Green Living - Durango Colorado

Dark green is out, light green is in. Everyone says they want to do the right thing to protect the environment, but until now lacked a positive, accessible source of advice and ideas designed for real people - busy people like you for whom "saving the earth" more often than not falls victim to "saving the day."

First Tip:

Is your mailbox a junk mail graveyard?
Junk mail is more than simply annoying – it also uses valuable natural resources like trees, water, and energy. Give your postman a lighter load to carry this year and eliminate your catalog clutter.

The Benefits

• Shop online and save resources! U.S. catalog companies sent out 17 billion catalogs last year - 59 for every man, woman and child in the nation. 
• Discourage non-recycled paper by halting catalog sends. Many of the biggest company mailers and mags use no recycled content.
• Cut paper use.  Magazine production in the U.S. uses more than 2.2 million tons of paper per year and the number is increasing annually. 

What to do:

• DirectMail.com - a quick, free way to reduce junk mail.
• DMA Consumer Assistance - we used it and our junk mail fell by 75% in 3 months. 
  
• OptOut - never receive a pesky pre-approved credit card offer again. Do it online or call 1-888-5-OPTOUT.
• Ecological Mail Coalition - businesses: stop unwanted mail through this free service.
• Native Forest Network's Guide - five easy steps to stop junk mail.