Green…Mailboxes?

One of my very first posts on Things That build You Go Green was on my deep hatred for junk mail. Well, on the subject of junk mail, we received an newsletter 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 produce you go green, here’s something to prepare your household, and your mailbox, a little greener – ShieldofGreen.com. As it turns out, by 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 strange. Plus, ending junk mail for more than just ourselves would maximize the environmental benefit for all. whether you have a moment, please check us out at http://www.shieldofgreen.com or mail 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.

[Source] JB