About Kedzie Press

Kedzie Press, Independent Publishing House                                                   

Kedzie Press is an independent publishing house based in Seattle, Washington. We publish books with socially conscious and/or environmentally friendly messages, as well as the occasional work of fiction. We also carry a limited line of eco-friendly products from great companies that help people reduce, reuse, recycle, while saving money in the process.

All of our titles are printed on 100% recycled, 100% post-consumer waste paper (FSC certified) and processed chlorine free. We hope that our conservation effort makes a difference and inspires others to do the same.  We are members of Co-op America's Green Business Network.

Announcing the Kedzie Million Tree-A-Thon: In collaboration with Eco-Libris, Kedzie Press has launched the Kedzie Million Tree-A-Thon.  For each book sold, Kedzie Press will plant one tree, with the goal of planting one million trees by December 2009.  Buy any Kedzie Press title from this website and join the Kedzie Million Tree-A-Thon today!*

Eco-Libris is a green business that works with book readers, publishers, writers, bookstores, and others in the book industry to balance out the paper used for books by planting trees. About 20 million trees are cut down annually for virgin paper to be used for the production of books sold in the U.S. alone. Eco-Libris raises awareness to the environmental impacts of using paper for the production of books and provides book lovers with a simple way to do something about it: plant a tree for every book they read.

 Eco-Libris partnered with three highly respected U.S. and U.K. registered non-profit organizations that work in collaboration with local communities in developing countries to plant these trees. These trees are planted in high ecological and sustainable standards in Latin America (Nicaragua, Guatemala, Panama, Belize, and Honduras) and Africa (Malawi) where deforestation is a crucial problem. Planting trees in these places not only helps to fight climate change and conserve soil and water, but also benefits many local people, for whom these trees offer many benefits, such as improvement of crops and additional food and income, and an opportunity for a better future.  For more information on Eco-Libris, please visit their website - http://www.ecolibris.net.

 
 (Starting April 2008, all titles published by Kedzie Press will appear with the Eco-Libris logo, signifying that one tree has been planted with the purchase of that book.  Kedzie Press titles published prior to April 2008 will be stickered upon sale via the Kedzie Press website, though some books already in the book trade system, or being sold used, will not have the Eco-Libris seal, in which case, no tree will be planted for that purchase).