Businesses and institutions receive a great deal of unsolicited mail, such as catalogs and advertising mail for products and services of all kinds. Even when these materials are wanted, there can be a tremendous amount of waste and duplication. Do these sound familiar?
According to the Office of Environmental Assistance, "a sustainable community can persist over generations, enjoying a healthy environment, prosperous economy and vibrant civic life. It does not undermine its social or physical systems of support. Rather, it develops in harmony with the ecological patterns it thrives in."A sustainable community meets its present needs without sacrificing the needs of future generations by developing attitudes and actions that strengthen its economic, environmental, and social frameworks.