PUNK FOR PEACE (www.punkforpeace.com)

About me:

Established in February 2007, the goal of Punk For Peace is to promote and sell music I love while providing support to non-profit organizations.
At least 10% of the total profit will be used to support the non-profit organizations. If you would like to suggest an organization for Punk For Peace to support, please email your suggestion to KenBraley@punkforpeace.com

Punk For Peace has donated money to the following non-profit organizations:
African Well Fund
Building Hope... One Well At A Time

Amnesty International
Working To Protect Human Rights Worldwide

Code Pink: Women For Peace

Co-op America
Global Research And Action To Stop Corporate Abuse

Iraq Veterans Against The War

Military Free Zone
Ending militarism around the world starts with ending militarism at home.

Oxfam America
Oxfam America is committed to creating lasting solutions to global poverty, hunger, and social injustice.

Plea For Peace Foundation
To promote the ideas of peace through the power of music.

The Save Darfur Coalition
Crucial awareness and advocacy programs that play a critical role in building the political pressure needed to end the crisis in Darfur.

Punk For Peace is committed to the environment:
At Punk For Peace I try to do what is best for the environment in everything I do. First of all, I reuse everything I possibly can. All packaging materials, when available will be reused to ship your order. If I can't reuse it, I recycle it.
The packing materials I buy are the best options I have found so far. They are all 100% recyclable and I hope that you will recycle them. They include:
4" x 9.5" envelopes (100% recycled, 100% post consumer waste)
6" x 9" envelopes (20% post consumer waste)
9" x 12" envelopes (100% recycled, 40% post consumer waste)
If you know of somewhere I can get envelopes with higher recycled percentages at a decent price, please let me know.

I buy 100% renewable electricity from the Energy Cooperative of New York, a member owned, not for profit cooperative. All lights are energy efficient compact fluorescent bulbs, and I try to keep everything off when not in use.

All trips to the post office are made with my (Ken's) car, a honda civic hybrid, which is the third greenest car of 2007. To reduce excess driving, only one trip to the post office is made per day. Many trips are now made with a bicycle, weather permitting.

Please let me know if you have any ideas on how Punk For Peace can be more environmentally conscience.

To keep up with my daily activities and find out how you can get involved in making positive change, please subscribe to the Punk For Peace myspace blog.

PEACE ALWAYS.

Ken Braley
Punk For Peace