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Leo DiCaprio Joins Anti-Junk Mail Campaign And National Hypocrisy Movement In One Fell Swoop

March 17, 2008 by Maggie 3 Comments »

Picture 2-16 Great news, everybody!

“Eco-friendly actor Leonardo DiCaprio has added his name to a new campaign to banish junk mail. The superstar has signed a petition demanding the US government acts to allow citizens to opt out of unwanted post. Dubbed ‘Do Not Mail’, the campaign is the brainchild of international environmental group ForestEthics.” – Ireland Online

Thank God someone’s finally doing something about this issue—I’m constantly hounded through the mail by all these CauseHead actors, and it’s really such a waste of environmental resources. For instance, this weekend, I got yet another horribly vague and unconvincing piece of direct mail from an “actor and environmentalist,” upon which I of course immediately spilled coffee and I—oh. Oh dear. Hmm.

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Leo tells me he’s working with “America’s most effective environmental action group.” Hey, maybe sending two pounds of paper pulp to my house is more environmentally effective than writing me an email, what the hell do I know? I’m not an actor or anything. Fucking polar bears. Should you care to check out the rest of Mr. DiCaprio’s missive and his horrifying signature, it’s after the jump. read more…

 
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