Comments on: Green Signature Drafts http://www.rumblestrip.org/2007/03/29/green-signature-drafts/ Less attitude; more bike paths, mountains and beer. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:27:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Rob http://www.rumblestrip.org/2007/03/29/green-signature-drafts/comment-page-1/#comment-31703 Rob Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:07:10 +0000 http://www.rumblestrip.org/2007/03/29/green-signature-drafts#comment-31703 Ed, Watch *for* the environment? Like is it sneaking up behind me? "Hey Rob, check your six, it's the environment!" One thing you got right Ed is that it's a silly reaction. So sad that more people can't lighten up and see the joke behind it all. ANd for the record, I AM aware, and I AM conscious of what's happening, and I DO consider the environment, and I hardly print ANYTHING. How is "this topic using a lot of trees"? I'd love to hear all about how my blog post -- created and distributed entirely w/o paper -- is wasting paper. Sheesh. Ed,

Watch for the environment? Like is it sneaking up behind me? “Hey Rob, check your six, it’s the environment!”

One thing you got right Ed is that it’s a silly reaction. So sad that more people can’t lighten up and see the joke behind it all. ANd for the record, I AM aware, and I AM conscious of what’s happening, and I DO consider the environment, and I hardly print ANYTHING.

How is “this topic using a lot of trees”? I’d love to hear all about how my blog post — created and distributed entirely w/o paper — is wasting paper. Sheesh.

]]> By: ed http://www.rumblestrip.org/2007/03/29/green-signature-drafts/comment-page-1/#comment-31702 ed Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:57:33 +0000 http://www.rumblestrip.org/2007/03/29/green-signature-drafts#comment-31702 Silly reaction to a good initiative. be aware and watch for the environment. It's not only the message but the way you react to it. Btw this topic is using a lot of trees according to google. Silly reaction to a good initiative. be aware and watch for the environment. It’s not only the message but the way you react to it.
Btw this topic is using a lot of trees according to google.

]]> By: Rob http://www.rumblestrip.org/2007/03/29/green-signature-drafts/comment-page-1/#comment-31671 Rob Sat, 05 Dec 2009 15:33:57 +0000 http://www.rumblestrip.org/2007/03/29/green-signature-drafts#comment-31671 Hi Liz, Well, we'll have to disagree then. I am a bike riding carbon-fearing greenie such as yourself, and I DO FIND THE GREEN SIGS ANNOYING AND SANCTIMONIOUS. I do energy efficiency research for a National Laboratory. I get it. I identify with the message. And I find it extremely snotty to place that message in business communications. I too go nuts when people automatically print out email and pdf files (especially when they sit there and read them next to their computer!), but that's not the point. Try and see it from their point of view. Apparently it's hard for greenies like us to do so. Hi Liz,

Well, we’ll have to disagree then. I am a bike riding carbon-fearing greenie such as yourself, and I DO FIND THE GREEN SIGS ANNOYING AND SANCTIMONIOUS. I do energy efficiency research for a National Laboratory. I get it. I identify with the message. And I find it extremely snotty to place that message in business communications. I too go nuts when people automatically print out email and pdf files (especially when they sit there and read them next to their computer!), but that’s not the point. Try and see it from their point of view. Apparently it’s hard for greenies like us to do so.

]]> By: Liz http://www.rumblestrip.org/2007/03/29/green-signature-drafts/comment-page-1/#comment-31670 Liz Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:27:02 +0000 http://www.rumblestrip.org/2007/03/29/green-signature-drafts#comment-31670 This is great. I work in the suburbs and live in the city. In a 250 person office, I am the only person that regularly rides my bike to work, rides the metro & bus on the other days. Everyone else drives, even though they live a lot closer than I do. And the woman who sits behind me prints out every email she gets and sticks it in a manila folder and it drives me nuts. My thought is that the people who have thought about it will *like* the signature - because they identify with it (like I do). The people who haven't thought about it will find it sanctimonious, because they love to hate us bike riding, carbon-fearing, digital-era greenies. (and yes, I'm outraged, look at what's happening to our world). This is great. I work in the suburbs and live in the city. In a 250 person office, I am the only person that regularly rides my bike to work, rides the metro & bus on the other days. Everyone else drives, even though they live a lot closer than I do. And the woman who sits behind me prints out every email she gets and sticks it in a manila folder and it drives me nuts. My thought is that the people who have thought about it will like the signature - because they identify with it (like I do). The people who haven’t thought about it will find it sanctimonious, because they love to hate us bike riding, carbon-fearing, digital-era greenies. (and yes, I’m outraged, look at what’s happening to our world).

