If you were among the lucky, you got to see Siri wearing the infamous tree costume.
Last Monday, August 11th, we held our 36″ Forest event in Pioneer Courthouse Square and it went really well! Luckily it was a gorgeous, warm, sunny day, which resulted in more people walking by and stopping to see what we were up to. In the end we had 35 36″ stacks of paper - the equivalent of 35 trees - that we will plant in the honor of the companies and individuals who brought wasted paper to the event. The company that brought in the most from its office was Bullivant Houser Bailey, with 18 trees-worth of paper!
Thanks to everyone who came and participated, we really appreciate it and are happy to plant those trees.
The equivalent amount of paper to one tree, signified with a baby tree sitting on top
Several trees’ worth of paper
Thanks to EFI Secured Shredding and Recycling for bringing this 2,000 pound bale of paper. They also shredded and recycled all paper brought to the event
Yesterday afternoon KATU Channel 2 News covered how our software works and let viewers know about our 36″ Forest event. You can watch Hayden explain GreenPrint on KATU’s website!
We’re continually donating to various tree-planting organizations and recently after donating 1,000 trees to Trees for the Future we received a really nice letter and certificate in the mail. It let us know where exactly our trees where being planted and what they would be used for, which is great to know!
Trees for the Future certificate
On Earth Day this year we launched an email signature campaign to help reduce emails being printed out unnecessarily, which in turn saves trees. We call the signatures TreeMail and tally every email we convince people not to print. With every tree that is saved, GreenPrint will plant an additional tree, doubling the impact. So far we’ve planted two trees and would love to increase this number!
Go to our website, get your own TreeMail signature and help us save those trees!
Come trade your wasted pages for trees!
Where: Pioneer Courthouse Square, Portland, Oregon
When: August 11, 2008 9a.m. - 5.p.m.
GreenPrint’s holding an event that we’re really excited about and we want you and your office to come join us and help build “The 36″ Forest.” Save all those wasted stacks of paper next to your printer and bring them down to Pioneer Square. For every 36″ stack of paper, we’ll plant a tree on your behalf! The average tree produces 9,000 sheets of paper. 9,000 sheets = 18 reams = 36″ = 1 tree.
After you’ve brought down your paper, you can also pick up a free copy of GreenPrint World to use on your home computer.
Hope to see you there!
GreenPrint’s 36″ Forest
We’re now on Facebook. Come join the GreenPrint group!
80 PLUS has recently listed GreenPrint as a partner on its website. According to the website, 80 PLUS is “an innovative, electric utility-funded incentive program to integrate more energy-efficient power supplies into desktop computers and servers.”
Most power supplies weren’t designed for energy efficiency and typically use more power than they need to during day-to-day operations. Some even draw electricity even when a computer is turned off. 80 PLUS certifies that a power supply will only use the power it needs, which in turn saves energy costs. So far, over 635 power supplies have been certified by 80 PLUS and many major computer manufacturers are selling qualified computers.
To learn more about 80 PLUS, check out its website: www.80plus.org
Two weeks ago Hayden and James made the trip over to England to present GreenPrint at the University of Oxford Saïd Business School Venture Fund (SBSVF), one of the few student-managed investment funds in the world. The Fund provides entrepreneurs the access to seed capital for their new ventures and this year over 80 teams submitted two-page executive summaries of their projects. Out of all the applicants, only 10 teams were selected to be brought to Oxford to present to the SBSVF committee.
On May 28, the 10 finalists presented to the committee of about 15, which was a mixture of Saïd Business School students and faculty. Each team was given 15 minutes to present their project using a PowerPoint presentation, followed by an additional 15 minutes of questions from the committee. Afterwards everybody gathered at a wine and cheese reception, where the 4 teams invited to the final round were announced. GreenPrint made the cut and Hayden and James realized they had to cut down their presentation for the shorter round the next day.
Day two, May 29, was a little different than the first. Instead of presenting solely to the committee, the finalists gave their presentations at a high-profile public event on a stage with a huge projector screen. Instead of 15 minutes to present, they were only given 8 minutes, plus 15 minutes of questions. There was now a panel of three: prominent British businessman Sir Victor Blank, retail entrepreneur Sir Philip Green and venture capitalist David Bonderman. The audience included students, SBS alumni, venture capitalists and even Wafic Saïd, the benefactor and founding trustee of the Saïd Business School Foundation.
About halfway through Hayden and James’s presentation, Sir Philip started to push them for more details. He asked what they would do with $100,000 if he gave it to them. Hayden explained who GreenPrint would hire and for what purposes. Sir Philip continued pushing, asking what would happen after he gave them the money, to which Hayden replied “Then we’ll make $10 million.” With this response, the audience went wild and Sir Philip responded playfully that he would write them a check then and there. He even took out his checkbook and mimed writing it.
After all four teams had presented, the panel deliberated who they thought had the best idea. When the 3 men returned, they told the finalists they would discuss each team in the order they thought the teams should be ranked. GreenPrint was first! This means we have gotten the green light for SBSVF to invest in us, with a likely sum of $200,000.
As of now, we don’t know if we’re taking another round of investments for GreenPrint in the near future. However, we plan to explore possibilities with the committee further, as well as with other venture capitalists that approached Hayden and James after their presentation. We would love to be affiliated with the Saïd Business School and believe the opportunity of an affiliation could have a very positive effect on GreenPrint. We are very excited to have been selected for this honor.
Yesterday afternoon the GreenPrint site was unavailable for about 4 hours. The VPS node our site is being hosted on starting having issues and had to reboot. When it rebooted it ran a disk check which took about 4 hours to complete. The site is now up and running smoothly again and we don’t anticipate any further problems.
If you notice any problems with the site please don’t hesitate to drop us an email at support@printgreener.com.
Once again GreenPrint is mentioned in Inc. Magazine, this time highlighted with several other “eco-friendly office wares.” GreenPrint is on the “best” list for saving paper in an office.
The article, “Save the Planet - and Save the Company a Lot of Power and Paper,” runs in the June issue. It also showcases some fun artwork, so check it out!
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