The average adult tosses out a whopping 41 POUNDS of junk mail each year. Junk mail that gobbles up over 100 million trees and swallows an amazing 28 billion gallons of water each year! Trees and water that would otherwise fight global warming- the natural way.
Creating & shipping all of that junk mail releases more greenhouse gas emissions than 9 million cars. So, you can park your car or stop your junk mail (or get brownie points for doing both). Stopping junk mail is a simple, practical and effective way to do your part for the beautiful world we live in!
There's a nifty service available by 41pounds.org that stops unwanted catalogs, credit card offers, and other junk mail. The service is 100% guaranteed. Subscriptions to 41 Pounds.org are just $41 for 5 years of service, less than $9 per year! You can theoretically do this yourself but you'll spends hours of your time getting the job done and it probably won't be as effective as allowing 41 pounds.org to do it.
One of GiveThemRoots' favorite things about 41 pounds.org, is that they give 1/3 of your subscription fee to the environmental organization or community of your choice. Practical and charitable! GiveThemRoots donation choice: Trees for the Future check them out!
North America's forest are being harvested by loggers at the average rate of 2 acres per minute 24 hours a day to create junk mail, catalogs, and other paper products. Have you ever seen a logging machine? Check it out in the video below.
GiveThemRoots and 41pounds.org want to give one lucky reader a FREE 5 year subscription to stop their junk mail! 5 super easy ways to win it, do one or all 5!
1. Visit http://www.41pounds.org/ find one fact about junk mail, come back and leave a comment about it.
2. Blog about this giveaway and 41pounds.org on your site! Leave us the link in a comment.
3. Tweet about this giveaway & 41pounds.org on Twitter. Be sure to @GiveThemRoots.
4. Subscribe to GiveThemRoots!
5. Become a fan of GiveThemRoots on Facebook.
The rules: You must be 18 years or older. Leave a separate comment for each entry method you complete above. Include your email address. Any information we receive is for GiveThemRoots only, and is only used to notify the winner. All entries must be received by 11:59pm EST 04/07/09. A winner will be selected by Random.org and announced on 04/08/09.
THIS CONTEST HAS ENDED.
8 comments:
Still soaking in the fact that 44% of junk mail goes into landfills unopened. Yikes stripes! Thanks for the chance to win. (I really love your blog.)
Ann S.
anniebananie(AT)hotmail(DOT)com
Just subscribed.
Ann S.
anniebananie(AT)hotmail(DOT)com
Following on Twitter too.
Ann S.
anniebananie(AT)hotmail(DOT)com
70 hours a year dealing with junk mail?!? I want that time back!
I like the fact I can pick the catalogs I want to recieve and save the paper for those I never open. Cool service.
I like that it's guaranteed - and if your name somehow gets on a list again, you just call them up, and they fix it. No extra charges. :) Sounds like a great program!! Oh - and they're on facebook. ;)
daisyryan.adkins(at)gmail(dot)com
I subscribe! :)
daisyryan.adkins(at)gmail(dot)com
I'm a facebook fan :)
daisyryan.adkins(at)gmail(dot)com
Thanks a lot!
Post a Comment