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Love the Do Not Call registry? Wish there was something similar for junk mail?

American mailboxes are inundated with junk mail. More than 100,000,000,000 pieces of junk mail are delivered each year. If you do the math, that’s more than 800 pieces of junk mail per household. I think it’s time for a national Do Not Mail Registry!

Luckily, there’s an organization taking the stance and launching the movement: DoNotMail.org.

In 2003, Congress created the national Do Not Call Registry, the most popular consumer rights bill in history. Today, DoNotMail.org has launched a comparable registry to end the ambush of junk mail. Currently, they are counting names on a petition (20,000 and counting) to show the government and direct mail industry that there needs to be an easy way to opt out of junk mail.

Junk mail in the United States accounts for 1/3 of all mail delivered in the world. Even though 44% of that mail goes to the landfill unopened, people spend 8 months of their lives dealing with it all. Junk mail invades our homes, wastes our time and destroys the environment:

• The greenhouse gas emissions resulting from the manufacturing of the 6.5 million tons of paper required for junk mail annually is equivalent to the greenhouse gas emission of 3.7 million cars.
• More than 100 million trees a year are cut down and made into paper for junk mail. Those trees come from Endangered Forests like Canada’s Boreal and Indonesia’s rainforests - forests that play a critical role in the fight against global warming.

Just as the Do Not Call Registry liberated Americans from telemarketers, a Do Not Mail Registry would give us the choice to halt junk mailers from violating our privacy, wasting our time and damaging the environment.

Free your house from junk mail and sign the Do Not Mail registry petition. Take a stance and help save the environment. It’s time to end the junk mail catastrophe.

Part I

“Renewal,” a documentary by Marty Ostrow and Terry Kay Rockefeller opened this past weekend at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. This documentary traces the rise in environmental activism among religious communities throughout America. In rural communities, suburbs and cities, people of faith are rolling up their sleeves in practical and far-reaching ways. Offering a profound message of hope, Renewal shows individuals and communities driven by the deepest source of inspiration - their spiritual and religious convictions - being called to re-examine what it means to be human and how we live on this planet. Throughout, Renewal attempts to paint an honest picture of how much work will be needed to stem the tide of environmental devastation. Its compelling characters and stories inspire the vision and commitment that addressing the challenge will require. The 90-minute documentary is designed for theatrical and community screenings, and for broadcast, yet each of Renewal’s eight stories also stands on its own.

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The seeds have been planted. A new blog emerged. Today marks the birth of KeepGreenGoing.com! Although this first post will be short, we welcome you and appreciate you stopping by.


My name is Bryan A. McCarty. I’m the founder and chief green editor of KeepGreenGoing. I started this blog with two intentions - to encourage a green lifestyle through a simplistic approach and become an informational resource for an actively growing green community. I believe “going green” is a lifestyle, not just a trend. I love the earth and love keeping it green. If you want to stay up on all the KeepGreenGoing happenings, subscribe to the RSS feed and receive everyday tips on keeping your green life alive and progressing.


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