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Eco-friendly straw books

Canadian author Margaret Atwood is taking steps to reduce the ecological footprint. Recently, several hundred copies of her latest book, In Other Worlds: SF and the Human Imagination, were printed on paper made from recycled pulp, wheat and flax straw. According to the Vancouver‑based advocacy group Canopy, switching from traditional paper to straw‑based paper could save up to 800 million trees per year in North America! See more at Straw paper opens new chapter for book publishers and farmers (www).