In June I read a book a day and blogged advice for enviro-friendly reading. To cap things off: The green reading tips, compiled —
Go paperless
- with free online books.
Borrow
- from your own bookshelf.
- from the library (via eco-friendly travel).
- from friends.
- from bookstores, via surreptitious reading.
Buy used
- at local used bookstores.
- online via half.com or other resellers.
Support
- green publishers.
- local independent bookstores.
- small presses.
Exchange
- by throwing a book exchange party — I did :)
- by joining BookCrossing locally.
- by swapping books online.
Sell used books
- to local 2nd hand bookstores.
- online to half.com or other 2nd hand sites.
Share
- by lending books to friends.
- by freecycling them.
- by donating them to your library or local Goodwill.
- by giving them away on your blog.
Create
- a green book club
- book art.
Also, some tips on how you too could read 30 books in 30 days –
Photo by Brian
Have a yard sale! I have found that many of the early risers who visit yard sales are, frequently, readers.
Yard sales are a great green thing to do!
Love your site,
Christie
Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
Comment by Christie — July 2, 2007 @ 7:32 am
Excellent suggestions (though I feel that the “surreptitios reading” tiptoes on ethical line!).
Perhaps you can recommend a “green” reading list, for books that might help broaden our thinking about environmentalism?
Comment by Rafi — July 2, 2007 @ 10:19 am
Thanks Christie and Rafi — a green reading list’s a good idea! Will work on that — In the meantime, Grist’s put together a list of 15 green movies –
Comment by Siel — July 2, 2007 @ 12:41 pm
Not only is sharing books a good way to save paper and become more environmentally aware, it brings people together! Sharing books is such a great thing to do to meet and talk to old friends, as well as make new friends. In a society where TV and the internet are taking over our children’s forms of entertainment, it would be great to include kids in this, and get them interested in reading!
Comment by Colleen — July 2, 2007 @ 2:09 pm
Friends of Libraries and other non-profits sell books for around 50 cents to a dollar at used book sales every weekend across the country. Many also have stores right in the library. After you’re finished reading the books, donate them back. You get the book cheap, it goes back for someone else, the Friends raise needed funds for the library – everybody wins! Helen Oram, Publisher. Book Sale Finder – the Online Guide to Used Book Sales. http://www.BookSaleFinder.com
Comment by Helen Oram — July 3, 2007 @ 7:18 am
There are also a couple other book sale directory websites now.
Check out
http://www.booksalemanager.com
and
http://www.booksalelist.com
Comment by Sandy — July 5, 2009 @ 1:24 pm
Thanks for the resources, Helen and Sandy :) There are so many — I kinda wish they were all on one website :)
Comment by Siel — July 6, 2009 @ 5:46 pm