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e-waste

Realizing You’re Part of the Problem: E-Waste

By Maegan O'Brion

August 28, 2019 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Realizing You’re Part of the Problem: E-Waste

The books I read for work and pleasure are almost always downloaded onto my phone either as EPUB files or as audiobooks. I carry almost no paper with me and feel righteous frustration when handed a paper syllabus. I feel virtuous for saving paper, but this issue might not actually be as cut and dry as we think.

Filed Under: Digital Tagged With: activism, cell phones, computers, e-waste, electronics, environment, environmental justice, Google+, iFixit, industry, iphone, landfills, manufacturers, money, Oregon, Paper, personal devices, phones, recycling, repair, reuse, right to repair, Samsung, sustainability, toxic materials, Windows Phone

Paper or Plastic

By Katy Roberts

November 13, 2013 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Paper or Plastic

Books – so innocuous and lovely, such a comforting heft in your hands as you turn the pages. They are not SUVs. Who would suspect them of contributing to the poisoning of our environment? A nifty gadget like a kindle may seem more suspect. But there are a wealth of factors to tease apart. The […]

Filed Under: Publishing Tagged With: Book Industry Study Group, e-reader, e-waste, environmentalism, Green Press Initiative, iPad, New York Times, ooligan press, publishing

Kaia Sand Guest Poet Post: “As a Daunted Human Creature of This World, I Write Down Its Details”

By Ooligan Press

March 28, 2013 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Every Thursday, Ooligan Press invites a poet whose work is included in Alive at the Center, our forthcoming anthology of poetry from Pacific Northwest writers, to blog for us. This week, we are pleased to feature Kaia Sand, a poet from Portland, OR. Please enjoy her post! As a Daunted Human Creature of This World, I Write […]

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