When not in use, turn off the juice. That’s the message left on Post-it notes around New York City schools, which have cut energy use 11% since 2008. Schools were known as energy wasters, but today many adopt conservation measures to beat tight budgets and higher costs. Students participate. GR


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If everyone could stop in a minute to acknowledge the harms we are causing on our planet, what would earth look like in the next 10 years or is it too late? To quote George Bernard Shaw: “Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their
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Signs are posted near elevators, “Burn calories Not electricity Take the stairs” however the human population tends to ignore them. The NYP’s green helped launch a “Take the stairs” campaign, which promotes the public to take the stairs throughout the day to save electricity. In High school, I became conscious about the amount of energy that is used to operate an elevator. That’s when I ended my relationship with my dear friend the elevator. Soon after my school day began by walking up to the 10th floor where my first period class took place. Today I could proudly say that I walk up every set of stairs required to reach my destination.