]]> By: Jenny http://www.rumblestrip.org/2007/03/29/green-signature-drafts/comment-page-1/#comment-31383 Jenny Wed, 30 Sep 2009 03:47:11 +0000 http://www.rumblestrip.org/2007/03/29/green-signature-drafts#comment-31383 If you really love the environment, then don't add a green message. Keep your signature short too. Because more than often the "green reminder" becomes the only reason why a one page email becomes two. You need to trust others that they will make a good judgement. Don't presume that people don't "think before printing" the email. Give people the benefit of the doubt, please~! If you really love the environment, then don’t add a green message. Keep your signature short too. Because more than often the “green reminder” becomes the only reason why a one page email becomes two. You need to trust others that they will make a good judgement. Don’t presume that people don’t “think before printing” the email. Give people the benefit of the doubt, please~!

]]> By: About printing and being pathetic « The no-logic blog http://www.rumblestrip.org/2007/03/29/green-signature-drafts/comment-page-1/#comment-31309 About printing and being pathetic « The no-logic blog Wed, 23 Sep 2009 06:42:41 +0000 http://www.rumblestrip.org/2007/03/29/green-signature-drafts#comment-31309 [...] why not use some the excellent alternatives from Green Signature Drafts, one has over 1,000 characters (which will mean something later). This article (2007-03-29) was [...] […] why not use some the excellent alternatives from Green Signature Drafts, one has over 1,000 characters (which will mean something later). This article (2007-03-29) was […]

]]> By: psykhe http://www.rumblestrip.org/2007/03/29/green-signature-drafts/comment-page-1/#comment-30961 psykhe Fri, 28 Aug 2009 08:25:13 +0000 http://www.rumblestrip.org/2007/03/29/green-signature-drafts#comment-30961 I have a colleague in an office that is priting anything, any mail. Sometimes she just needs to give a price to a costumer and she prints all the conversation, sometimes like 4-5 pages or even more. I have a colleague in an office that is priting anything, any mail. Sometimes she just needs to give a price to a costumer and she prints all the conversation, sometimes like 4-5 pages or even more.

]]> By: Rob http://www.rumblestrip.org/2007/03/29/green-signature-drafts/comment-page-1/#comment-30928 Rob Tue, 25 Aug 2009 21:53:25 +0000 http://www.rumblestrip.org/2007/03/29/green-signature-drafts#comment-30928 Ashley: it's sanctimonious because it presumes the reader HASN'T thought about it. Ashley: it’s sanctimonious because it presumes the reader HASN’T thought about it.

]]> By: AshleyV http://www.rumblestrip.org/2007/03/29/green-signature-drafts/comment-page-1/#comment-30924 AshleyV Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:58:22 +0000 http://www.rumblestrip.org/2007/03/29/green-signature-drafts#comment-30924 Matt- unfortunately, though it would be nice, the paper industry doesn't actually plant trees- they plant seeds. Also, Rob, why is it so sanctimonious to ask someone to please think about anything? Seems pretty harmless. Maybe the problem is that everyone is constantly trying to find a reason to be insulted. Just a thought. Matt- unfortunately, though it would be nice, the paper industry doesn’t actually plant trees- they plant seeds.

Also, Rob, why is it so sanctimonious to ask someone to please think about anything? Seems pretty harmless. Maybe the problem is that everyone is constantly trying to find a reason to be insulted. Just a thought.

]]> By: Matt http://www.rumblestrip.org/2007/03/29/green-signature-drafts/comment-page-1/#comment-30868 Matt Fri, 21 Aug 2009 18:54:51 +0000 http://www.rumblestrip.org/2007/03/29/green-signature-drafts#comment-30868 How about: Go ahead and print this out. It’s okay! The wood and paper industry plants 1.7 million new trees EVERY DAY. Since 1987 U.S. forests have increased by 12 million acres to 755 million nationwide – about the same as 100 years ago (www.abundantforests.org). How about:

Go ahead and print this out. It’s okay! The wood and paper industry plants 1.7 million new trees EVERY DAY. Since 1987 U.S. forests have increased by 12 million acres to 755 million nationwide – about the same as 100 years ago (www.abundantforests.org).

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