Posted by Kate Sinding in Living Sustainably
Still less than one year old, Catalog Choice is poised to register its one millionth user any minute now (at the time of this posting, membership stands at 999,450). That’s an amazing accomplishment for a completely not-for-profit service that has...
Posted by Kate Sinding in Living Sustainably
Here’s a marriage that I wish I’d arranged myself. Responding to a significant and increasing decline in first class mail – due to the ever-growing use of email, on-line banking, and efforts like our own Catalog Choice – the U.S....
Posted by Kate Sinding in Living Sustainably
As I blogged about at the time of its launch last October, Catalog Choice is the free, easy on-line service that lets you opt out of receiving all those unwanted catalogs – the ones you never asked for, never intend...
Posted by Kate Sinding in Living Sustainably
Just before the new year, I wrote about some ways folks can safely and responsibly get rid of their used electronic equipment, such as TVs, computers, and MP3 players. As I discussed, one of the only options for doing so...
Posted by Kate Sinding in Living Sustainably
This time of year, many of us are happily playing with (or for some of us trying to master the features of) the newest electronic gadget that arrived under the Christmas tree or as a Hannukah gift. Unfortunately, that may...
Posted by Kate Sinding in Living Sustainably
Last Friday, Brian Lehrer at WNYC invited me on his show to talk about age-old question that consumers face at the check-out counter: Paper? Plastic? Neither? Well, the best thing is to bring reusable canvas bags with you to the...
Posted by Kate Sinding in Living Sustainably
For most of us, one of the great annoyances in life is arriving home to a mailbox crammed full of catalogs we didn’t ask for, many of them from companies we have never bought anything from and maybe haven’t even...
