Elah Ikegami
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participant impact
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UP TO1.0locally sourced mealsconsumed
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UP TO8.0minutesspent learning
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UP TO2.0conversationswith people
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UP TO5.0lightbulbsreplaced
Elah's actions
Health and Education
Become a certified Climate Ambassador!
The Climate Museum in NYC is working with local teens to form a Climate Volunteer Coalition! The first step is to educate yourself on the main talking points around climate change. Next, share your knowledge! To help you do this, the Climate Museum has produced a pocket-sized "Climate Ambassador" card. Read the instructions, print the card, cut/fold, and start talking to the people! If you don't have a printer--make your own! https://climatemuseum.org/ambassador **With parent permission** You can also sign up on the Climate Museum website for more info. You can even post a reflection that the Museum will publish on their website for all to see!
Health and Education
Sir David Attenborough: The Voice of Planet Earth Speaks on Climate Change
After you watch the video with your advisory, answer the reflection question below. For additional points, respond to a teammate's post!
Coastal, Ocean, and Engineered Sinks
For the love of nature
Post a photo of something from nature that you love and want to protect.
Action Track: Social Justice
Songwriting
I used my creativity and self expression to write a song about the current times. OR I researched and shared a song about the current times.
Action Track: Justice for the Whole Community
Voting Rights
After you listen to the StoryCorp episode about voting rights, reflect on what it means to vote. Check in with the adults in your life-are they planning on voting? Why or why not?
Action Track: Justice for the Whole Community
Native Land and Practices Acknowledgement
Native Land Acknowledgement means to learn about, talk about, and show respect for the Native inhabitants of an area of land. We do this for many reasons: to correct history, protect and preserve the culture and identity of native peoples, acknowledge the role of European colonization in the loss of native lives and lands. For this activity, read about the Lenape. The tribe indigenous to Brooklyn, Queens , and Manhattan. Who are they, what was NYC like before colonization? How can we honor the Lenape today? (links below)
Action Track: Justice for the Whole Community
Sustainable BUGS
The goal of this action to create a more sustainable school experience for our students and staff :)
Food, Agriculture, and Land Use
Climate Change and Wildfires: How is climate change affecting you? Our hometown? And what can we do now?
First, the article about the CA wildfires and climate change. Climate Change In Your Hometown The featured article discusses the connection between climate change and California wildfires. Another Times article, from 2018, lets you track how the number of days when temperatures hit 90 degrees Fahrenheit (32 degrees Celsius) or higher changes in your hometown over your lifetime. As you look at the graph created based on your hometown and the year you were born, what do you notice? (If you want, try entering the birth year of your parents or grandparents as well.) Then, scroll to see the climate predictions for your hometown when you are 80 years old. Continue to scroll to learn more about these predictions, and then see how your hometown compares to other parts of the country and the world using the interactive globe.
Electricity
Spread the Word about Energy Alternatives
All Electricity Solutions
I will research and tell 2 people each day about the benefits of alternative energy sources like wind turbines, solar energy, geothermal energy, and methane digesters.
Food, Agriculture, and Land Use
Support Local Food Systems
Plant-Rich Diets
I will source 1 percent of my food from local producers each day. This could include signing up for a local CSA, buying from a farmer's market, visiting a food co-op, foraging with a local group, or growing my own ingredients.
Health and Education
Research Barriers to Participation and Representation
Health and Education
I will spend at least 5 minutes learning more about the barriers to women's equal participation and representation around the world.
Electricity
Choose LED Bulbs
LED Lighting
I will replace 7 incandescent lightbulb(s) with Energy Star-certified LED bulbs, saving up to $14 per fixture per year.
Food, Agriculture, and Land Use
Smaller Portions
Reduced Food Waste
I will use smaller plates and/or serve smaller portions when dishing out food.
Health and Education
Learn about the Need for Family Planning
Health and Education
I will spend at least 5 minutes learning more about the need for family planning globally.
Action Track: Justice for the Whole Community
Learn about the Legacy of Redlining
Multiple Solutions
I will spend at least 5 minutes learning about the legacy of redlining and how city planning and environmental justice issues are interconnected.
Food, Agriculture, and Land Use
Eliminating food waste during Thanksgiving (or other big meals!)
Watch the video and respond to the reflection questions below :).
Action Track: Healing & Renewal
Climate Change Action
Watch the film and respond to the reflection question :)
Industry
Time's Kid of the Year: Water Quality Tester Engineer
Gitanjali Rao is the first “Time’s Kid of the Year”. She is being recognized for inventing a device that detects lead in drinking water.
Land Sinks
Learning to Fly
Our surroundings, the environment--natural and manmade---have a huge impact on our life story. Watch the video together and then share a memory of your home, your neighborhood, or another special place that has helped you become who you are today.
Electricity
Carbon Footprint Calculator
Use the link below to calculate your own Carbon Footprint.
Action Track: Healing & Renewal
BLM/BHM
The Black Lives Matter Movement drafted 13 Guiding Principles. These principles were created in order to heal and sustain our communities. Read through the Guiding Principles. Choose at least one to reflect upon.
