You can help the effort by supporting companies that contribute to tree replanting programs. The Fingerhut Corporation, a consumer goods cataloger based in Minnesota, for example, has its own corporate forest. Woodworker's Supply helps to replant trees along New Mexico's Highway 66, and clothier Eddie Bauer works closely with Global ReLeaf. You may enjoy shopping by mail but prefer to receive less advertising in your mailbox. The Direct Marketing Association encourages consumers to contact catalog companies from which they shop and request that they not share their names and addresses with other marketers.
Many companies now sell products that are environmentally sound for use in home and office.
Catalogers, for example, offer items such as sturdy canvas shopping bags, natural lawn care products, rechargeable batteries, and toilet dams to reduce water waste. Call your favorite catalog companies and local retailers to find out more about products that will help you protect the environment, or look for them in your mailbox. They recognize direct mail as a responsible tool for raising funds, and most obtain up to 80-percent or more of their funding through direct mail solicitations.