How authors can help in nature conservation
13 Feb 2021
Donnachadh McCarthy,
The Independent
I have campaigned on paper recycling since the 1990s, when I ran a local community charity paper recycling scheme, as councils in those days did not do home recycling.
So, when asked to write my first book 17 years ago by a small publishing house, I signed the contract only after they included a clause guaranteeing the book was on 100 per cent recycled paper. I did the same with my second book, with the multinational publisher Hachette Livre. They understood that my integrity depended on practicing what I advocated.