Green bookstore pick: Better World Books

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Green bookstore pick: Better World Books

by Amanda Miller (Subscribe to Amanda Miller's posts)
Jul 31st 2008 @ 11:23AM

Filed under: Shopping Guide, Green on Campus

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While we've spotlighted green book sources before, I do believe that Better World Books might be the only place you'll be shopping in the future.

Here's what makes them so great, and my new top pick for book buying:

All books sold help fund high-impact literacy projects around the world.
Not only do they sell new books, but they collect and sell donated books as well. Not only is this a great way to reduce/reuse/recycle, it also has helped to generate $4.5 million in funding for literacy and education. So far, over 6,000 tons of books have avoided landfills.
To date, Better World Books has donated over 1 million books to literacy programs.
Every order is shipped carbon neutral, using offsets from Carbonfund.org.
The company was started by college students who knew first-hand about the importance of passing on textbooks, literacy and business with a social conscience.

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