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By sparky | July 16, 2008
I’ve always been really conscious of the ‘waste’ of the world – in terms of how we, as humans, are just eating up the resources that this planet has to offer – without so much as a thought for the future, and implications this will bring it. I suppose that is why we’re exploring other planets so as to discover new ‘elements’ and then eat them up, and move onto the next. What a vicious circle.
When working in education, it scared me how much paper was used. And that was just one organisation. Multiply that by the many businesses and organisations we have in our own city – and then look at it from a global scale. That’s scary!
As a result, I’ve always liked the “Paperless Office” theory, which apparently can be dated back to the 1970′s sometime. Implementing it is another hurdle in itself. Shortly before I left my place of employment, they had decided to change the fortnightly newsletter to be available online, and emailed to those who wanted it. No more paper copies. That was cool.
However, sometimes its just not so feasible; Or, should I say, it’s a lot harder to implement than one would imagine – based on the fact that it requires a dramatic shift in thinking and how things are done.
In order to prove that it can be done and work well, I’m attempting to NOT print off lecture notes, questions, etc. This is partly because I was always telling people that this should be the way we head – and also to see whether or not it can actually be done.
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