I got beaten to the punch posting about Bill Moyers' excellent video essay last night.   It did get me to the Moyers page at PBS.org, and I was watching some Journal episodes I'd missed.

On one he had a segment on

http://catalogchoice.org/

This is an easy, FREE way to opt out of unwanted mail-order catalogs that clutter your mailbox, house, and landfills.  Not as good as a do-not-mail list, but still a step in the right direction.  Just one statistic:  A 1.2 - 1.5% order rate is considered good for companys "prospectng" with these catalogs.... >98% end up in recycle bins, or worse landfills.