Paper-proof Advocate Gifts

Each of you attending this climate conference will receive a copy of my 9,000-page study on how e-mail has saved millions of trees.

"On a more positive note the guidance we’ve published on the services we can’t provide is published in 37 different languages."

'I have much less stress since I replaced my in box with a paper shredder.'

Paperwork No Me Gusta.

"I think globally, but I tend to pollute locally."

"That newspaper has been showing up ever since you started reading the news online. I think it feels betrayed."

The paperless office sign covered in post-it notes

'As you can see,we run a completely paperless office.'

"Just as I thought! You used our competitor's paper for your resume!"

'OK, who moved the photocopier?'

Computerized society.

In and Out Box

Buy on-line - Fill in form, Fill in form again, And again, Lose form, Fill-in form a few more times, Give up and go to shop...

The Miracle Worker

What's that, Lance? It's called a newspaper. It's like a Kindle, but instead of your fingers leaving smudges, they get smudged.

Rip van Winkle goes back to the office/

"The weight of all the paperwork made my desk fall through the floor. This might be a sign that I need to go paperless."

'What shall I do with that? Our office has been paperless for 5 years.'

'Try seeing it as an environmental triumph - think of the paper we're saving!'

'This preliminary report looks at how we can best address green waste through sustainable forest management...'

BOOKSHOP, 'We're pushing our do-it-yourself kit today, sir -- a ream of paper and a dozen pencils.'

"Was delegation the only thing you learnt on that management course?"

Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail, 'Ah, I feel so alive. That was fun'

"You know, you're not just cancelling a magazine subscription. You're stabbing print media in the back!"

'Am I the only one who still enjoys the glide of a perfectly sharpened #2 on a fresh yellow legal pad?'

'It's mine and you can't have it.' Morris was finding it more difficult than most to adjust to the concept of a 'paperless' office.'

"Well, I don't like doing paperwork at the business. I'd rather be watching a ball game. But we all have to do things that we don't want to do! That's part of life."

'Grampa, how can we become a book, like you?'

The Cost of Photocopying

"Why couldn't you be a doctor's note or a legal document like your brother?"

'He's at the 'awkward stage' in converting to paperless so he carries both a laptop and a briefcase.'

'Thanks... I'm all for the paperless office - but I draw the line at the paperless toilet...'

'Procter and Gamble? I dunno, sounds risky - what if everyone stops using toilet paper?'

"And if I didn't bring my co-pay."

E-File Muffy: Head of Household