Paper Trails: From Trees to Trash--The True Cost of Paper - Softcover

Haggith, Mandy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0753513293 ISBN 13: 9780753513293

Verlag: VIRGIN PUB, 2009

Inhaltsangabe

From the medical sheets in maternity wards to our death certificates, paper charts the course of our lives. Paradoxically, it spreads ideas and learning but also generates a huge amount of unnecessary waste that is damaging our planet.

Mandy Haggith explores our society’s obsession with paper, from its invention in China 2000 years ago to the millions of tons we now use every year. Following the paper trail around the world, Mandy discovers the human stories of those affected by the industry, from a Russian ecologist, a Finnish logger and Indonesian tribal leaders, to a Canadian publisher and a Vietnamese paper technologist.

In the process, she uncovers the paper industry’s dirtiest secrets and sets out simple, practical steps we can take to minimize our own personal use of 20 tons of paper over our lifetime.

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Mandy Haggith is a freelance writer, researcher, and activist. Her campaigning for the world’s forests had included lobbying at the United Nations, working as a consultant for Greenpeace and WWF, and writing articles for Pulp and Paper International and Resurgence magazine.

Mandy Haggith is a freelance writer, researcher, and activist. Her campaigning for the world’s forests had included lobbying at the United Nations, working as a consultant for Greenpeace and WWF, and writing articles for Pulp and Paper International and Resurgence magazine.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: VIRGIN PUB
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0753513293
• ISBN 13: 9780753513293
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 244
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: Nicht verfügbar