About us
The Green Printer blog educates consumers about how easy and cost-effective it is to switch to green printing without sacrificing quality and the environment.
We are often asked why we created Green Printer. It’s an important question, as our motivations for starting the company go a long way to explaining our mission and goals.
Printing: a dirty industry
The co-owners of Green Printer, Alen Rokolj and Brian Schindel, have been working in the print industry for a long time. Before they started this company they were partners in a fast growing print company. The company was very successful, but over time Alen and Brian became increasingly aware of the impact their industry was having on the environment - until it was hard to ignore. The papermaking industry alone is the third largest polluting industry in the world, right behind oil manufacturing.
An idea is born
The most startling revelation came when they calculated how many trees they could save by printing on treeless and recycled content paper - the numbers were staggering. For example, they calculated that a small to medium size print shop (the size of their own company at the time) with revenues of 2.4 million dollars a year, uses an amount of paper that is equivalent to 5,076 trees a year. They started researching alternative methods of printing that created less waste and used less energy and different non-toxic inks and finishes. They realized that a much more sustainable method of printing was within reach, so Green Printer was born!
An eco-friendly choice
Today, Green Printer offers consumers an eco-friendly choice that Alen and Brian can be proud of. A big part of our work is educating consumers about the difference they can make by switching to green printing and helping their clients reach their sustainability goals. Our goal is to save between 750,000 and 1 million trees over the next ten years!
Hello Olga,
I recently discovered your site and enjoyed the content. Your site was added to the Design Activism section of growing design webliography Design Feast:
http://www.designfeast.com
Here’s a couple of statements by people who discovered and return to Design Feast:
“I found myself bookmarking so many web sites from Design Feast, that I just decided to make it one of my very few design-related bookmarks/portals. Great value.”
– Shimon Shmueli, Partner, Touch360
“Design Feast is a wonderful bibliography for the wider design community, and a great place to find links to a range of thought-provoking sites.”
– Gitte Jonsdatter, User Researcher, IDEO
Reciprocal linking is appreciated but is, of course, up to you. Thank you in advance for your consideration.
Keep up the good work!
Regards,
Nate
Olga:
congratulations on a great job with this site.
Ron
Hi Olga,
Received your inquiry. Yes, we’d love to be feature on your blog.
I have loads of green stories.
Len
Email or, phone: 604 637 6441 (ext 4)
Hi, Olga,
I’m an artist and educator who backed into the reuse and recycle thing when I was teaching elementary art. My principal cut my budget from $1,000 to $250 per semester, so I resorted to using trash or solid waste as art materials. That wasn’t necessarily a bad thing, as it made me more resourceful and it stretched the kids’ imaginations, too. The following is background info that may give you an idea for one of your blogs. Making art by reusing materials is an easy way to encourage kids to be environmentally responsible. I’d be honored to have you to write about my site, The Imagination Factory.
Thanks,
Marilyn J. Brackney
Artist/Teacher
Children’s Web Site Encourages Creative Reuse
If you were to search for the word imagination on Google, it’s likely that The Imagination Factory will be linked near the top of the millions of entries. Listed by the American Library Association as one of the best online resources for kids, the award winning site shows visitors how to make art using materials most people throw away. Some of the activities include drawing, painting, sculpture, collage, paper mache, marbling, and crafts.
A Trash Matcher links visitors with appropriate art activities that use the solid waste they have available, and a feature called the Badge Matcher allows Brownies, Girl Scouts and their leaders to quickly locate projects that help satisfy badge requirements. Visitors also learn how reusing materials can help save energy, natural resources, and landfill space. Trashasaurus Rex, a giant dinosaur made of everything from used toothpaste tubes to odd gloves serves as the site’s mascot. The Imagination Factory is located at http://www.kid-at-art.com/.
Hi Olga,
I’ve been looking at your blog for a while and I loved the posts. Have you ever heard about http://www.edenbee.com ? We are a green social networking site for people who want to reduce their carbon footprint. I was wondering if we might help each other exchanging news and other stuff. Also we would love to be related to you!
Looking forward to hear from you.
Hi
I came across your blog recently and think it would be a nice match to our yoga blog at http://www.myyogaonline.com/blog and website.
My Yoga Online is an online yoga and health and wellness resource that streams yoga, Pilates, and meditation videos on demand.
Our yoga blog is one of the top blogs for discussions on yoga and wellness online with a page rank of 5.
Your blog is well received and informative and as a result we’d love to exchange blogroll links with you. If you could link to our home page - My Yoga Online - http://www.myyogaonline.com – (not our Blog page) we will certainly add your site to our blogroll in exchange.
Thank you
Aaron
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Dear Olga:
We, here at Greenopia.com love your blog, and would like to do a link exchange and list your blog on our Blogroll (and vice versa).
Greenopia is a top ranked green business directory website (check out our over 9300 listed green businesses in over 50 cities here: http://www.greenopia.com/USA/local_usa.aspx (Click on a city to see all the categories we rate). Our mission is a basic and big one: we set out to create a directory of eco-friendly retailers, services, and organizations. Our listings are backed by extensive research and are rated against the best of the best. AND they are double-checked by our expert advisors in each category, from restaurants to dry cleaners to green builders and more. Our guide is not a paid directory—-companies cannot pay to be included and all listees are included because they met our strict standards of eco-friendliness.
In addition to our listings, thousands of “Greenopians” a month come to us for the latest in green news and eco-lifestyle feature stories. They have been especially excited about our new products listings; we have over 500 products (and more are added daily) that our head of research oversees the ratings for. From Bath and Beauty to Pets to Kid’s Toys, Clothes and more are rated: http://www.greenopia.com/NY/products.aspx
If you’d like to participate in a great way to expand your blog’s reach by participating in a link exchange with Greenopia, please let me know, and we’ll get your link up right away.
Ayana Meade
Associate Editor, Greenopia
http://www.greenopia.com
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Hi guys,
Can’t believe there is no mention of Mutoh’s VJ-1608 with Mubio inks, please check it out at http://www.mubiohybrid.com/. It really deserves a look from a green perspective.
Thanks,
Ken