1. STEP 1: FEEL<br />Schools are notorious for using tremendous amounts of paper.<br />Some calculations:<br />Nearly 4 billion trees/35% of the world total trees cut around the world are used in paper industries.<br />4 feet by 4 x 8 / 128 cubic tons produces 90k sheets of paper or 2700 copies of 35 page newspaper.<br />The trees used to make paper come from softwood forest-mostly pine.<br />So you are using a piece of paper, feeling guilty that trees are being used to make paper.<br />So we are responsible for the environmental damage.<br />In India, average specific paper consumption of a person is 8-10kg per year.<br />Also wood is used for only 10% of paper.<br />STEP 2: IMAGINE<br />Students waste paper in abundance and also the classroom become<br />Untidy.<br />Conserving paper usage in school has multiple benefits.<br />Saving trees<br />Cutting costs<br />STEP 3: DO<br />Instructions:<br />Instructed students to use both sides of the paper for notes and assignment.<br />Asked to avoid leaving white spaces as much as they can.<br />Tips given:<br />Use note book wisely, don’t do silly things with paper-making planes, passing notes, throwing it at your classmates and so on.<br /> <br />Environmental clubs:<br />Make the school community more ecology save.<br />Calculate how much paper is thrown out.<br />Tip of the day in daily bulletin board.<br />Post reminder:<br />“These come from Trees”<br />Don’t write on random pieces of paper to remember things.<br />SAVE PAPER!!!<br />