Are your emails eco-friendly?

Email is a super small thing but something that you can green up in a big way.

Don’t print your own emails: This is a biggie. There’s almost no reason to print an email anymore – unless it’s say movie ticket confirmation. All that paper adds up quickly. If you must print, print on both sides of a recycled sheet of paper.

Add a message so that others also don’t print: Plenty of people have little notes at the bottom of their emails that say something along the lines of, “Please consider the environment before printing this email.” Which is a small but significant step you can take to live a little greener. Some people won’t stop to think unless you spell it out for them. That one small message may make the king or queen of email printing rethink his or her actions. See some good ideas for eco-email messages.

Choose the right email provider: Care2 offers free email service that’s loaded with features and for every email you send, Care2 donates to the environment.

Learn more about your email’s possible carbon footprint (no joke).

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