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Brunswick School Reports

Lizzy DeVan at The Brunswick School in Greenwich, CT emailed today with their results. The 1st to 4th grade boys (it’s an all-boys school) canceled 677 catalogs! The CCC was organized by student members of Bruswick’s “Green Bruins” club (Charlie Burdett, Sean Redahan, Jackson Brymer, Max Bergstein, Jared Wofson) with help from Ms. DeVan. They also made a movie about it that I can’t wait to see. 3rd grader Max Bergstein wrote the fantastic blog post below. Thanks Max!! Well said!!

“The experience of canceling catalogs was one I’m glad I had. Canceling catalogs was a fun way to save our trees and the animals who live in them. I thought canceling catalogs would be difficult and the people who answered the phone wouldn’t be friendly. Actually, the people I spoke with were very friendly and the process of canceling was quick and easy. I realized that if everyone spent a few minutes on the phone asking to be removed from mailing lists they don’t want to be on, we would save millions of pounds of paper. Trees would not be cut down and they could keep on living and soaking up carbon dioxide, which cleans our air and helps us all breathe better.”

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Our First New York School!

 180 PreK to 5th graders at the North Warren Central School in Chestertown, NY wrapped up their CCC. They canceled 417 sales catalogs and loved to project! 4th grade teacher and organizer, Cheryl Erickson writes:

“Thanks for sharing this great project with everyone and for creating such a wonderful web site to support it.  You made it very interesting, informative and easy(!) to use the resources that  you provided to duplicate the CCC in our school.

“The kids had a terrific time spreading the word and collecting and analyzing the data. I’m already planning next year’s challenge for November.  You have so many great ideas on the website.  Thanks for all of the work that you’ve put into it.  When the class saw how many trees were saved when everyone working together, they became really motivated.  It was a very empowering project.  Thanks again.”

Page School, West Newbury, MA

The John C. Page school canceled 458 catalogs this month! They’re ending with a special ceremony next week where their Green Team will present green books to their library.