Of course!  We do not money to interfere with your enjoying this book.  So, we have made the entire book available as a free-of-charge downloadable pdf (check it out on the right side-bar).  Simply click, read, and enjoy.  If you want to explore other options, please send us an email at info@otesha.ca.

Please do! You will be able to submit new content and ideas right on this site, and they will be integrated into future editions of the book. So get creative, think outside the box, and let's put it on paper! (see: How to contribute)

Nope - if you want a copy of the book you can also order one directly off this site (see:How to Order)

The Otesha books represent, in one snazzy little post-consumer waste package, the writing and editing of over 40 people! Written collectively by members of 2003 Otesha Team and individuals across the country; reviewed by young people, NGOs, teachers, and other eclectic folk; and constantly evolving with people just like you, it's a collective creation - so join right in! Who wrote the books? Well, maybe you?!

Walking the talk is KEY to Otesha, so creating a book was certainly a challenge, however we have researched a bunch of options and luckily have found a bunch of solutions (always there... just have to find where outside the box they lie)! First of all, the book covers are made out of old cereal boxes and scrap pieces of material. To stick all this together, we're using vegan Elmer's glue. The text is then printed on 100% post-consumer waste paper by a printer that specializes in environmentally sound waterless printing, with vegetable-based inks and processed chlorine free. Get this: the mill where the paper is made is even fueled by biogas from a nearby landfill! Then this lovely little package is bound together by binder rings (made of 25% recycled aluminium) and voila!!! you have it - the Otesha sustainable book recipe! (If you have any other ideas about how to print a book sustainably please send them to us !)

You have a couple of options for this one. You can either make your own (see the FAQ above for how we make ours) or you can buy them for $15 each as a fundraiser for the Otesha Project, which supports the project in an ethical way. Either choice is great!