Welcome to the new and improved Better Paper Project!

Web Site Guidelines

• Keep this a safe environment where everyone can feel comfortable participating. Ask tough questions and respond respectfully.
• BPP participation means working to improve and understanding that this is a journey, not a destination. Participants in our online community will be at various levels of accomplishment, but we all have the common goal of improving our practices and the practices of our supply chain. In this way, we can all help to eliminate the negative environmental impacts of magazine production.
• We need your participation to help the magazine industry become a champion in its environmental practices. What are your ideas, concerns, successes and obstacles as you investigate environmentally responsible paper? What events do you attend during the year? What Webinars would be helpful? Spend a little time posting questions on forums and commenting on blogs to help the movement succeed!

Project Participation

• Start by signing up and filling out as complete a Project Participant Profile as possible. Many of the questions are industry specific so if they don't seem to apply to you don't answer them!
• You can change your answers and profile picture at any time. Accurate profile info will help you find colleagues for collaboration, vendors for your production needs and get updates from BPP staff on additional environmental options that fit your specifications.
• Your profile photo is going to be re sized and cropped as a 183x183px square, which is useful to bear in mind if you were planning to upload a rectangular image. Tip: if you don't want to dig up a picture of yourself (or don't see the point) but want something more unique than the sticky-note avatar, consider uploading a picture of your latest magazine cover or business logo instead.
• BPP participation does not automatically denote Green America membership. Please visit GreenAmericaToday.org to join as an individual member or to apply for your business to become a Green Business Member.
• Remember, this online form is the primary record of your involvement with the Project, so publications must have a complete and up-to-date profile to ensure eligibility for bookstore promotions, awards, etc.

Connections

• Browse the Project participant list to connect with colleagues and explore new partnerships.
• Totally new to the Project? Swing by Frank's or Keaty's pages and introduce yourself - we'd love to hear from you!
• Invite others to join the Better Paper Project. The more magazine staff, paper mill representatives, paper merchants, printers, advertisers and designers get involved, the greater success we'll have increasing the availability and reducing the cost of environmental paper.

Forums

• The three central forums of the BPP are Better Production, Better Marketing and Better Networking.
• These forums are moderated so that only Project participants within the publishing industry can post.

Archives

• Check out our archived articles, which have been categorized with tags such as featured-magazine or certification for your convenience.
• Is there a topic you'd like to see more of, or one you think we cover too often? Contact us with your suggestions for article content.

Events

• Keep abreast of Webinars, bookstore promotions and other Better Paper opportunities with our events calendar.