Comments on: Need a good Email Signature? Try a green email signature

By: Just Passing Through

Just Passing Through — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 21:22:51 +0000

It will never be enough for some of you, will it? How does a simple thread on PAPER devolve into wild-eyed or condescending comments about shooting slaves, Buffalo Bill and Native Americans?!

I’m a Conservative, and I recycle, conserve water and other precious resources whenever and wherever I can. I practically harass my kids to turn off the lights, and I inch the thermostat up in the summer, and down in the winter. And, goodness knows, our home is full of those mercury-laden CFLs that you libs love so well.

But those preachy little e-mail taglines make me sick. Why must some of you wear your politics on your sleeve at every turn?

You don’t wanna print an e-mail? Fine! Don’t! But don’t you DARE lecture me about what I should or should not do with an e-mail, light bulb, etc.

Don’t you see that you do nothing to further your ultimate cause with your holier-than-thou attitudes? Folks, I have been in communications for almost 30 years, and here’s what you are missing: The messenger is every bit as important as the message.

To the exact point, I will leave you with this: As a solo business person who pays for my own printers, toner and paper, it would be senseless, wasteful and expensive to print e-mails. But some of you Libs just can’t resist the chance to tell the rest of the world how we should live, can you?

@Cris: Did I articulate that well enough for you, DEAR?

By: Fulfillrite Fulfillment & Warehousing

Fulfillrite Fulfillment & Warehousing — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 16:53:04 +0000

” Think before you print” Gets the message across, without sounding quacked.
As a full service e-commerce product fulfillment center, we always encourage our customers to use eco friendly packaging. Some companies like Amazon think the bigger the box the safer the package is, (maybe the customer will be excited initially to see a huge box), but it all comes down to what material you are using, & how much though you are giving to the packing process. The truth be told, the smaller the box, the safer the package is. The filling that you use is really what makes the difference, you have to choose the right filling material in the right quantity, that will guarantee a safe & secure package.

Joe @ fulfillrite 732-961-7766.

By: Purnima

Purnima — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 15:54:06 +0000

@Matt,@CJ FYI there is a world outside US toooo…
parts of world still need lot of trees to be planted

By: Share Filtration

Share Filtration — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 17:46:16 +0000

I like it to be green and remind people to save trees and try not to print if not necessary!

By: cris

cris — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 16:00:20 +0000

It’s just funny to see that the pro conservation comments are so better articulated than the anti-conservation ones. Goes to show that a little education can do some good. Matt, you really have no idea what you are talking about do you dear?

By: JDM

JDM — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 16:33:55 +0000

While it maybe true the paper industry plants a lot of trees, there are several problems with this rational that “its Okay to print…”

1) They tend to plant all one species of tree, the ones they will harvest in 75 years or so. There will be very little biodiversity here for a very long time; just as the forest “gets going”, here come the loggers. Same idea of a lawn; while its “green” and few bugs live in it, the lawn cannot compare to native vegetation.

2) They are still trying to cut old growth trees (think Ax Men and Swamp Loggers) because it is so profitable to cut large trees.
IE if you had a valuable, irreplaceable antique, would you break it so a few people could earn a few dollars fixing it?

3) Ever view the unmatched majesty of an old growth red wood forest? For your soul, go do it soon. It will make you cry to think of logging such beauty.

By: Olivier

Olivier — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 03:32:01 +0000

“Fake and hypocrite trend” ???
I just wanna cry when reading this kind of comments…
So bored of listening to people saying things like “I never heard of anyone printing their MOST majority of emails”.
Maybe you don’t believe in Buffalo Bill’s record also, uh ?
Oh, you know what ? Once upon a time Native American Indians populated this now mostly fake and hypocrite country you live in…
Good day to you.

By: aelita

aelita — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 21:35:02 +0000

I don’t believe in “green emails”. Because I never heard of anyone printing their MOST majority of emails. All people just click “archive” or Delete or “Starred” to mark it as favorite message, or add label to it. By the way, why to print it ?? People are lazy, and finding a mail message by Search is much more easy than searching it on your desk.

So, forget about this fake and hypocrite trend of “care about being green” !

By: Sasha Baksht, Greenscroll

Sasha Baksht, Greenscroll — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 05:06:12 +0000

You can spread the word about the Internet footprint via Green email signature from Greenscroll.

By: Breathwork

Breathwork — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 08:45:54 +0000

But it looks a lot better as a tree, and provides a great way of suckin up some of that co2…

A sheet of paper dosen’t quite hit the mark….