Baker Publishing is our publisher for Justice in the Burbs . I always knew I liked working with them - this morning I discovered one more reason to feel good about our decision to be involved with this publisher.
Baker is the only evangelical publisher to be part of the Green Press Initiative, whose stated mission is to "work with publishers, industry stakeholders and authors to create paper-use transformations that will conserve natural resources and preserve endangered forests." Initiatives like Green Press are, it seems to me, low hanging fruit with regard to living justly. It requires a small amount of work on the part of the publisher to be involved. And, using recycled paper means less trees are destroyed, less toxic chemicals are dumped into our rivers and streams, and vital ecosystems are preserved. It is also, most importantly, a way to create safer jobs.
Please reward Baker with your business. They are home to the Baker Books line, as well as Baker Academic, Brazos, Bethany, Revell and Chosen. So, you have a lot of choices for titles that are printed in ways that manage creation well.
If you are interested in a book from an evangelical publisher not part of this initiative, perhaps this is a good time to ask them why not. All of the evangelical publishers, including Thomas Nelson and Zondervan, have websites with "Contact Us" forms that you could use to encourage them to join this great initiative.