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GOOS
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goos gooš Goos
English
2025 April 22
Etymology
thumb|A GOOS container holding GOOS paper for use as notepaper.
en good on one side.
Pronunciation
en /ɡuːs/ RP
en En-uk-goose.ogg RP
en /ɡus/ GA
en En-us-goose.ogg GA
en goose
Adjective
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en of paper Blank and usable on one side but not the other.
en GOOS paper
en 11 September 2008 Waste minimisation for kids w:The Southland Times Invercargill, New Zealand Southland Times WM.14 0112-9910 909907638 Give your children GOOS paper (Good On One Side) for drawings.
en 4 July 2018 w:Uzma Jalaluddin The perils of meal planning w:Toronto Star https://web.archive.org/web/20250417150539/https://www.thestar.com/life/the-perils-of-meal-planning/article_4ee2853b-30ec-5011-a439-85f29260a753.html Toronto, Ont. Toronto Star Newspapers 0319-0781 679765547 "Why are you writing on a piece of paper?" he asks, appalled. I look down at the back of the school flyer I had just scribbled on. "… Because I believe in GOOS paper?" But he has already disappeared upstairs, to find his laptop.
en 2020 Lindsay Bunce; Nancy McGee; Christina Phillips-MacNeil w:Annette Gough; John Chi-Kin Lee; Eric Po Keung Tsang Ontario EcoSchools: A Framework for Environmental Learning and Action in K-12 Schools Green Schools Globally: Stories of Impact on Education for Sustainable Development International Explorations in Outdoor and Environmental Education Cham, Zug, Switzerland w:Springer Nature 10.1007/978-3-030-46820-0 part II (Country Stories), section 7.4.2.3 (GOOS Bins) 109 https://books.google.com/books?id=Umr6DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA109 978-3-030-46819-4 2214-4218 GOOS Bins section heading / 91% of participating EcoSchools have implemented a GOOS paper (or Good On One Side paper) system within their classrooms, libraries, and administrative areas. The concept is very simple and requires a school to create a bin system to house paper that is still blank "good" on one side. This encourages staff and students to use the other side of the GOOS paper for quick notes, quizzes, etc. in lieu of reaching for a fresh piece.
en chiefly of a container Related to or intended for such paper.
Translations
blank and usable on one side
Finnish: fi toiselta puolelta käyttämätön
Macedonian: mk
Further reading
reuse
en Paper