to the annual obsolescence of the Gregorian calendar has become
more a luxury than when use began in 1582. The Earth’s
population is more than ten times larger now. Converting to a
perpetual calendar is one way to be cleverer with our shared
resources – trees . . . money . . . time. The decision really
comes down to whether simplifying, and therefore calming daily
life is more important than unnecessarily transforming the
calendar each year. The World Calendar Association Above:
January 2011 Retail calendar display soon to be marked 50% off.
might not be possible to know how many Gregorian calendars are
printed each year. At year end, some are saved for the written
notes on them. When they're saved for the pretty pictures they
include, that implies that the calendar would have hung around
another year or decade or more had it not so quickly become
obsolete. We don't change our clocks because the format expires
and we should stop accepting without question that calendars are
necessarily any different. Replacin