1000 Flowers for the Planet - #27 Fully Utilise Your Home Computer
Since households became users of home
computers our paper consumption has sky-rocketed. Yet computers are the very
tools that should replace paper. On our computers we can use word processors
(replacing typewriters), spreadsheets (replacing accounting journals), desktop
publishing programs (replacing literal cut and paste artwork), databases
(replacing card systems), emails (replacing snail mail), and presentation
programs (replacing posters), just to name the major tools. Everything can be stored
on our computer and a backup copy made in case of a breakdown. These days we
can store immense amounts of data on very small devices – so small they’d fit
in your handbag. There’s no need for large filing cabinets and no need to print
everything.
It takes a different mindset but it can be
done. Next time you sit in front of your computer, look at it as a storage
device for your files. Unhook the printer for a week or two and challenge
yourself not to print anything to see how well you can cope without paper. You
may actually find you end up better organised. Now wouldn’t that be nice!
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