Students Advocate for Going Green

Dear Mr.Crawford,

We think there is a serious problem in our town with the plastic bags. Did you know that about 500 billion plastic bags are consumed each year and only 1% is recycled? The plastic bags get blown when it storms and get caught on animals. The animals can get seriously injured or even die.

We think our city can protect our environment and ban plastic bags. People should begin using cloth bags; doing this will help save money. If we ban plastic bags, more people will want to visit or live in the green city of Manitowoc.

We need to help our environment before it is too late.

Sincerely
Katie, Madde and Colten
5th Graders in Mrs. Jacobson’s homeroom class
from Stangel Elementary School

Students Advocate for Going Green

Dear Mayor Crawford,

Hi! Our names are Larz Luchterhand and Bryce Newberg. We are writing this to you because we saw a slide show about plastic bags. Our class learned a lot about the bags and how bad they are for the environment.
San Francisco and other cities have banned plastic bags. We also learned that if people stop using plastic bags, we could save 1,000,000,000 bags in our lifetime.
And Bryce and I think we should use battery-charged cars and windmills. I also think we should use solar-powered panels to create energy.
Manitowoc should ban plastic bags. Doing this will help the environment and make our city green.


Sincerely,
Bryce and Larz 5th graders in Mrs. Jacobson’s homeroom class at Stangel School!

Students Advocate for Going Green

October 8, 2008

Dear Mayor Crawford,

It has come to my attention that we need to “Go Green.” Manitowoc may be clean, but we can make it cleaner. My idea is to ban plastic bags in Manitowoc. This will also save money for grocery and clothing stores. If we ban plastic bags, other cities in Wisconsin may, too. We can make Wisconsin a better place to live.

Together we can Manitowoc shine!

Sincerely,
Patrick Yetter
Fifth Grade Student
Mrs. Jacobson’s Homeroom
Stangel Elementary