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seem a long way off, but Iris Hsiang already has a plan for planting. The Essex High School junior is selling trees to offset the paper used by the school. For the 2018-19 academic year, that amounted to an estimated 2.7 million sheets, she said.  "Thats just a crazy amount to be going through for paper alone," Hsiang said. "And its a crazy carbon footprint." “Fired Up” is a semi-regular series exploring Vermont’s climate-related challenges and what residents are trying ...

January 18, 2021 at 10:42 PM LIVINGSTON, NJ — In an effort to replace the trees being chopped down for paper use, the Livingston High School (LHS) Key Club recently adopted a tree-planting initiative in partnership with a 501©3 non-profit organization called “Tree-Plenish.” On Sunday, April 18, just four days before Earth Day 2021, the Key Club will host its first Tree-Plenish event “with the goal of offsetting Livingston High Schools paper usage,” according to LHS Key Club President...