Usually for NaNoWriMo, I pick up a Moleskine, so I can cart it around with me everywhere in case I get an idea. I do the majority of my writing directly on OpenOffice, so I don’t usually fill up the Moleskine for quite some time – the next NaNoWriMo.

This year I went to Barnes and Noble as usual and grabbed the Moleskine I normally get, the black ruled classic style. But then another display caught my eye, because I favor the color turquoise. Ecosystem makes a Moleskine-like notebook of recycled materials, for the same price as a Moleskine. Well hell, I thought, I like buying recycled cack whenever the opportunity arises. It also said 100% made in America. I checked the Moleskines, and it says “designed in Italy. Made in China.”

China??? Didn’t they used to be made in Italy? I don’t like buying Chinese-produced anything, so I dumped the Moleskine and grabbed a Lagoon ecosystem ruled notebook instead. And you know, there’s no difference in using the two. In fact, I think the Ecosystem one is better, but I may be blinded by the pretty color. Ecofriendly NaNo-ing ftw.

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