“Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only do a little”.
–Edmund Burke
- USE LESS PAPER AND REDUCE YOUR DEMAND
According to the World Wildlife fund, “The average American citizen consumes seven times as much commercial wood and paper as citizens in other countries. If the average American reduced his/her consumption of wood and paper to the level of the average European, there would be a reduction of 11 billion cubic feet of wood consumed each year; saving 135 million trees, each 100 feet tall and 1.5 feet in diameter”.
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Boundry Waters, Minnesota
From "Wild Woodlands:
The Old Growth Forests of America"
by Bill Thomas
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- REDUCE JUNK MAIL
Contact: Direct Marketing Association Mail Preference Service at 11 W. 42nd St., PO Box 3861, New York, NY 10163-3861; (212) 768-7277.
- PRECYCLE
Avoid purchasing products that have been packaged excessively.
- RECYCLE AND REUSE PAPER (AND PAPER PRODUCTS)
World Wildlife Fund states, “Every ton of paper that is recycle saves 17 trees, 7000 gallons of water, 4100 kilowatts of electricity, and 90 cubic feet of landfill space”.
- EAT LESS RED MEAT
Rainforests are destroyed to make grazing lands for cattle and Americans buy this cattle. Since the land is nutrient poor, the ranchers move on leaving a desert once the land becomes barren.
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From "Wild Woodlands:
The Old Growth Forests of America"
by Bill Thomas
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- WRITE LETTERS
To the presidents of corporations that destroy the rainforest. For more information, please visit the Rainforest Action Network(link) and see our Activist page(will be a link).
- AVOID BUYING
Chlorine-bleached paper.
- EDUCATE YOURSELF
On these issues and SPEAK OUT.
- GET FIREWOOD FROM “DOWNED WOOD” SOURCES
- PURCHASE
Wood products that are CERTIFIED by the
FOREST STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL (FSC)
FSC products can also be obtained by calling Robin’s
Wood at 1-800-375-3128.
Here are some companies with FSC approved products:
Andersen Windows
Smith & Hawken
The Home Depot
Lowe’s
Gaiam Inc.
Sylvania Certified, LLC
Gardener’s Supply
Premdor
- VOLUNTEER
For tree planting or fundraisers. Again, please check out the
Rainforest Action Network
You may also want to visit the following websites for additional information:
Forest Stewardship Council
Smartwood Program (a branch of the Rainforest Alliance)
Silva Forest Foundation
Scientific Certification Systems
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