Week 5 Assignment – COLLABORATIVE WRITING (MANIFESTO): group writing exercise on writing a Manifesto – discussion of manifesto (arwebwriting.wetpaint.com). (Written 30/10/08).
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Walk into the office of any business and you will almost immediately spot letterheads, envelopes, copier paper, post-it notes and writing pads. All different variations of paper, some of which may be necessary, others of which may not. Now, notice the overflowing wastepaper baskets, the huge shredders crammed with redundant documents and the packed recycling boxes and ask yourself whether this is sufficient. Recycling paper is good but surely reducing the amount of paper you use to begin with is even better, right?
However, in a world where digital technology is ripe, we are now finally beginning to recognise a slight change. This is particularly apparent in banks. The introduction of both ‘green’ accounts and internet banking means that you can actually now opt out of receiving monthly statements, in the paper form and instead look up your statement online, as and when you need. This is further supported by the decision to only print and send any paper statement on a quarterly basis, as opposed to the previous monthly ones.
Some businesses now even insert captions at the bottom of their emails asking the recipient to think about waste disposal before printing the contents. They see it as their corporate responsibility.
So, if some businesses can make such valuable changes, why can’t they all?
View the full manifesto at: http://arwebwriting.wetpaint.com/page/MANIFESTO+-+group+2?t=anon
