The Great Copy Machine Epidemic apparently is striking copy machines in schools across the country.

An unidentified contagious disease is striking school photocopiers across America, and causing them to chew up trees at an amazing rate. Using tremendous amounts of energy throughout the process, and contributing to global warming.

Symptoms were first observed by the students and staff at the Robert Moses Middle School in North Babylon NY, and now we’re asking schools across America to join in a national day of action to stop global warming on April 17th by putting their school photocopiers under quarantine, and pledging not to make or use any photocopies in classes on that day.

I’m not quite sure why teachers and students love photocopies so much but they do. I think it’s something to do with the idea that if you fill out a worksheet, you’re in your seat, relatively quiet, and on-task. In any case, your school can also take action by putting your school photocopies under quarantine on April 17th and experience a day in school without copies (or with copies made ahead of time). 

Via Treehugger