HARRY POTTER, ENVIRO WIZARD? Why not? With more than 12 million copies of the final book in the series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, expected to be sold in the U.S. alone, a lot of trees could bite the dust. But its publisher, Scholastic Books, has promised to use 30% post-consumer recycled paper in each copy, and 65% of the virgin paper will come from sustainable forests as certified by the Forest Stewardship Council.

It's none too soon, especially since more than 90% of printed paper and writing paper still comes from virgin forests, and paper recycling in general is lagging. Worldwide deforestation is a major threat to the biosphere, in particular making the Climate Crisis worse. So good job, Harry. We need more magic like this.