You’ve probably noticed a trend in my last three posts — they’re all about going green.  I have to agree with Thomas Friedman, who noted last year that “…after traveling around America this past year, looking at how we use energy and the emerging alternatives, I can report that green really has gone Main Street — thanks to the perfect storm created by 9/11, Hurricane Katrina and the Internet revolution. The first flattened the twin towers, the second flattened New Orleans and the third flattened the global economic playing field. The convergence of all three has turned many of our previous assumptions about “greenâ€? upside down in a very short period of time, making it much more compelling to many more Americans.” (click here for full article)

I have always had an interest in green buildings, and the New Jersey State Library has recently stepped up its own recycling efforts, but I’ve only recently thought about paperless books.

 The popularity of the Kindle and the Sony Reader made me wonder.  Is an e-book friendlier to the environment than a paper book?  It appears that the jury is still out, although I did find out that “each paper U.S. book releases 8.85 pounds of carbon dioxide,” according to the recently released:  Environmental Trends and Climate Impacts: Findings from the U.S. Book Industry. You can read the full discussion here.

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