To explore the ecological footprint of a modern high-school student.
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Gutenberg's Invention
When Johannes Gutenberg invented the movable printing type in the 1450s, he revolutionised the production of books. Books no longer needed to be copied freehand by trained monks, but could be produced with relative rapidity. Subsequent improvements in design over the next few centuries saw the emergence of massed media, which in turn aided education through the mass production of standardised textbooks.
Prior to Gutenberg's invention, students relied on a central manuscript kept by the school and were forced to learn the text by memory. As a result of the movable printing type, a student could be better equipped with a range of books for study.
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