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• Sunday, December 16, 2007 07:00 PM

  Environmental Groups are the worst

  I really hate to say it, but (some) environmental groups are the worst offenders in the direct mail fiasco. I have written multiple letters to the World Wildlife fund asking them to remove me from their mailing list, after receiving calendars, cards, stickers and multiple other unsolicited items. Never mind the fact that I've never contributed a dime to their cause. After at least two letters it appears that they've finally removed me. I know other environmental organizations I've contributed have shared my information. The WWF aren't the only ones either, I get lots of mail from the Audubon Society (which I do contribute to) and there are many others as well. It's a shame because I often support (in spirit if not financially) the causes these groups are striving for, but it strikes me as really counterproductive to their efforts to do this. It directly causes habitat destruction as well as polluting the environment with chemicals from the printing process and the energy used in production and delivery emits carbon dioxide. I'd really prefer electronic correspondence, because it doesn't require killing trees and all that production. I also signed up with Green Dimes this summer and have been largely pleased, but there is still some that slips through. I have been working really hard to rid myself entirely of junk mail but it is really, really hard. I sincerely hope that environmental organizations start leading by example and change their practices regarding direct mail.

  —jennalex Read jennalex's other letters
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