Food, Agriculture, and Land Use
We are all connected: Wangari Maathai
Wangari Maathai was the first African woman to receive a Nobel Peace Prize. Of course, she was not the first African woman to deserve a Nobel Peace Prize but racism, colonialism, and sexism have long played into this award. Read about Maathai, a biologist and activist, and reflect on what Americans can learn about her work and apply to our own hemisphere.
Health and Education
Jaysa Miller and Youth Voices for the Planet
Climate Change and pollution disproportionately affect Black Americans and communities of color. Young people like Jaysa Miller have had enough. Miller is working to unveil and hold developers, policymakers, and factory owners accountable for the risk they put communities in. Learn about her work by watching the video below!
Health and Education
Why have the accomplishments of African Civilizations been obscured?
Harvard professor and filmmaker Henry Louis Gates Jr. is interviewed by Audie Cornish about his series Africa’s Great Civilizations.
Health and Education
Women are at the front of Farmer's Protests in India
Read the article below and reflect on the event with your advisory and independently.
Participant Feed
Reflection, encouragement, and relationship building are all important aspects of getting a new habit to stick.
Share thoughts, encourage others, and reinforce positive new habits on the Feed.
To get started, share “your why.” Why did you join the challenge and choose the actions you did?
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REFLECTION QUESTIONLand Sinks Learning to FlyWatch the video together and then share a memory of your home, your neighborhood, or another special place that has helped you become who you are today.
Elah Ikegami 10/28/2020 6:01 AMI used to go to the beach a lot and I always loved it so I think the bench made me love the ocean life -
REFLECTION QUESTIONAction Track: Justice for the Whole Community Sustainable BUGSWhat is one action you want to see happen this year to help sustain the BUGS community? It can be something that sustains the people in our community or the environment. *remember: to "sustain" means to keep going. In this case how to we keep going this year in a healthy and happy way?
Elah Ikegami 10/14/2020 6:58 AMstrict rules with recycling and compost garbage and reusable items going in the right bin -
REFLECTION QUESTIONCoastal, Ocean, and Engineered Sinks For the love of natureDescribe your photo and why you chose it!
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Elah Ikegami 10/14/2020 6:12 AMstreet trees re a major part of stopping climate change here is an articleUrban Trees Play a Key Role in Climate Change Mitigation
With the 2015 Climate Change Conference wrapped up in Paris and the adoption of the Paris Agreement, one question remains – what action can we take here in the San Francisco Bay Area?We all know that we are experiencing a period of warming due to the greenhouse gases building up in the atmosphere, trapping in more energy than is radiating back out to space. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) research shows that carbon dioxide (CO2) makes up 74% of those greenhouse gas emissions, with 57% just from fossil fuel use. That trapped energy contributes to a warmer atmosphere, impacting ocean temperatures, sea-ice pack, sea levels, and vegetation and animal habitats.As the conservation nonprofit American Forests reminds us, “healthy forests are our most efficient, inexpensive, and natural systems to combat climate change.”Both natural and urban forests play an essential role in reducing the main contributor to climate change – CO2.There are two direct ways that trees help:Trees act as a CO2 sink:- Trees sequester and store CO2, decreasing the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere.
- Trees use CO2 during photosynthesis to produce sugars, which provide energy for trees as well as emitting oxygen as a by-product of the process.
- Planting more trees absorbs more CO2, reducing the overall concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere.
- An average-size tree can store hundreds of pounds of CO2 over its lifetime.
Trees reduce energy use:- Neighborhoods well-shaded with street trees can be up to 6-10 degrees cooler than neighborhoods without, reducing overall energy needs.
- Three trees properly placed around a house can save up to 30% of energy use.
Here is what you can do to help:- Calculate your carbon footprint using the Carbon Footprint Calculator by the EPA.
- Donate a tree gift to Canopy to grow and protect local urban forests.
Further Reading:American Forests – Forests & Climate ChangeArbor Day Foundation – How Trees Fight Climate Change at HomeArbor Day Foundation – How Trees Fight Climate Change in Your CommunityBBC – What is Climate Change?Forestry Commission – How Trees Can Help Reduce Climate ChangeU.S. Forest Service – How Trees Help Fight Climate Change – All Over the WorldU.S. Forest Service – Urban Forests and Climate Change ResourcesSign up for local tree news, events, volunteer opportunities, and more.-
Jess Norris 10/21/2020 9:11 AMI loved reading this thank you.
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Elah Ikegami 10/14/2020 6:09 AMi changed a lot of the light bulbs in my house to LED light bulbs -
Elah Ikegami 10/14/2020 5:57 AMI like potatoes and apple pie -
REFLECTION QUESTIONAction Track: Justice for the Whole Community Native Land and Practices AcknowledgementWrite a native land acknowledgement. I stand on ___________ land. The _________________ took care of the land by _______________. I promise to preserve the story and culture of the Lenape by ___________.
Elah Ikegami 10/14/2020 5:54 AMI stand on native American's land. the Lenape took care of the land by respecting wildlife and not killing animals for the sport I promise to preserve the story and culture of the Lenape by bring awareness to people and respecting all wildlife