A couple of folks who work at RCI (Radio-Canada International) have started an online petition, aimed at getting the CBC/Radio-Canada to be more environmentally sound.
One signatory suggests “Small things — like getting double-sided printers and having discounts for people who bring their own cups and plates — at a place as big as CBC / Radio-Canada can have a huge impact!”
Ross Bragg, a Vancouver radio producer adds:
“I was a producer on the Roundup for CBC Radio in Vancouver. At that time the program was hosted by Tetsuro Shigematsu. I remember standing with him at the printer waiting for the scripts to be printed. The scripts were about 30 pages long and we needed three of them. It was a daily show and I remember thinking about the huge waste.
We decided to go paperless. This was pre-INews so we used shared documents and e-mail. Everyone in studio got used to reading off the screen. What I remember most is that it not only saved paper it saved time.”
They’d like to know about any similar initiative elsewhere within the Corp. If you know of any, please let them know via the comments here.
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I was a producer on the Roundup for CBC Radio in Vancouver. At that time the program was hosted by Tetsuro Shigematsu. I remember standing with him at the printer waiting for the scripts to be printed. The scripts were about 30 pages long and we needed three of them. It was a daily show and I remember thinking about the huge waste. We decided to go paperless. This was pre-INews so we used shared documents and e-mail. Everyone in studio got used to reading off the screen. What I remember most is that it not only saved paper it saved time. Since then I have tried to live a paperless home and work life. Life is less cluttered, more organized and less wasteful. With Web Apps and e-mail, and the Intranet, and INews, I truly believe there is no need for paper at the CBC. Also, we cover a lot of environmental issues at the CBC so it’s kind of up to us to lead the way. Simply put, we should consume less.
Having people collaborate on Google Docs saves having to print out drafts for everyone and allows others to edit work without printing it off 1000 times.
We should get smaller trash cans.
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Here in Toronto, we’re doing our part for the environment
by converting the TBC into a new, safe habitat for the critically endangered Lesser Spotted Fruit Fly.
We could recycle old CRT monitors and move to more efficient LCDs. I have an LCD on my desk, but I see a lot of large CRTs in the building still.