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When plain old recycled notebooks won't do, there's the "post post consumer" Papergeist notebook. The cover: a vintage record sleeve. The pages: previously used paper, folded so you can use just the clean side!
Aside from the spiral cord binding, everything here is post-consumer -- with no additional paper mill involved. And perhaps best of all, since vintage record sleeves are hard to come by in bulk, each journal is totally unique.
And mine is very uniquely sexy. Rest assured, though, that G-rated covers are available. My friend Summer -- who sells these notebooks at her online eco-boutique BTC Elements -- gave me this one as a holiday present. I think she was a tad afraid to put this cover on her website....
I, however, am not -- perhaps because I'm not selling it. I'm not sure what to use it for yet. To record erotic dreams, maybe? Since the Dali exhibit, I have renewed interest in starting a dream journal....
Once I'm done with the journal, all the paper can be recycled again, of course -- though this time, via the blue bin system involving a paper mill. And best of all, the coil too can be sent back to papergeist -- 501 W. 124th Ave., Tampa, FL 33612 -- for $5 off a new notebook! Take it out carefully so it can be reused! You can participate in this creative recycling by sending in old record sleeves too!
Papergeist isn't alone in using pre-loved materials as covers. Ivy Lane Designs creates notebooks from discarded boxes, as I found out via the girly CraftGossip blog. Their paper's the "usual" recycled paper though, not one-side-used paper.
Which perhaps explains why Papergeist's fan base is growing fast. Amy Anderson nominated papergeist for Cooper Hewitt's People's Design Award, noting that the journals "spark conversation in my middle school classroom." Wanna keep track of the greenest journals and notebooks ever? Follow Papergeist's own myspace blog, updated by one Susan Janvrin, one of the makers of these notebooks .
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BlogHer Contributing Editor Siel also blogs for the Los Angeles Times at Emerald City, and at greenLAgirl.com.
