Eco Lending Library
A lending library of second-hand books has been created by a small group of
people who want to put their unwanted books to good use.
In just one year, the group has blossomed to include 430 members, and they
lend books to prisons as well as needy libraries and individuals around the
country.
The Thessaloniki-based group, called "Book 2nd Chance: -
www.book2chance.gr- has expanded by word of mouth and today counts
banks, offices, 35 schools,
the Thessaloniki Film Festival, local authorities, as well as other
organizations and individuals around Greece.
The group also recycles newspapers, magazines, and other scrap of paper.
"For every 100 kilos of paper recycled, two trees are saved from felling,
along with 50% of water and energy needed to process paper, thereby reducing
the resulting atmospheric pollution by 75%,” says organizer Polykarpos
Orfanidis.
Athens Plus (29.1.2010): Giving old books a second chance at
life<http://wwk.kathimerini.gr/kath/entheta/extra/AthensPlus/29-01-2010.pdf>
(p.15)
http://www.book2chance.gr/
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June Samaras
KALAMOS BOOKS
(For Books about Greece)
2020 Old Station Rd
Streetsville,Ontario
Canada L5M 2V1
Tel : 905-542-1877
E-mail : kalamosbooks(a)gmail.com
www.kalamosbooks.com