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In observance of Earth Day 2008, veteran science teacher Kenny Luna cooked up a clever way to get young students thinking about the impact they have on the environment every day. In a few short months, he has managed to get thousands of school children in schools across the country to take on the "Great Copy Machine Epidemic of 2008."

In his own words:

When more than 23,000 school kids at 30 schools in 13 U.S. States and the Island of Curacao participated in The Great Copy Machine Epidemic of 2008, they took a step towards reducing both deforestation and global warming by going without photocopies in classes for a day.

But they also had fun while "diagnosing" which contagious disease they believe has been causing school photocopy machines everywhere to chew up trees and spit them out at such an amazing rate.  They dressed copiers up with the disease of their choice to create awareness of the problem among students, teachers, parents and staff throughout the day.

And now it's your turn to vote for which of their "diagnoses" you think best communicates the idea that each of us can make simple steps each day to reduce both our carbon footprint and the impact we have on the planet by considering our use of photocopies at work, home, and school.

So to help determine which school has solved The Great Copy Machine Epidemic of 2008, visit http://www.greatcopyepidemic.com/ and cast your vote!

Kenny asked me to help him get the word out.  Cast your votes today!