Comments on: John Grant: Waking Up To Green Innovation http://www.psfk.com/2008/02/john-grant-waking-up-to-green-innovation.html Ideas & Trends Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:24:55 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Floyd Hayes http://www.psfk.com/2008/02/john-grant-waking-up-to-green-innovation.html/comment-page-1#comment-11686 Floyd Hayes Tue, 05 Feb 2008 19:53:21 +0000 http://www.psfk.com/2008/02/john-grant-waking-up-to-green-innovation.html#comment-11686 Thanks for taking time to explain how the process worked, much appreciated. I still feel uneasy about eBooks and the permanence of digital archiving. I can't imagine a Dead Sea Disk for example :) Having said that, I swore nothing would replace my vinyl collection... It's about the content I suppose and for the record, I enjoyed your book very much! Cheers. FH. Thanks for taking time to explain how the process worked, much appreciated.

I still feel uneasy about eBooks and the permanence of digital archiving. I can’t imagine a Dead Sea Disk for example :)

Having said that, I swore nothing would replace my vinyl collection…

It’s about the content I suppose and for the record, I enjoyed your book very much!

Cheers.

FH.

]]> By: John Grant http://www.psfk.com/2008/02/john-grant-waking-up-to-green-innovation.html/comment-page-1#comment-11681 John Grant Tue, 05 Feb 2008 18:08:31 +0000 http://www.psfk.com/2008/02/john-grant-waking-up-to-green-innovation.html#comment-11681 Hi Floyd, that's absolutely where the book project started it was going to be a download. Trouble is when you look into it books are still the better option, because too many people print content to read rather than looking at it on screen - according to readers of my blog anyway, all but one said they would print off not read on screen. And printing at home is a nightmare in green terms, the papers, the inks, the nasties (like ozone) from small printers. It was counterintuitive but it turned out the greenest approach for now would be a book, with well considered materials. As soon as the ebook readers take off, or somehow people get more used to reading on screen, or paper costs sky-rocket, then an MP3 style revolution has to be on its way. A searchable library is such a killer app for a start, I was looking for a stat from my own book the other day and gave up, resorting to google in the end it was too hard to find. It's great you asked the question anyway, the more we question everything and anything the sooner we can get to a better place. peace :J Hi Floyd, that’s absolutely where the book project started it was going to be a download. Trouble is when you look into it books are still the better option, because too many people print content to read rather than looking at it on screen – according to readers of my blog anyway, all but one said they would print off not read on screen. And printing at home is a nightmare in green terms, the papers, the inks, the nasties (like ozone) from small printers. It was counterintuitive but it turned out the greenest approach for now would be a book, with well considered materials. As soon as the ebook readers take off, or somehow people get more used to reading on screen, or paper costs sky-rocket, then an MP3 style revolution has to be on its way. A searchable library is such a killer app for a start, I was looking for a stat from my own book the other day and gave up, resorting to google in the end it was too hard to find. It’s great you asked the question anyway, the more we question everything and anything the sooner we can get to a better place. peace :J

]]> By: Floyd Hayes http://www.psfk.com/2008/02/john-grant-waking-up-to-green-innovation.html/comment-page-1#comment-11679 Floyd Hayes Tue, 05 Feb 2008 17:32:50 +0000 http://www.psfk.com/2008/02/john-grant-waking-up-to-green-innovation.html#comment-11679 I read his book recently - the contents of which you can discover for yourselves. What puzzles me is this: the physical book itself. It is really beautiful, the design, the way it's been bound and the proportion. As you'd expect, it's printed on 100% post-consumer paper and with Soy ink. Regardless, the books had to be made somewhere, then shipped or driven somewhere, driving up it's carbon footprint as it moves forward along the supply chain to the store. Here, it sits taking up space, lighting and heat as people browse the books. So surely this could have existed as online-only content or through Lulu.com? Don't get me wrong, I'm hardly a member of Crass, I'm just curious as to where we draw the line. Will the world be better if our entire culture is uploaded to solar servers? Or are we just striving to create harmony between what we are, what we make and where we live? I read his book recently – the contents of which you can discover for yourselves.

What puzzles me is this: the physical book itself. It is really beautiful, the design, the way it’s been bound and the proportion.

As you’d expect, it’s printed on 100% post-consumer paper and with Soy ink.

Regardless, the books had to be made somewhere, then shipped or driven somewhere, driving up it’s carbon footprint as it moves forward along the supply chain to the store.

Here, it sits taking up space, lighting and heat as people browse the books.

So surely this could have existed as online-only content or through Lulu.com?

Don’t get me wrong, I’m hardly a member of Crass, I’m just curious as to where we draw the line.

Will the world be better if our entire culture is uploaded to solar servers? Or are we just striving to create harmony between what we are, what we make and where we live?

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