Save A Tree From Your Email Signature
If you want to recreate this particular message, simply type the words into your signature using your mail preferences (or whatever message you’d like). The little tree icon is a capital “P” within the Webdings font. It may not be the most ideal icon for this message, but its found on most computers, be they Mac or PC.
Do you really need to print that email? In most cases, no. And in most cases we don’t print our emails, but I’ve known some people who have a very old-school style when it comes to dealing with email (print, read, reply). A friendly reminder might just save a little more paper and encourage some to think twice about other documents that may not need to be printed. I’ve already added it to my signature.
Editorial note (12/2/08): As a complete surprise to me, this post has become the number one post on this blog; however, there is not a single comment on it. Go figure! If you’ve found this post useful or have used it to help you create your own “Save a Tree” email signature, please let me know what you’ve done and if it has worked for you. I welcome your response.
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Hello.
As you said, nobody really knows how to get that signature straight from the search box.
I’ve had to search a lot of blogs to get this.
Silla!
I came across this while looking for a green email signature and/or group to promote re: the same at the bottom of my email.
I’ve noticed that MANY of the signatures have the little tree/path picture, and since I didn’t know who “owned” that I didn’t use it. Mine simply says “consider the enviornment before printing this email. Reduse, recycle, reuse.”
thanks for the blog!!
Since you’re asking for comments – I came here because I’m looking for evidence that it works. It strikes me as silly (and a tad patronizing) since I can’t imagine someone deciding not to print because of this warning. It also looks counterproductive since it makes every email longer by 2-3 lines, which is sometimes enough to overflow into the next page. The sender feels good and superior, but the environment does not benefit – this is how we get a bad name.
An interesting perspective, Mozza. I have no proof that it works, nor do I claim to offer one here. Perhaps we are preaching to the converted.
I would offer that if it keeps one from printing the email then an extra line or three makes little difference in an email.
But I do concede that I’ve seen some more polite ways to phrase the request since publishing this, such as, “Please consider the environment before printing this email.”
You do not have to copy the picture or jpeg to get this signature. To get the tree icon, change your font to webdings. It is a Capital “P” in webdings. Then just change to the color to green and change the font back.
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