Look around any office or home, and it's easy to spot: mounds of paper that are piled so high they look like mini skyscrapers. The average American worker uses about 12,000 sheets of paper per year, according to Worldwatch Institute, an environmental research organization. That's a high-rise of blank sheets four feet tall.
From the response to our recently launched Sustainable Living section at
rmpbs.org/green, we know many of you are already taking steps to be more energy efficient and conserve precious resources. Many of you already pay your bills online and receive e-statements rather than paper. And I bet more than a few of you "think before you print" – and use cloth napkins instead of paper.
As we rethink the ins and outs of running a more energy efficient and sustainable organization, we are pleased to introduce an electronic version of
Promo, our monthly program guide. You can now opt out of the printed version and download e-promo each month at
rmpbs.org/promo. Our goal is to reduce the number of
Promo copies we print, decrease postage costs and save trees and energy in the process.
If you've already signed up for e-promo, thanks for leading the way on this. We've been getting some great feedback and want to know what you think.
There are great perks for you, too: Receive program information before the printed version comes out, and enjoy new and exciting features like an at-a-glance calendar of primetime highlights – perfect for your refrigerator or coffee table.
Go to
rmpbs.org/promo and download your first issue today. It'll be years before we all go totally paperless, but getting e-promo is a great place to start.
After you've had a chance to look it over, let us know what you think. What should our next step be? E-promo is a work in progress, and we hope you'll help us grow the publication and help save trees in the process.
-Elizabeth Mayer, RMPBS
