This Land is Whose Land ?
by
James D. Patton
(George)
Americans spend in excess o f $ 100 b illio n a year
to create 30 b illio n original documents In an
average office 1.5 pounds o f waste paper is generated
per employee daily. 500 b illio n copies are made a
year and 42 b illio n fax's sent. It is estimated that 50-
70% o f employee time is spent on paperwork.
These volumes equate to increased timber harvests,
increased consumption o f energy to make paper as
well as a higher tonnage o f paper in the solid waste
stream. Now is the tim e to readjust our behaviors
regarding the flow o f paper. There are many ways to
decrease the consumption o f paper and to reuse
products. It makes sense ecologically as well as
financially. These habits are easy to in s till in your
home as well as the workplace. You can reduce your
paper consumption, storage and employee time by
implementing some o f these tips.
* I f you double side and single space a document you
save 4 times the paper o f a standard document.
* Fax cover sheets are often unnecessary There are
commercial products to stick on the side o f a
document that w ill save you a cover sheet.
* Many o f us are F A X happy . T hin k before you
FAX. Sometimes a quick conversation can take the
place o f a document.
* M inim ize envelope size. Can you fold a piece o f
paper instead o f using a manila envelope. Use
smaller envelopes to pay bills or send single sheets.
* Reuse envelopes. A ll it takes is a label w hich is
78% less expensive than a standard envelope.
* Reuse the backs o f paper for scratch pads. It
amazes me that people actually buyscratch paper.
* Get your name o ff o f m ailing lists. It does work. I
have decreased my m ail by approx. 40% in the last 2
years by w ritin g and calling companies and
requesting to be removed from their list.
* Do not p rint drafts. O r use the backs o f used
paper for drafts.
* Set uo vour copier to “duplex as default"
* I f you use a printer set it up so it doesn't discharge
blank sheets.
* Route copies instead o f making copies for each
person.
* Have a centralized filin g system w ith easy access.
♦ Change margins to 0.5 and letterhead to 2“ at the
top and 1.6“ at the bottom. Consider smaller or
condensed fonts.
* Post announcements rather than copy them to
everyone.
* Purchase products in bulk that have less
packaging.
* See i f your supplier w ill take boxes back to re fill
w ith your next order.
* Review your forms. Can they be reduced in size or
eliminated?
Conduct a waste audit at your office or home. Place a
box next to the garbage for a few days and see how
much you accumulate. What you can not reuse,
recycle. Look at the collected material and decide
how you can decrease it. Remember that these
behaviors w ill save trees, rivers, pollution and
la n d fill space. It should save you money' too.
no more pigeons than you can eat.
-Benjamin Franklin
eppetto’s
I was sipping coffee (Yes, I refuse to go along
with the latest latte' lad. If God had intended people
to drink coffee with foam on it, She would have
called it beer.) at my favorite corner establishment
when Arnie slid into a wrought iron chair at my side.
He was wearing Bermudas and a bemused look,
neither of which were uncommon for him.
I knew he was on his way to the Farmer's
Market because that is where he goes every Saturday
to purchase lettuce. His weekends are pretty
wild.
Until 1 met Arnie, I thought lettuce was grown
in plastic bags bags; Arnie has since corrected me on
this matter. I now know that lettuce should be
purchased in the morning from a farmer w ho swears
it was picked the night before, carried quickly home
in a paper sack so it can breathe, stored upright on
crushed ice (laying it on its side will compress the
leaves), never placed near other vegetables which
might taint its flavor, torn rather than cut for a salad,
and that leaf lettuce is better than head lettuce.
Purchasing lettuce is the highlight of Arnie's
weekend, and may well be a fetish that has as yet
gone unnoticed by the psychiatric journals.
1 looked up from my paper. "Shouldn't you be
fondling vegetables about
now?" 1 asked.
"I do have to hurry, George, but I wanted to
ask if you knew anything about waterway law."
Like Sherlock Holmes 1 like to display my
deductive powers. "I see you've been reading about
Mark Wattles and the Willamette River between
lettuce purchases."
"Yes, and I'm confused. 1 thought the public
had access to rivers."
"Public lands, public waterways, public use,
public, public, public; sounds to me you're
dangerously close to socialism, Arnie."
"Gosh, no! That's worse than Satanism."
"Glad to hear you say that. You'll understand
then that Mr. Wattles is helping us steer clear of the
evils of creeping socialism. You see," I said,
warming to my topic, "when some 'little people'
think that they have the right to use part of the state in
w hich they live and pay taxes, Mr. Wattles, at no
little cost to himself, has hired armed thugs-excuse
me, security guards-lo remind those people of their
place in society."
"Where would that place be, George?"
"Somewhere else, but only if that person can
afford it."
"1 see, is that why there should be no public,
only private lands?"
"Absolutely correct. If everything were private,
we could count on the rich keeping us properly in
our places, wherever that might be. It was a sad day
when voting rights were given to non-land owners."
"Wow, I never thought of that."
"Well, you should. That's why I support Bill
Gates in his negotiations to buy Mount Hood."
"Thanks, George. I feel a whole lot better now,
knowing how the rich w ill make sure we remain a
100% capitalist society where rights are earned the
'old-fashioned way; they're bought." Arnie scratched
his head in a thoughtful fashion. "Why does he call
the sheriff's office though?"
"Simple, the police have no better use of their
time than protecting the properly rights of the rich
from people who w'ould dare land a boat or put
strange footprints in their sand."
"I see. Is the 50,000 square foot home on
farm land part of Mr. Wattles plan to help us. It
seems to be a waste of good farm land ."
"There you go talking socialist again. He's
doing us a favor. That house may violate existing
land use laws, but enough lawyers and cash will
insure that it remains a monument to its owner, kind
of like the ancient pharoahs' pyramids. Keeps
everything in proper perspective."
"I have to run." Arnie stood. "Lettuce after
10:00 AM is past its prime."
"That reminds me. I have some lettuce in a bag
that's turning brown. I threw out all the moldy
pieces. Do you suppose it'll still be OK
tomorrow?"
Arnie left without reply.
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