MY 'COOL GLOBE' TRAVELS THE WORLD

7 DAYS * 36 FAMILIES * 100 POUNDS The average American home receives 1.5 trees in its mailbox every year in the form of unsolicited mail. That adds up to over 100 million trees cut down and over 28 billion gallons of water consumed to produce one year’s worth of junk mail. Reducing the amount of junk mail that one household receives will save energy, natural resources, and landfill space. To bring home the concept of the sheer overabundance of mail that Americans receive each year, Ellen Gradman covered her globe with 100 pounds of junk mail that she collected from 36 families in a single week. The globe’s strong visual impact is distinguished by the unique texture of the globe’s “trashy” surface, and the stenciled numbers reveal how quickly junk mail accumulates.