INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Paper products contribute to global warming in the sense that their production requires fossil fuels, even though trees must be continuously planted to sustain the paper industry. You can reduce your paper use by making a few simple changes, such as: Not printing emails you don't have to. Using the library or reading e-books instead of buying printed books. Getting e-bills and asking that stores don't print off receipts for you. Asking your parents to buy recycled paper products, like facial tissues, bathroom tissues, and writing and printing paper. Scanning books instead of photocopying them. Sending e-cards instead of paper cards. Most municipalities provide perfectly safe drinking water, so there's usually no need to buy bottled water in America. But consumers love this convenient and portable product, even though it takes three liters of water to produce one liter of bottled water, and millions of barrels of oil are needed to manufacture the bottles, caps, and packaging required to meet the demands of American consumers alone. If your parents buy bottled water, ask them to stop. Even if they don't, you can opt to use a reusable glass or metal canteen that you refill with tap or filtered water. The majority of packaging used in North America has more to do with advertising and gimmicks than it does product preservation or consumer safety. Because most of that packaging is plastic, fossil fuels have been used to create it, and lots of it cannot be recycled. By refusing to buy products that have excessive packaging, you will reduce your carbon footprint and tell businesses that their methods are not acceptable.

SUMMARY: Use less paper. Don't buy bottled water. Avoid products that use excessive packaging.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Before you can get started organizing your documents, you'll want to make sure you've got all of your documents in front of you. Don't worry about how your files are organized or arranged just yet. For now, gather up all the documents you think need to be stored and get ready to sort them. Take out older documents that you have already sorted. You may want to rearrange them to fit in with the new system that you're creating. Make sure you've got all of your recent documents collected and ready to be sorted. When you are organizing your files, it can be helpful to form them into two main categories: active files that you need to work with and archival files that you need to store away. This will help you access the files you use more often and neatly store away the files you won't be needing immediate access to. Active files are documents that you still need to address, reference or otherwise access often. Archival files are documents that you won't need in the near future, but still need to save. After you've gotten your files together in one place, you can take a quick inventory of them. While you are reviewing your files, take note of the general categories they might fit. Write these categories down to create the basic organizational system that you will be using for your files. Take a look at some of these common categories to get an idea of which ones you might want to use: Legal records with subcategories such as birth certificates, death certificates or marriage documents. Financial documents that cover your past financial summaries, credit card information, credit reports or annual financial summaries. Property records. Personal documents such as diplomas, employment records, health records and insurance policies. Put documents that you've labeled as archival files into your long term storage container. These files won't be accessed often, so make sure they are placed into their proper categories in the filing system for later retrieval. Archival files will likely make up the majority of your filed and organized documents. Long term storage can be divided into two further categories: permanent files and "dead" files. Permanent files might include educational documents, employment documents or other important papers that you may still need to access. "Dead" files are documents that you may not need to access again. Old tax records may fit in this category. Remember, however, that tax returns should be kept for seven years. Documents that you will be using often or still need to review, will need to be placed into your active documents section. This section in your filing system will allow you to quickly access documents that are not quite ready for archiving. The following are the four most common active document categories that you might consider using: Documents that still need your attention. Documents that you still need to read or review. Bills that you still need to pay. Documents that are ready to move into long term storage.

SUMMARY: Gather up all of your documents. Sort your files into active and archive items. Create and label the right categories for your system. File long term storage documents away. Put your current documents into your active document section.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Palm Sunday is exactly one week before Easter. Palm Sunday celebrates Christ's entry into Jerusalem. It also marks the beginning of Holy Week. The entire week is often referred to as "Holy Week," but the Thursday, Friday, and Saturday immediately before Easter in particular are recognized as dates of significance in the Christian calendar. Maundy Thursday celebrates the Last Supper of Christ. It also recognizes the "washing of feet," a biblical event during which Jesus washed the feet of his Apostles. Many Christian denominations celebrate the maundy (washing of feet) as a church ordinance. Good Friday recognizes the day that Christ was crucified. Holy Saturday commemorates the time during which Christ's body lay in the tomb. It is typically viewed as a day of preparation for Easter Sunday. Trace back to the Sunday that came six calendar weeks earlier. The Wednesday immediately before that date is Ash Wednesday. In other words, Ash Wednesday is 46 days before Easter each year. Ash Wednesday is a formal day of repentance in many Christian churches. It also marks the first day of Lent, a period of 40 days over which Christians are to spiritually prepare for Easter. Ascension Day is a Christian holiday that falls exactly 39 days after Easter Sunday. Ascension Day celebrates Christ's ascension into heaven. In some Christian denominations, it is also considered the "fortieth day of Easter," meaning that all the days in between Easter Sunday and Ascension Day are part of the broader Easter season.

SUMMARY:
Back up one week to find Palm Sunday. Pay special attention to the week in between Palm Sunday and Easter. Count back to the Wednesday six weeks before Easter. Count 40 days ahead.