Treehugger posted a while back about incorporating green tips into email signatures, a great idea that I totally forgot about until my beautiful assistant Eva reminded me of it yesterday. Their suggestion was to write something along the lines of, “Eco-Tip: Printing emails is usually a waste.” Fine.
But personally, I don’t know anyone who prints out their emails, so I feel like that’s sort of a lame thing to say. Plus, I’m a writer, for crying out loud — I should be able to come up with something zingier than, “Printing emails is usually a waste.” I mean, come on.
So as of today, all the messages I send from my personal email account, my work account and my blog account will end with something like this:
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Vanessa Farquharson
Arts & Life Reporter
National Post
300-1450 Don Mills Rd
Toronto, ON M5B 3R5
t: (416) 383-XXXX
e: greenasathistle@gmail.com
** Green Tip of the Day: Get your morning coffee in a reusable thermos instead of a disposable cup. And yes, that includes the Grande Extra-Hot Non-Fat Latte With Foam getting cold on your desk right now.
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Or, you know, something like that. I might have to play with it and adjust things depending on the recipient.
Funny mean green girl image courtesy of these guys
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