#dothegreenthing

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Story time: puppet project meets plastics project

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I recently designed a poster for the guys over at dothegreenthing , shining a light on easy ways to save energy and live a greener life (sorry for the pun). The poster can be purchased through their website with all proceeds going back to the charity. P.S. You'll only get the pun if you click the link.

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Share by Rose Blake 

Illustrator Rose Blake wants us to save paper and printing by passing books on to a friend, a stranger, a strange friend, or a friendly stranger.

"When I was a student I used to share a flat with a guy called Dan who spent most of his time reading. Even though he read all the time, he didn't seem to have any physical attachment to his books, and as soon as he finished one would either take it back to the charity shop in exchange for a new one, or pass it on to a friend. I found this ethos really interesting - buy something, use it, take what you can from it, then, instead of putting it on a shelf and never looking at it again, pass it on for someone else to enjoy. I think that this idea could be put to use with more than just books but they are a good place to start!"

Why?

Save paper, save money, save space. Also, there’s nothing better than a good book and the best things in life are meant to be shared. 

How?

Book-sharing works perfectly in an office. Simply assign a book bin, get your colleagues to fill it with the contents of their dust-gathering book shelves and never pay for a book ever again. If you’ve ditched paperbacks for digital, it’s worth knowing that you can lend your Kindle books to friends too. 

Buy the poster

We’re selling this poster printed on FSC paper with sustainable ink for £12 plus VAT, postage and packing with all proceeds going back to the Do The Green Thing charity. You can buy it here.

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To the end of the pencil and the edge of the page

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Both Sides by Jonah Ramchandani

16-year-old Jonah Ramchandani has made a poster to inspire us to use things up.

“Every day I see countless sheets of paper lying around, half-used, and it makes my blood boil green. Why do so few people bother to remember that each piece of paper has a whole other side on which they can print poems, essays, stories - any number of glorious things?

That's why I made this poster. Hoping to draw attention to both sides of the page, I used an unfinished sentence to make people wonder what was on the other side.”

Why?

The typical office worker uses 10,000 sheets of paper every year, the equivalent of 72 trees in an average working life. We can save half of them with this simple initiative.

How?

Avoid confusion by putting a sticker on your printer reminding you which way your paper should face as it goes in for a second round of printing. Trust us, it will help a lot.

Buy the poster

We’re selling this poster printed on FSC paper with sustainable ink for £12 plus VAT, postage and packing with all proceeds going back to the Do The Green Thing charity. Buy it here.

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To The End Of The Pencil And The Edge Of The Page

A video in which a very talented friend of Green Thing, the brilliant illustrator Guillaume Cornet, demonstrates some creative All-Consuming by using up every last bit of a pencil on every last bit of a page and producing a perfect piece of pencil psychedelia in the process. Special thanks are due to Matt Curtis, Steven Qua, Tom Baker, Oliver Smith and Judy Goldhill for their cameras, stands, animation, end titles and long suffering patience - but most of all to Monsieur Guil. We are not worthy.

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When It's Broken by Domenic Lippa 22/23

Encouraging people to fix things instead of throwing them away was the aim of Pentagram designer Dom Lippa with his poster. 

“Solving things that are broken seems to be at the centre of what we as a society need to do. Most of the environmental issues that we are facing are due to our own doing so we need to fix them. It’s basic problem-solving which we as designers have to do every day and we need to apply this attitude to some of the world’s bigger problems.”

“The execution was borne out of the problem. You take the words ‘Fix it’, show them as broken but we all know what the solution would be without literally showing how to solve it. This is a collective problem which we all need to solve. We all know what to do so we should do it.”

Why?

In just over a week, the UK produces enough rubbish to fill Wembley stadium. Over half can be recycled.

How?

Got a broken thing that you want to make into an unbroken thing? Then Sugru is just the ticket.  

Buy the poster

We’re selling 23 limited editions of this poster printed on FSC paper with sustainable ink for £23 plus VAT, postage and packing with all proceeds going back to the Do The Green Thing charity. You can buy this one here.