A Green Printer ‘Design Goes Green’ dispatch. A contributing post by Deb Ozarko, Director of Creative Services for Clearly Green Design , an Ottawa, Canada based visual communications firm. There is no escaping the dark news about today’s current economic situation. Regardless, there are ways for us to all survive - and thrive - simply by asking ourselves one question: Want or Need? In a planet faced with the tragic fallout from the over consumptive patterns of typical North American

society, an economic crisis may just what we need to show us the true cost of our spending habits .  It would not hurt us a bit to do less spending on frivolous - and often environmentally damaging items, and pay more attention to consumer or donor messaging so we can begin to develop an overall higher eco-consciousness. Read more of this story »

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