GO GREEN T-SHIRTS NOW AVAILABLE!
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We are pleased to announce that our new Go Green Initiative t-shirts, "Teach them Well" are available for sale! They can be purchased online by clicking www.showyoursoul.net.
10% of all proceeds will be donated to the Go Green Initiative so buy those t-shirts now! Volume discounts for schools are available.
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COMING SOON
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Coming soon, Go Green Radio! More details in our June Newsleter...
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Congratulations!
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Congratulations to Grace Hills Elementary in Rogers, Arkansas, they recently received the Community Involvement Award from the Arkansas Recycling Coalition! Keep up the great work Grace Hills!
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| GGI Principle #5: Nationalize Principles of Responsible Paper Consumption
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 Being responsible about your paper usage and paper purchasing is not just about saving trees. The benefits of using less paper and/or using recycled paper products are many. Recycling paper prevents unnecessary landfilling of valuable resources. Recycling paper and purchasing recycled content paper helps create American jobs. And, in addition to saving trees, producing recycled paper uses less water and energy than paper made from trees. Because we are using less water we see two benefits, the first being that the water can be diverted to other uses and the second being that the toxic substances found in the waste water from paper mills is dramatically reduced.
Post-consumer materials are those that we recycle from our homes and offices that would otherwise be placed into landfills. By using post-consumer materials we help "close the loop" to encourage more recycling and less waste of valuable resources. If we are not buying these recycled paper products we fail to achieve the maximum benefit that a strong supply and demand cycle for recycled content paper products produces. Find out more on the EPA's website by clicking on www.epa.gov/garbage/paper.
Another way to be a responsible paper consumer is to go paperless when it comes to donations and/or fundraisers. Our sponsor, Giftberry.com, provides a platform for donations that is nearly paperless.
An average donation required more that 24 pieces of paper to transact
one received donation in 2006. With GiftBerry and eGala, that paper waste can be reduced to two pieces (or less). For information, click on the Giftberry.com picture to the right.
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School News from Milltown, New Jersey
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At Milltown School District in Milltown, New Jersey they have
jumped right in to the Go Green Initiative program with both feet! In just their
first year they have put together a team of administrators, teachers,
support staff and students to look at ways for their district to "go
green". Recycling assemblies have been held at each school and "Going
Green Tips" are announced each day during school announcements along
with students making posters to hang around the school illustrating
"Going Green Tips". They are looking into green cleaning products and
will be adding a link to their website to link the community to their
Go Green Initiative! Keep up the good work Milltown School District!
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Ohana Companies Partners with the Go Green Initiative
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 Ohana, the pioneering company that is transforming the rebate industry with their new business model where "Everybody Wins," recently announced a partnership with the Go Green Initiative to make consumers, retailers and manufacturers aware of 100 percent paperless rebates.
Ohana now offers their clients the "Go Green Sweepstakes," enabling shoppers to submit their rebates online for a chance to win hybrid cars and other eco-friendly prizes. A percentage of each transaction cost will be donated by Ohana and their customers to the Go Green Initiative.
"Ohana offers the only 100 percent paperless rebate submission and redemption model in the industry," said Chris Quinlan, the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Ohana Companies. "Existing rebate programs waste over 115 tons of paper in a single year. The culprits include lengthy rebate forms, multiple envelopes, and paper checks. Not including the natural resources used to process and redeem rebates -- over 800,000 gallons of water, over 45,000 gallons of oil, more than 2,000 trees, and enough electricity to power over 100 houses for six months."
We are proud to welcome Ohana Companies as our newest partner, for more information on Ohana Companies, please click on www.everybodywins.com.
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