Two ways you are helping the environment without even knowing it.

1. By simply reading this eNewsletter and Blog.
   As stated by the Environmental Protection Agency, in the United States alone, over 2 billion books, 359 million magazines, and 24 billion newspapers are published every year and less than 50% of these products are recycled. According to Ecologycenter.org, it takes 75,000 trees to print a Sunday edition of the New York Times. In addition, even if most of us took the time to recycle our newspapers, magazines, and newsletters, the recycling process still has an environmental impact from the energy used in the transportation of the paper and in the actual recycling process. After all, "e" can be a big part of "green". Thanks for your effort!
   
   
2. Making dietary choices which include foods that are fresh, real, and organic instead of processed. Processed food leaves a much larger environmental footprint. The myriad ingredients needed to keep processed food shelf-stable, the manufacturing process, the packaging, as well as the distribution makes processed food extremely harsh on the environment. Fresh food with minimal ingredients require much less environmental effort. Choosing organic, which eliminates the pesticides used for conventional food, takes your environmental effort even further. By choosing local food, your effort goes further yet.