For those of you looking to jump on the bandwagon and start the New Year aiming for a slimmer and trimmer you, may we suggest a diet of a different kind? How about say, a slimmer trimmer mailbox? With over 19 billion catalogs sent out each year to American consumers, cutting down on unwanted mail could help reduce pollution, landfill waste, water waste, deforestation, and carbon dioxide emissions. Thanks to the NRDC along with the Ecology Center and the National Wildlife Federation there's now a simple and easy way to "trim the fat" through their new site Catalog Choice.

Visit www.catalogchoice.org and spend ten completely free minutes removing your name from unwanted mailing list. No Spandex required.