One of my very first posts on Things That Make You Go Green was on my deep hatred for junk mail. Well, on the subject of junk mail, we received an email today from one of our readers – a very enterprising high school student. What I love is his bias towards action. Check it out below.
In the spirit of things that make you go green, here’s something to make your household, and your mailbox, a little greener – ShieldofGreen.com. As it turns out, over 100 million trees and 40 billion gallons of water are wasted every year producing the junk mail that stuffs your mailbox every day. A subscription to ShieldofGreen works proactively to stop that by reducing your weekly junk mail by 80-90%. Plus, ten percent of our revenue goes to charitable reforestation efforts by Trees for the Future and Global Green to further offset the ecological damage wrought by junk mail.
My name is Patrick Leahy. I’m a high school student in Seattle, WA and I started ShieldofGreen.com on my dad’s suggestion after I spent six weeks in the summer stopping our own family’s junk mail. He reckoned that our frustration and disgust with the countless pamphlets, flyers, and catalogues we were receiving was not unique. Plus, ending junk mail for more than just ourselves would maximize the environmental benefit for all. If you have a moment, please check us out at http://www.shieldofgreen.com or email any questions you might have to patrick.leahy@shieldofgreen.com.
Great job Patrick! Keep us posted on Shield of Green – look forward to hearing about your success.
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Very informative post. Keep it up. And thanks for such a great site.
Has anyone actually done this and can provide some input?
Good point about this, nice summary.