Eco-Friendly

The Basics

Canopy: An award-winning environmental not-for-profit organization dedicated to protecting the world’s forests, species and climate. They have an ecopapers database of manufacturers in North America. Visit Site

Forest Products Association of Canada: FPAC is a trade association which represents Canada’s wood, pulp, and paper producers both nationally and internationally in government, trade, and environmental affairs. Visit Site

Forest Stewardship Council Canada: The FSC Canada promotes environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial, and economically viable management of Canada’s forests. FSC’s website provides resources on identifying and understanding the certification process of wood. Visit Site

Contributor, Deloitte. “Deloitte Brandvoice: Reducing Environmental Impact Is Now a Business Imperative.” Forbes, Forbes Magazine, 22 Jan. 2020. Read Article

Trueman, Charlotte. “Why Data Centres Are the New Frontier in the Fight Against Climate Change.” ComputerWorld, Aug. 9, 2019. As we continue to generate more data than ever before, how can we stop the data centres that house this information from destroying the planet? Read Article

Wark, Ciaran. “40 Ways to be More Eco Friendly in 2024.” Green Match, Mar. 28, 2024. Explains how to be Eco-friendly. Read Article

Publishing

Bergsma Manning, Jillian. “Ebooks, Eco-Friendly Printing, and the Environment.” Independent Publisher, [2013]. Includes links to Green Press Initiatives Tools and Resources and other resources. Read Article

Cokeliss Barsley, Zoe. “Is Publishing Sustainable.” OUP blog, Nov. 1, 2022. Read Article

FIPP. “FIPP Insider Podcast Ep. 4: Publishing and climate change.” This page also includes a report on climate change by FIPP in collaboration with UPM Communication Papers and other links to resources. Read/Listen Here

“Green Magazine Publishing: Are We There Yet?” Sheridan. Nov. 8, 2019. Read Article

Zara, Aline. “The Book Industry and the Environment.” BookNet Canada, BookNet Canada, 15 Nov. 2021. Read Article

Marta Escamilla Monell Jordi Panyella Carbonell. “The Environmental Impact of Digital Publishing.” CCCB LAB, CCCB Lab, 11 May. 2021. Read Article

Recycling

Dr. Goil, Divya. “How Environmentally Conscious Recycling Can Change Your Life.” Ecowiser, Mar. 31, 2023. Read Article

Electronic Recycling Association: A nonprofit organization that accepts old computers and unnecessary electronic resources in Vancouver, Calgary and Edmonton. Visit Site

Green in All Grades: Shows that recycled paper is always the best environmental choice, especially when used in magazines and other printing/writing papers. Read Report

Recycle My Electronics by EPRA British Columbia: Where to recycle display devices, phones and pagers, computers and peripherals, printers, photocopiers and multi-function devices, audio-video and gaming systems, IT and telecom equipment. Visit Site

Recycling Council of British Columbia: RCBC provides different information on how to recycle your products, including curbside pick-up programs to reduce items going into landfills. Visit Site

Data Storage

Which includes online magazine content.

Dellinger, AJ. “The Environmental Impact of Data Storage is More Than You Think — and It’s Only Getting Worse.” Mic, Jun. 19, 2019. Read Article

Isberto, Michael. “What Is The Environmental Impact of a Data Center?” Data Center News, May 3, 2018. Read Article

Jacob, Joe. “Data Centers: A Latent Environmental Threat.” Duke Green Classrooms, Duke University, Mar. 8, 2017. Read Article

McNerney, Michael. “The Data Center Dilemma: Is Our Data Destroying the Environment?” Industry Perspectives, Data Centre Knowledge, Apr. 19, 2019. Read Article

Vlajin, Branko and Aleksander Hougen. “What is Green Cloud Storage & Which Providers Offer it in 2024.” Cloud wards, Feb. 16, 2024. Read Article