Do you still have a paper agenda? Are there still books in your bookcase? It is sometimes said that paper will eventually disappear completely. That in itself would not be bad for the environment at all. Because all the paper we use has to come from somewhere. But still I am a real paper lover. Plan And I prefer to read the old-fashioned way. Not digitally, but by writing in a notepad or notebook and with an erasable notebook I am now completely environmentally conscious!
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With every sheet of paper you pick from your notebook, do you think about the environment? Do you keep in mind that you don't just print your emails? Then you are already on a sustainable path. I love taking notes and making lists, but to be honest I wasn't really aware of that yet. It happens all too often that I throw notes, with one word or a date scratched on them, into the old paper. Because there are still plenty of leaves on my block. Nice and easy, but anything but environmentally conscious of course.
After all, trees are cut down for all those sheets. Ah, a sheet more or less, I hear you think… Does that make such a difference? But if you look at our total consumption, yes. Did you know that in America, on average, more than 200 kilograms of paper are consumed per person per year? And in Europe we do not do much better:here the average is about 160 kilos per person per year. When I look at how blindly I deal with paper myself, it doesn't really surprise me. It is time to be a little more aware of our paper consumption and to look at the erasable notebooks and notebooks. Because an erasable notebook may have been on the market for a while, but it is still too little used!
It's like drinking water from the tap:we always take it for granted. The same is true with paper. After all, it seems that the stock is inexhaustible. How conscious are you about your paper consumption? I'm not going to mince my words here, but I'll confess it honestly. Our own paper consumption could be a little less. Yours too? Then an erasable notepad is probably something for you. Or an erasable notebook, also handy. Do you already know it? Correctbook has brought an erasable notebook onto the market, with which you can reduce your paper consumption a lot. And it's nice too 😉 . You can read more about it below.
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Using paper more economically is a very good step in improving your own sustainability. And super simple too. Because everyone has a notebook on their desk to make a scribble. What if we all invest once in purchasing a reusable notebook that you can erase to use again. Then you no longer have to purchase new stock or score a new notebook.
With an erasable to do list, an erasable notebook or a ditto notepad you can go in all directions. You can write down as much as you want, and delete it again if your notes can be forgotten again. Ideal for your to do lists and schedules. And would you rather cross it out? Then you first draw a line through your to do and when you have completely finished the list, then you wipe it out!
Left-handers can also work effortlessly with the durable notebook. You don't have to worry about erasing your own writing, because the pen dries super fast. Read more about the options below.
Continue to reuse endlessly instead of wasting. The notebook is erasable. You can erase small things with the back of the supplied pen, and entire pages with a fiber cloth or the cleaning sponges. But there are even more advantages to the notebook and the notebooks!
Are you a lot less old-fashioned than I am and would you like to have those notes on your smartphone as well? You can hear that too. For example, use the Correctbook app to turn it into a PDF and save it in a specific workbook. This way you always have your latest notes with you.
Or use OCR Text scanner † With this app you can not only make a photo / PDF of your writings. The app also converts your photo into a text document that you can adjust and share with others. Super easy and therefore also nice if you have noted things that you do not want to erase or change.
What I really like about the erasable notebook is that you determine your own layout yourself. The pages and separate headers can be 'zipped' out of the book. This way you can put together your ideal notebook yourself. You can score extra pages for your notebook on the Correctbook website. There are a lot of possibilities, from calendar pages to overviews and from priority lists to completely blank pages.
I myself use an A4 size notebook that is erasable. This is standard on my desk for my to do, but also to register all assignments. The to do list is pre-printed and the weekly planner (which I don't use yet, but should actually use to become more productive) also has a pre-printed layout.
With a few pages of weekly planner I can plan a month ahead and a few pages to do is enough for everything that comes to mind. So I use the normal ruled pages for my assignments and then I still have a number of blank pages that I can use in all directions. I can brainstorm on this in my notebook, draw a mind map or just scribble because that's what I do when I'm on the phone 😉 . Then I wipe it off as much as I want.
The markers are also available in many different designs and colours. And there are a number of different thicknesses available. I vary with colors to make my activities even more clear. Ideal! My erasable notebook is starting to look almost like a bullet journal.
The erasable notebook is available in many different variants. This way you are in control of the content and layout, as you have read above. But you have even more choice! Choose a nice bright color for example. Or a hardcover version if you prefer that.
I am not the only one in the house, Luc also takes such a notepad to school. He doesn't think a diary is necessary, but this way he can write down some homework as a reminder. Or make a short list of things he should not forget. Lotte does have a real agenda (well girls of 11 like to pimp all their school supplies ) but also uses her erasable notebook so she's happy with it too!
Would you like to read more about the erasable notebooks and exercise books with all accessories? Then take a look on the Correctbook website for the complete overview †
It is already a wonderful sustainable product, as I have shown you. But it gets even more beautiful. The founder of Correctbook, Sam van Tol, has a great mission. He wants to contribute to education in Africa with his company. Did you know that 250 million children still go to school every day without being able to use pen and paper? Correctbook helps those children. For every Correctbook erasable notebook sold, a set (erasable notebook, pen, ink, wipe) is delivered to a child in a developmental area that can be used for 3 months. And these correctbooks are also produced locally! Countless children are already being helped in the fight against illiteracy and employment is being created. Beautiful isn't it?
Do you want to know more or get a feel for the steps they are taking at Correctbook? For example, watch the video below, or one of the other episodes † It made me a bit quiet…
