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Conducting Environmental Audits

By Andrea McDonald

February 26, 2018 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Conducting Environmental Audits

Every year, Ooligan Press publishes a book in our OpenBook Series that is sustainably printed as part of our ongoing commitment to environmentally conscious publishing. One of the components of this process is conducting an environmental audit on the printing, which is then written up and included in the front of the book for readers to see. The importance of sustainable publishing has been frequently expounded upon both by the publishing industry at large and by Ooligan Press itself, so much so that to say “sustainable publishing is crucial to our planet’s future” is a well-known fact. What many may not know, however, is the determination process by which a book is published environmentally. Namely, the audit performed on the printer to ensure the most sustainable practices and resources were used during the printing of the book.

Filed Under: Manager Monday Tagged With: Design, environmental audits, environmentally friendly, OpenBook, production, sustainable

Design as Responsibility

By Leigh Thomas leighkaisen

December 5, 2016 by Digital Content Leave a Comment

Design as Responsibility

Design introduces. It’s the first impression, the make-or-break handshake, and the direct eye contact of a product. If things go well, design might wine and dine you, and before you know it, you’re ordering dessert. Because when design does its job well, the transitions are smooth and the experience is effective. For books, the primary […]

Filed Under: Manager Monday Tagged With: best practices, book production, design process, OpenBook, reader experience, sustainability

Ooligan Reaches Out to Local Eco-Friendly Businesses

By Alison Townsend

July 29, 2015 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Ooligan Reaches Out to Local Eco-Friendly Businesses

In 2011, Ooligan Press released Rethinking Paper & Ink: The Sustainable Publishing Revolution. Expanded from a pamphlet of the same name written in 2009 by former Ooligan students Melissa Brumer and Janine Eckhart, the book, which was jointly authored by Ooligan alums Jessicah Carver and Natalie Guidry, sought to increase awareness of sustainable printing practices […]

Filed Under: Inside Ooligan Tagged With: eco-consciousness, enviro-friendly, environmental business, green business, Green Press Initiative, inside ooligan, Macmillan Publishers, OpenBook, Portland, printing practices, publishing, publishing community, Rethinking Paper & Ink, sustainability

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