Seven Trees A Year

Seven trees — that how many trees the average American uses up in one year. Think about that for a second. 7 trees… that is a lot.
Maybe try seven steps to cut back your personal tree consumption. Trees do little for your diet anyhow.

Use reusable grocery bags. 700 paper grocery bags use up one tree. Use your reusable bag 700 times and there’s one tree.
Recycle your newspapers. After you recycle about 750-800 newspapers you’ve saved one tree.
The average wooden home is built with around five trees. If you build use an alternative method like adobe or straw bale. That’s five …read more