Sustainability Campaign

The purpose of this campaign is to educate and inform the Kodiak community about how to reduce energy consumption, recycle resources and products and reuse rather than discard materials.

Load another sustainability fact

Did you know the average American uses seven trees a year in paper, wood, and other products made from trees. This amounts to about two billion trees per year. Half of it we simply throw away – enough every year to heat 50 million homes for twenty years. Currently only six percent of Kodiak’s waste stream is being recycled.

Western Alaska Land Title Company encourages you to recycle office paper, newspapers, cardboard, junk mail and paper packaging materials. Recycling saves trees which absorb carbon dioxide and is cost effective. The construction costs of a paper mill designed to use waste paper is 50 to 80% less than the cost of a mill using new pulp.

The purpose of this campaign is to educate and inform the Kodiak community about how to reduce energy consumption, recycle resources and products and reuse rather than discard materials. Our goal is to define terms such as “carbon footprint”, offer useful tips for energy conservation that all of us can use, promote responsible use of our resources, offer suggestions for sustainable development and recognize national, state and most importantly local initiatives and programs addressing sustainability issues.

Sustainable Development: Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” From the time sustainable development was first endorsed at the UN General Assembly in 1987, the parallel concept of education to support sustainable development has also been explored. Research shows that basic education is key to a nation’s ability to develop and achieve sustainability targets. Ultimately we believe a better educated community will better address it’s sustainable health for future generations.