How to SaveTheEnvironment.

According to 50 Simple Things You Can Do To Save The Earth:
• Each year, 100 million trees are used to produce junk mail.
• 250,000 homes could be heated with one day's supply of junk mail.
• Americans receive almost 4 million tons of junk mail every year.

• The yearly production and disposal of junk mail consumes more energy than 2.8 million cars.

You can be certain that local businesses should share in the blame for this catastrophe. And these aren’t “evil corporations” I’m talking about. These are local businesses that want sustainable solutions, just like you and I do. They just haven’t yet found a way to effectively use the internet to advertise their sales and promotions. Junk mail is their only option.

Why?

The local, online marketplace doesn’t exist yet. The online marketplace where local residents and local businesses can see and be seen.

SaveChicago.org lets local businesses upload an up-to-the-minute inventory of sale items and promotions. It takes a business weeks to conceive of, mock-up, print, and mail a junk mail piece. On SaveChicago.org, it takes minutes from the moment a promotion is conceived to the point a real customer can act on that promotion.

SaveChicago.org secret No. 3: Create a marketplace that’s cheaper than junk mail, create and marketplace that’s more effective than junk mail, and Chicago will take the lead in the race to be the greenest city in America.

Feel like you want to join this revolution? You'll save money and there's actually a promotion running in February where you get $10 for joining the "Million Chicagoan March." Log on here: www.savechicago.org

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