Green Textbooks

(NAPSA)—A smart way to teach students about the importance of protecting the planet is to use textbooks printed on 100 percent recycled paper. That’s what happens this year as Go Math! textbooks go green. The textbooks for grades K through 5 are the first of their kind to receive a “Green Edition” zy HOUGHTONMIFFLIN HARCOURT Using recycled fiber to produce textbooks helps reduce energy use, water consumption and landfill waste. seal, which certifies that the publisher—Houghton Mifflin Harcourt—used environmentally responsible manufacturing and distribution processes to produce and deliver the series from author to reader. The publisher estimates that overthelife of the book’s adoption in Florida alone, the green text- books will save 40,000 trees, 8 million gallons of water, reduce air emissions by 3.8 million pounds and eliminate 1 million poundsofsolid waste. Additional companyinitiatives include using recycled corrugate material and more soy-based inks. For more information, visit www.hmhpub.com.