Taking Care of the Earth as a Family: Using & Recycling Paper It's strange... My grandmother grew up during the depression, and I can still remember her hoarding paper, never wanting to throw out a single unused scrap, saying it was wasteful. My mother still writes grocery lists and notes to herself on the back of envelopes and junk mail. My kids, on the other hand, draw a single line on a full 8 1/2 x 11 sheet of paper, and if it's not EXACTLY what they meant to do, they'll put it in the recycle pile. Recycling is good, but we … [Read more...]