Weird hippy tree-hugger writer question...

Ok, feel free to flame, troll and laugh at this question, but I've gotta know... Attention, all hippy, tree-hugger, soon-to-be (or intending-to-be) published writers:
Do you feel bad that your books will be directly responsible for the deaths of thousands of trees?

I've actually done some reasearch on this, and there are a few publishing houses that print on 100% post-consumer recycled paper. But they are very small and very specialized outfits. Another alternative; online cyber books are a good idea, but who are we kidding? Look what happened to Stephen King's failed venture. So what can you do?

 

Not at all! We have Treeless paper now! Even Cardstock can be made from this stuff.

 

Are you serious??? Can you give me more info? (and don't tell me it's made out of slaughterhouse offal or something )

 

Yeah. Give me a day or two to get my mail. I'm expecting a birthday card made of this stuff. It has a web address on the card back.

 

I write e-books and bank a few hundred dollars a month. Not bad for a hobby.

Remember that any paper-type product must be made from something--and it may be even more destructive or polluting than cutting down a tree.

 

No. This isn't E-Books. It's a physical product that can replace paper.
I'm working on the brand name of the product.

 

isn't there such a thing as hemp paper? and don't forget undyed recycled paper, "The Legacy Of Luna" (Julia Butterfly Hill's book) was printed on recycled paper with soy ink in all it's printings.

 

I heard about that one. Very, very cool. Also there's rice paper. But I wonder; can we, the authors, dictate these terms to our publishers? I mean, most of us are pretty damn lucky to get a manuscript accepted in the first place. We're not exactly in a position to call the shots.

 

Here is the website of what I was talking about. http://www.tree-free.com/

 

Nothing on the site suggests they use anything other than normal paperstock. the name might have another meaning? Surely if they used non-wood paper it would say so somewhere?

 

Thanks for digging up that info, MIV. But I'm with veinglory... I can't find anything on their site that actually describes what their paper is made of. In fact, I found an ironic statement about their display shelves: "Tree-Free offers over 20 stock solutions for merchandising in museum quality wood" Hmm But I'm sure there's an explanation...

 

If anyone knows of an office supply that sells REAL Treeless paper, please. Let me know!