By Shyama Mohini devi dasi
To make our books green we are keen on using paper made from controlled, sustainable forestry practices, and working with printers who use environmentally friendly inks, varnishes, and manufacturing processes. While it’s not yet possible to make every book we print completely green (it’s more difficult when we print in Asia, for example), most of our books are FSC-certified. It’s no small thing to get an FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) stamp. These days, the FSC requires that 99 percent of the materials to create a book come from controlled, sustainable, and accredited forests, containing no genetically modified trees.