"Small Change" Can Change the World

Aug 3, 2012 2:15 PM ET

"Small Change" Can Change the World

At the Garcia River Forest, “small change” from customers who participate in the UPS carbon neutral shipping program—only a few cents per package on average—helps the nonprofit Conservation Fund conserve and then restore the most sensitive areas of the forest, including rivers like Garcia that snake through redwood trees large enough to drive through.  Our Garcia River Forest is one of the first projects to benefit from the UPS carbon neutral program.  While the cost of offsetting every single package is relatively modest, it has an immediate and lasting benefit on the wildlife, fish and our climate. It’s a small change every participating UPS customer can be proud of.

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