Consumers vote with their wallets each time they make a purchase. By practicing the 3 R's -- reduce, reuse and recycle -- and by buying recycled and other alternatives, individuals can decrease their consumption of new resources. Without impacting quality of life, these efforts greatly ease the pressure on the world's forests.

RCA Documents

How to Encourage Forest-friendly Purchasing [Get Acrobat]

RCA-News: Progress Made in Greening Houses, 7.01, UK Consumers Driving Rainforest Destruction, 6.01

Other Documents

WoodWise Consumer Guide, Co-op America

media

"Buyer Beware", E Magazine Advice & Dissent column (3rd letter)

links

Center for a New American Dream

Co-op America

Forest Ethics

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, U.S. EPA

Stop Staples!