The newspaper is having a hard time. Readers are giving up because they now read digitally. Paper is expensive. Printers do not want to make newspapers because it is not as profitable as making packaging materials and the demand for boxes is increasing rapidly due to the online shopping trend.
Today I received The New York Times along with our own Dutch paper. Is it so bad that they advertise worldwide for new subscribers? It is also a fact that the delivery of the physical newspaper, at least in our country, is a major problem. Many existing subscribers do not even regularly receive their newspaper in the mail because there are no deliverers. I wonder how they envision the logistics of this overseas newspaper.
Funny detail, on the front page (teaser at the top) they talk about AJAX. My club :-) Is that a coincidence or just a marketing trick?
I am in two minds about the fate of paper publications - I like the fact that less trees are cut down to make them - unless of course they are using recycled materials - but feel people do not subscribe readily to online versions because they can access some information for free.
@annied You're right, but... less papers and more boxes isn't good for the trees. Unfortunately. And digital storage isn't cheap either, for the environment I mean...
I think there is a simple foregone conclusion. To save the environment, a long-term vision is needed instead of the selfish short term thoughts that politics and leading companies carries out, in a general sense. As long as we don't come up with concrete solutions where money does not play a leading role, let alone implement them, not much will change. In the end, we only bother ourselves. The world will be fine, even without us. Or despite us.
Sorry I'm quite a negative person... I know that every little step helps, even if it doesn't outweigh the big grabs on the flip side of the coin. I sure do my best to contribute but I have to admit I don't do that in every area. I do plant digital seeds since a few weeks. Growing them to trees by watering them will result in real trees planted in various projects in the world.
Most deliveries we get nowadays are using packaging using recycled materials...a good thing.
Like you we try to do the right thing but we're not 100% sadly
It is sad that so much comes down to money and political gain....unfortunately wealth, rather than ethics and conservation, seems to be the driving force
I used to love Sunday's with the NYT. I realize that the digital format has changed so much but now and then, a cup of coffee and a turn of the page just feeds my soul.
October 1st, 2022
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I think there is a simple foregone conclusion. To save the environment, a long-term vision is needed instead of the selfish short term thoughts that politics and leading companies carries out, in a general sense. As long as we don't come up with concrete solutions where money does not play a leading role, let alone implement them, not much will change. In the end, we only bother ourselves. The world will be fine, even without us. Or despite us.
Sorry I'm quite a negative person... I know that every little step helps, even if it doesn't outweigh the big grabs on the flip side of the coin. I sure do my best to contribute but I have to admit I don't do that in every area. I do plant digital seeds since a few weeks. Growing them to trees by watering them will result in real trees planted in various projects in the world.
Like you we try to do the right thing but we're not 100% sadly
It is sad that so much comes down to money and political gain....unfortunately wealth, rather than ethics and conservation, seems to be the driving force