Comments on: Back to School with EcoBrain: Green Up Your Bookshelf http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/08/31/back-to-school-with-ecobrain-green-up-your-bookshelf/ Green and Natural Parenting for Eco-Friendly Families Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:34:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Want to Green Your Addiction to Books? Buy Ebooks : Sustainablog http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/08/31/back-to-school-with-ecobrain-green-up-your-bookshelf/#comment-4972 Want to Green Your Addiction to Books? Buy Ebooks : Sustainablog Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:28:35 +0000 http://ecochildsplay.com/?p=1489#comment-4972 [...] Yep, that book addiction has quite the footprint. There are numerous approaches to dealing with this impact: “cradle to cradle” book design, Ecolibris-style offsets, used of recycled and non-toxic materials, and, of course, ebooks. [...] [...] Yep, that book addiction has quite the footprint. There are numerous approaches to dealing with this impact: “cradle to cradle” book design, Ecolibris-style offsets, used of recycled and non-toxic materials, and, of course, ebooks. [...]

]]> By: john http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/08/31/back-to-school-with-ecobrain-green-up-your-bookshelf/#comment-4969 john Sat, 11 Oct 2008 04:18:36 +0000 http://ecochildsplay.com/?p=1489#comment-4969 it's a nice enough idea, and with developments, it might become viable some day. Right now I'm going to continue to buy physical books because there is a tactile component to reading rather than just a collection of text. Don't forget that there are very well done art books that use paper very respectfully as well as print on demand initiatives that reduce overproduction and storage costs. Those initiatives have longterm success, but, unfortunately, the market is driven by what is readily available and can be moved. Another moment for hesitancy is how would independent booksellers, who many authors credit as a huge component of their success and movement into the mainstream, be able to compete with the cornucopias of formats, readers and technology for accessing texts as you suggest? It seems a kiss of death to a significant buy local champion. it’s a nice enough idea, and with developments, it might become viable some day. Right now I’m going to continue to buy physical books because there is a tactile component to reading rather than just a collection of text. Don’t forget that there are very well done art books that use paper very respectfully as well as print on demand initiatives that reduce overproduction and storage costs.

Those initiatives have longterm success, but, unfortunately, the market is driven by what is readily available and can be moved.

Another moment for hesitancy is how would independent booksellers, who many authors credit as a huge component of their success and movement into the mainstream, be able to compete with the cornucopias of formats, readers and technology for accessing texts as you suggest? It seems a kiss of death to a significant buy local champion.

]]> By: Sean Daily http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/08/31/back-to-school-with-ecobrain-green-up-your-bookshelf/#comment-4971 Sean Daily Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:38:22 +0000 http://ecochildsplay.com/?p=1489#comment-4971 Great post! EcoBrain is a great company with some great books on ecology and environmentalism in their catalog of titles. Great post! EcoBrain is a great company with some great books on ecology and environmentalism in their catalog of titles.

]]> By: Amy Jussel http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/08/31/back-to-school-with-ecobrain-green-up-your-bookshelf/#comment-4970 Amy Jussel Mon, 01 Sep 2008 05:28:47 +0000 http://ecochildsplay.com/?p=1489#comment-4970 Gotta pay this one forward onto Shaping Youth, Derek...great find. In fact, I just did a 'brain' post about how I tested out as having 'naturalistic intelligence' in the eight main spheres of MITA brain-based learning for education. Here's my post about it on Shaping Youth. Wonder how you'll test out? (I thought for sure my writing/linguistics/verbal skills would be my strong suit...el wrongo...heavy duty on the 'naturalistic' front! Oddly enough, the PhDs at MITA had already tabbed me as same: http://www.shapingyouth.org/blog/?p=2071 Enjoy the quiz! It's fun, actually...and great bonding to do with kids! Thanks for this book lead! Gotta pay this one forward onto Shaping Youth, Derek…great find. In fact, I just did a ‘brain’ post about how I tested out as having ‘naturalistic intelligence’ in the eight main spheres of MITA brain-based learning for education. Here’s my post about it on Shaping Youth. Wonder how you’ll test out?

(I thought for sure my writing/linguistics/verbal skills would be my strong suit…el wrongo…heavy duty on the ‘naturalistic’ front!

Oddly enough, the PhDs at MITA had already tabbed me as same: http://www.shapingyouth.org/blog/?p=2071

Enjoy the quiz! It’s fun, actually…and great bonding to do with kids! Thanks for this book lead!

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