Heidi Tolliver-Nigro, a regular contributor to WhatTheyThink and long time researcher for TrendWatch/Industry Measure, has a post on a blog called The Inspired Economist. She starts off her first post jumping right into the tug-of-war between printed materials and their digital alternatives with:
"In marketing, electronic alternatives are often framed as the green alternative to print because they don’t require paper, ink, packaging, and physical transportation. However, there is a lot more to one’s environmental footprint than this. Take, for example, one’s carbon footprint. On this issue, electronic alternatives with their massive, 24-hour energy drain start to look less appealing."
Way to go, Heidi! Lookiing forward to more of your insights! Read her entire post here>>