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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Land Sinks Learn More about Silvopasture
    Had you heard of the term "silvopasture" before now? After learning more about it, what do you think is the biggest advantage of silvopasture?

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    Mikhail Leybovich 6/09/2021 5:55 AM
    I have heard of silvopasture before. The biggest benefit of it would be a carbon sink as well as a natural habitat for people to visit. If the silvopasture is done with permaculture in mind it could also produce food for local communities. 
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Electricity Watch a Video about Methane Digesters
    What does your vision of a sustainable community look like? What would need to be changed in order for such vision to become reality?

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    Mikhail Leybovich 6/09/2021 5:53 AM
    My sustainable community looks just like it does right now. The only thing that needs to change for my vision to become a reality is people's values and culture at large. The way culture puts value on certain things needs an adjustment, so perhaps people need to consume less media and focus on producing content in their lives.
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Food, Agriculture, and Land Use Composting
    Producing food that goes uneaten squanders many resources—seeds, water, energy, land, fertilizer, hours of labor, financial capital. Which of these kinds of waste most motivates you to change your behavior regarding food waste? Why?

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    Mikhail Leybovich 6/09/2021 5:49 AM
    I personally have been composting in my back yard for about a decade. I've also helped my friend, Carlos start a community composting area 2 blocks from my house. For me the most important part about composting is that makes use of a valuable resource, instead of having that resources by thrown away. By throwing it away you not only waste it, but also need to transport it which doubly uses fossil fuels. 
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Land Sinks Support a Community Garden
    What are the multiple benefits of community gardens, including carbon sequestration? Why do these benefits matter to you?

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    Mikhail Leybovich 5/12/2021 5:52 AM
    I am a member of a community garden at Jamaica Bay, Floyd Bennett Community Garden. Obviously plants sequester carbon dioxide out of the air, but that's not why I am a member. I joined to take responsibility for growing my own healthy food, as well as to become a member of a smaller scale gardner community. Finally, being a member there also draws a small connection to my job at  BUGS. 

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    Lucia San Roque Hall 3/17/2021 5:53 AM

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    Lucia San Roque Hall 3/17/2021 5:46 AM
    i watched the Greta Thunberg documentary 
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Health and Education Research Barriers to Participation and Representation
    What are some of the barriers that exist to women's equal participation and/or representation in your community?

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    Linus Diaz Berg 3/03/2021 5:50 AM
    some peolpe think only men ar worthy of doing hard work wich is completely  false.
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Action Track: Healing & Renewal BLM/BHM
    How can this guiding principle show up in our school community on a regular basis?

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    Mateo Reale 2/24/2021 5:49 AM
    I think students and teachers alike in school should be able to tell each other their problems and then everyone could have empathy for one another and help eachother out.
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Action Track: Healing & Renewal BLM/BHM
    How can this guiding principle show up in our school community on a regular basis?

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    Mikhail Leybovich 2/24/2021 5:47 AM
    The one thread that connects all of the 13 principles of BLM is that different groups of people in the past did not get their fair "shake" at being members in society. Society has not and still does not tree everyone fairly with the dignity that they deserve. For me one way to make these principles show up in our school on a regular basis is to remember to treat every individual person with the dignity and respect that we all deserve. 
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Action Track: Healing & Renewal BLM/BHM
    How can this guiding principle show up in our school community on a regular basis?

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    Amelia Lawrence 2/24/2021 5:45 AM
    I think that we can use this principle: ¨We are committed to fostering a queer‐affirming network. When we gather, we do so with the intention of freeing ourselves from the tight grip of heteronormative thinking or, rather, the belief that all in the world are heterosexual unless s/he or they disclose otherwise." to make sure we don't use gay as an insult or we don't make fun of people who are not straight or people who don't Identify as the pronouns they were born with.