environmentaldefense.org: -1, newdream.org: +1

Today I got an unsolicited mailing from environmentaldefense.org. It was so thick, I asked my wife to guess how many sheets of paper they had sent us. We decided to count a return envelope as 1 sheet. She guessed 4. I guessed 5. They sent eight. Including the mailing envelope, that was 9 pieces of mostly un-recycled paper that I didn't ask for, encouraging me to take steps to save the environment. Like trees. Like trees which are cut down to create paper to send mailings like this...

I contrast this behavior with The Center for a New American Dream, which also works on sustainability issues. Not only did they resist buying mailing lists to send unsolicited mail, on multiple of occasions they have sent mailings that consisted of just a 1/2 sheet of paper, demonstrating that they are not only preaching sustainability, they are living it.

The alternative gift fair we've had in Richmond the past couple of years is based on the model provided by newdream.org.