Join us in Asheville for the game-launch party
We have created the coolest video game since 1980! Play a video game and save southern forests? That’s right…
Packaging man, based on the old school Pac Man video game, is about to launch this Monday. Join us after the dust settle from Bele Chere at the Coxe Ave Brewing Company.
Help Packaging Man save Southern forests! Play the game & stop the greedy paper company executives from gobbling up all the trees.
..from 50 simple things
50 Simple Steps to Save the Earth form Global Warming was a quick an action-inspiring read. The book, published this year by the Green Patriot Working Group, emphasized the need for every individual to take action because skeptics are right—one person cannot make a difference. This theme was not only discussed in the introduction, but repeated in each of the 50 actions in form of interesting factoids. For instance, we are told that if everyone unplugged their appliances when not in use, we’d save enough energy to power a small city! Wow!
Even more exciting was that the book talked about Dogwood Alliance (once) and FSC (thrice). Step 49, which discussed the spiritual/religious aspect of environmentalism, said that Christian publisher Thomas Nelson, in 2007, printed the first Bible on FSC certified paper. Step 24, in urging homeowners to use sustainable construction materials, had an in depths discussion on buy FSC certified lumber from retailers such as The Home Depot. The 10th step was written on buying sustainably sourced paper products (100% post-consumer recycled and FSC certification) because for every pound of recycled paper you buy, you prevent the emission of 4 pounds of carbon dioxide. Stressing the importance of consumer power, the authors urged people to buy from Staples and Office Depot and even provided a lengthy list of environmentally minded organizations and companies. Top on the list was Bowater, with details on how it has signed an agreement with Dogwood to only purchase sustainably sourced wood.
The word is getting out there! And since the market ultimately revolves around demand created by the individual consumer, this growing awareness is great news! FSC was referred to again in relation to Potlatch and Domtar. Ironically, however, the last “sustainable” company on the list was : “As one of the world’s largest paper and forest products company, International Paper is committed to sustainable forestry in the forests they manage.” Notice the glaringly absent mention of FSC certification.
volunteers wanted…
Volunteer Information Night
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008 @ 7:30pm-8:30pm
At Dogwood Alliance Office, 129 Biltmore Ave (1/2 block from the Orange Peel in Downtown Asheville)
Mark your calendar!!!
Help protect Southern Forests from the Packaging Problem through outreach, research, activism, communication or media…
Dogwood Alliance Volunteer and Activist info session
Who: Dogwood Alliance brings together the voices of thousands of individuals, local and regional partners, and national and international organizations. Together we create powerful leverage on companies whose practices destroy millions of acres of Southern forests every year.
Contact: Any questions should be directed to:
Eva Hernandez, Campaign Organizer
828-251-2525×13
[email protected] or more information, go to www.dogwoodalliance.org
Team Extraordinaire Saves the Day…
Now that we have Arby’s attention it’s the perfect time to take action to tell CEO Roland Smith that there is no excuse in using Southern forests for their fast food packaging! Take action now…
John Noel is a person who deserves a personal thank-you from everyone who loves Southern forests,
especially those of the Cumberland Plateau in Tennessee. John, along with his wife, Melinda Welton, have committed time, money, intelligence, community connections, heart and sweat to the conservation of special places for decades.
In June, John Noel got a big thank you from the state of Tennessee when a state natural area was named in his honor. The John H. Noel State Natural Area, formerly known as Bon Aqua Woods, is home to a remnant of “old growth” white oak forest with trees that are more than two or three centuries old.
John and Melinda have been long-time supporters of Dogwood Alliance’s challenge to business-as-usual practices and as members of our Vista Circle of donors have invested in our long-term vision of real and lasting protection for Southern forests. We know how much these forests mean to them both. It is with great pleasure that we join with the state of Tennessee in applauding John Noel for his decades of work to protect special places in his home state.
To reach the John H. Noel State Natural Area from Interstate 40, take the Highway 46 exit and proceed south 4.8 miles, turning right past the post office on Church Road. You then continue 1.5 miles to Bon Aqua, and turn left at the railroad crossing before proceeding approximately one mile to the natural area on Old Highway 46.
New campaign launched to help slow paper consumption world wide.
Excerpted from the Paper Planet…
This is how much paper an average British person gets through in a
year: more than 200kg, much of which is completely unnecessary.
Americans use even more: almost 300kg each, which is six times the
world average.
The launch of a new website www.shrinkpaper.org
highlights the issue of paper waste and gives people the chance
to pledge to cut their paper use. The site invites commitments to
reduce unnecessary and wasteful paper use, with suggestions on how to
limit all those leaflets, catalogues, tissues, photocopies and
packaging, and it tallies up the trees, carbon, water and pollution
saved by the cumulative pledges. Trot over there from here and be among
the first to make a pledge!
Why? Here are three reasons.
The Shrink website is part of a project that will target big companies as well as individuals, encouraging them to make more efficient use of paper. It is run by the European Environmental Paper Network, more than 50 environmental non-governmental organisations that all share a common vision for transforming the paper industry.
The “11 Fast Food Junkies”
Will you join us for a giant letter drop next week, on July 1st? It’s easy, click here for more info. On July 1st, our plan is to tell the 11 Fast food companies that they need to make more responsible packaging decisions by dropping off letters to Fast Food store managers all around the your area. It’s sure to have a major impact when all the store managers report this to HQ. The letters are asking the Fast food HQ’s to
a) reduce their overall packaging;
b) increase the post consumer recycled content in their paper packaging to reduce pressure on our forests; and
c) buy the paper that doesn’t come from recycled fiber from responsibly managed forests .
Once you sign up, I’ll send you a sample letter to drop off (feel free to edit it with your own words or use it as is with your signature) and some talking points. Be sure to let me know if you plan to drop off a letter so we can keep track of campaign activities.
Click here to sign up: http://dia.dogwoodalliance.org/da/signUp.jsp?key=3449&t=nwTemplate.dwt
Or email [email protected]
This is the first Day of Action for the No Free Refills for the forests campaign, so let’s start it off with a bang! We all know that we need to right size the fast food industry’s impact on our forests and communities. In 2004, over half of all the forests chopped down and chipped up in the US went to food and beverage packaging! There are readily available alternatives that the Fast Food Junkies can opt into, instead of contributing to the needless destruction of our precious Southern Forests.
Again, to sign up for the day of action click here: http://dia.dogwoodalliance.org/da/signUp.jsp?key=3449&t=nwTemplate.dwt. We would love your help and I look forward to hearing from you!
The Dogwood Alliance outreach team,
Eva, Scot, Adam, Kathryne and Paige
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