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.
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ONE-TIME ACTION
Action Track: Justice for the Whole Community
Make School More Affordable
Health and Education
I will raise funds to help make school affordable for girls around the world.
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ONE-TIME ACTION
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!
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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.
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Materials
Fix Leaky Faucets
Low-Flow Fixtures
I will fix faucets or report leaky faucets to facilities that have been wasting up to 9 gallons (34 L) of water a day or 270 (1,020 L) gallons of water a month per faucet.
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ONE-TIME ACTION
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!
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ONE-TIME ACTION
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?
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ONE-TIME ACTION
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)
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ONE-TIME ACTION
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 :)
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ONE-TIME ACTION
Food, Agriculture, and Land Use
Eliminating food waste during Thanksgiving (or other big meals!)
Watch the video and respond to the reflection questions below :).
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ONE-TIME ACTION
Action Track: Healing & Renewal
Climate Change Action
Watch the film and respond to the reflection question :)
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ONE-TIME ACTION
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.
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ONE-TIME ACTION
Action Track: Justice for the Whole Community
Learn about the Legacy of Redlining
Multiple Solutions
I will spend at least 10 minutes learning about the legacy of redlining and how city planning and environmental justice issues are interconnected.
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ONE-TIME ACTION
Coastal, Ocean, and Engineered Sinks
For the love of nature
Post a photo of something from nature that you love and want to protect.
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DAILY ACTIONS
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.
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ONE-TIME ACTION
Electricity
Carbon Footprint Calculator
Use the link below to calculate your own Carbon Footprint.
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DAILY ACTIONS
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.
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ONE-TIME ACTION
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.
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DAILY ACTIONS
Health and Education
Start a Social Media Campaign
Health and Education
Through social media, I will raise awareness about gender inequity in education by sharing the information found in the links below.
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DAILY ACTIONS
Health and Education
Farmers in India Protest: Women take the lead
Read about the work of women who farm in India as protests mount against new
https://theconversation.com/women-take-lead-roles-in-indias-farmers-protest-151981
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ONE-TIME ACTION
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?
I grew up in a very rural area. Overtime the farmland and wetlands around my house were bought up and developed. Because their homes were being destroyed, there was a migration of wildlife through our backyard--in search of food and shelter and often injured. I remember one wild night when my dad and next-door neighbor wrestled very stressed out Canadian goose into a pillow case so we could release it at a lake down the road. My brother, me, and our neighbor's kid had to sit in the back of the truck with the goose--holding it so it wouldn't roll out the back of the truck. I remember screaming with joy when we eventually let that bird fly. It was midnight, a full moon. I remember feeling like I was dreaming and then I looked down at my sweatshirt and it was covered in feathers and goose poop- reality check! Short story long, that night, and my childhood in general gave me a lot of perspective of human impact on the environment and the lengths we need to go to protect it.
I would ask Sir David Attenborough how he thinks the arts can be used (and have been used) to inform people about climate change and motivate them to make change!
I love the BUGS Gardens and miss our community market!
Action Track: Justice for the Whole CommunitySustainable BUGS
What 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?
