Save 12,422 trees every year! Tell the MLA to change its environmentally-unfriendly standards!
The Modern Language Association creates essay-writing standards for educational institutes around the world. Thousands of schools use the MLA standard, however, it these standards promote the waste of paper. Rules such as "you must single-side when printing" or "you must double-space" contributes to the waste of about 1.2 billion sheets of paper, the equivalent of 12,422 trees... and that's an underestimte.
Please take a minute to ask the MLA to change their standards, so we can all live in a greener world.
Dear Rosemary Feal,
The Modern Language Association is a very powerful figure in creating standards for educational institutions around the world. The MLA standards are widely adopted and well respected, however, there is a rising concern that many of us find to be very important.
There are a few MLA stndards in the seventh edition of the MLA Handbook which we feel need to be improved. Requiring double-spacing and single siding have been trademarks of the MLA style but it is time that we all look into the future and realize that the waste these standards cause are much worse that how they look when printed.
These MLA rules contribute to the waste of approxiametly 1.2 billion sheets of paper, which is equivalent of 12,422 trees. If the MLA simply adopted new rules and stated them clearly in its next Handbook, all these trees would not have to be cut down... rules such as single spacing or 1.5 spacing rather than double spacing, or suggesting double-sided printing.
Please consider the impact of your rules and change them in the 8th edition of the MLA Handbook.
Thank you very much for your consideration.
Update #210 years ago
Thanks for signing the petition against the MLA. Unfortunately, the pressure we were putting on the Modern Language Association did not convince it to update its paper usage standards, but we can’t give up yet.
Take the next step and pass around a hard copy of the petition around your work or school. If you are interested, please contact us at info@edisonenvironment.org. 30 more signatures each signer, we would easily exceed 10,000 signatures.
Update #110 years ago
With your help, we are finally making the MLA feel the pressure! However, changing their worldwide writing & printing standards will take more than a little pressure.
Could you please help us by taking the next step?
1) Take 10 seconds to join the social network pressure campaign at http://thndr.it/1bQl557
2) Send this tweet to Rosemary Feal, Executive Director of the MLA: http://clicktotweet.com/ca8ja
3) Share the petition on facebook, twitter, email or other.
Thank you!
