How to save 181,000 trees and pay bills at the same time
You probably don’t think of “saving green” when paying the bills, but a study conducted by the PayItGreen Alliance, a coalition of financial service companies, shows that switching from paper to electronic bills, statements and payments could help protect the environment.
According to the study, the average American household receives 19 bills and financial statements in the mail every month and makes seven payments in paper form. Here’s the impact on the environment if just 2% more households made the switch to electronic bills and payments:
More than 15 million pounds of paper would be saved, preserving more than 181,000 trees.
Emissions of more than 390 million pounds of greenhouse gases would be halted.
More than 143 million gallons of wastewater would be prevented from entering the environment.
To find out the impact your household could make, use the “Green Calculator” at payitgreen.org.
– Vicki Kriz
Courtesy of USA Weekend

Every $1 plants a tree

O.K! What is something that you use lots of every day?? I know there might be a lot of answers to that, but in this case I am looking for one answer….. You guessed it… paper!!! In my line of work we often joke that my company should have their own forest! BUT all joking aside the renewability of this resource is something that we can all contribute to by planting more trees (and of course using less paper.) So our 1st cause of the month will be American Forests. I am hoping to maximize our impact here, because $1 plants one tree! How awesome is that?

American Forests works to protect, restore and enhance the natural capital of trees and forests. Help plant trees to restore areas damaged by wildfire, where critical wildlife habitat has been lost, and to clean our air and water.

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