeral last week, it really meant a lot to us.
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