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ForestEthics and 100 Million Trees

By: Doug Hahn

As supporters of the fight against global warming, Christopher and Amber Marie Bently are delighted to have supported ForestEthics’ 100 million Trees Party on September 30th. The event was a fundraiser to support the Do Not Mail Campaign, which aims to stop unwanted junk mail from reaching American mailboxes.

Although many of us understand the harmful effects of junk mail on our global environment, the crisis persists: every year more than 100 billion pieces of junk mail — almost 900 pieces per household — arrive in American mailboxes. Junk mail in America accounts for about 30% of all the mail delivered in the world and more than 100 million trees a year are logged to produce it. Almost half of it goes to landfills unopened, yet Americans still spend eight months of their lives dealing with it. The Canadian Boreal Forest and Indonesian tropical forest—both of which play a vital role in protecting us from the effects of global warming—are being destroyed to supply paper to this wasteful industry.

The event, hosted at the Spanish Suite at CLIFT, included celebrity hosts Malin Akerman, and Discovery Channel Planet Green Stars Annabelle Gurwitch, Boise Thomas, Darren Moore, and Peter Glatzer.

Guests enjoyed Treetini eco-friendly cocktails by VeeV and Cava sparkling wine by Organic Vintners while raising over $125,000 for ForestEthics and its vital campaign to stop the junk mail epidemic. The event’s co-chairs included ForestEthics board members Nadine Weil and Marika Holmgren, and was sponsored by Christopher & Amber Marie Bently, the King Pacific Lodge eco-resort in the Great Bear Rainforest, the Epi Center eco-MedSpa, Parducci, Honig, Ecofabulous, Heart of Green, Organic Events, and PlanetTran hybrid car service.

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