One thing about living in the world's foremost consumer society--you can make a positive impact on the ecosystem in many ways every day! With this in mind, NCP provides Seas and Trees, a consumer's guide to conscientious purchases of seafood and paper products. This guide is also available as a handy billfold-size card--contact us to order one for yourself or a bunch for your congregation or other group.

Seas and Trees

Seafood

There are 90% fewer large fish-tuna, cod, marlin, halibut, flounder-in the world's oceans due to over-fishing and pollution. Making good seafood consumption choices can help stem the tide of destruction!

Best Choices: U.S. farmed : Abalone, Arctic Char, Catfish, Caviar, Crawfish, Shrimp; Alaskan : Halibut, Sablefish/black cod, Salmon (wild); Atlantic : Herring, Mackerel; Other : Anchovies, Mussels or Clams (farmed), Crabs, Oysters (farmed Eastern, European, or Pacific), Sardines, Shrimp (U.S.), Tilapia (U.S.), Striped Bass (farmed)

Next Best: Cod (Pacific), Tuna (canned), Swordfish (Atantic), Squid, Mahi-Mahi, Lobster

Avoid: Caviar (imported wild), Cod (Atlantic), Chilean Sea Bass, Grouper, Halibut (Atlantic), Monkfish, Orange Roughy, Red Snapper, Sharks, salmon (farmed), Shrimp (imported), Tuna (Bluefin)

Paperwork

US paper consumption of 760 pounds per person per year (6x world average) equals 1 billion trees. Every pound of paper from virgin fiber requires three pounds of wood. Meanwhile, the world's forests are disappearing at a rate of an acre a second. We have work to do!

We have work to do!

Copying/writing
Tree Friendly: In US, per capita home and office paper use totals 20 reams per year

100% recycled= save 1.5 trees/year!
NCP says: use both sides!

Tissues
Tree Friendly (100% recycled): Fluff Out, Marcal, Hankies, Seventh Generation, Ecosoft

Avoid: (0% recycled): Kleenex, Puffs

One box of 100% recycled tissues in every US home=163,000 trees saved!
NCP says: use a handkerchief!

Toilet Paper
Tree Friendly (100%): 365, April Soft, Best Value, Earth First, Fiesta, Marcal, Planet, Pert, Sofpac, 7 th Generation, Ambiance

Avoid (0%): Charmin, Cottonelle

Go tree-free=save 1 tree every 12 years! (at rate of 24 rolls pppy)

Paper Towels
Tree Friendly (100%): See TP list, add Atlantic

Avoid (0%): Bounty, Scott, Viva

One roll of 100% recycled in each US home=540,000 trees saved!
NCP says: use a cleaning rag!  

Paper napkins
Tree Friendly (100%): See TP list, add Bella

Avoid : see PT list

One 250-ct pkg 100% recycled in each US home=1 million trees saved!
NCP says: use cloth!

Sources for Seas and Trees:
Audubon Society, Oceans Alive, nrdc.org
Produced by: New Community Project