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为我们的星球培养积极的希望
为我们的星球培养积极的希望

This past summer, wildfires, floods, and extreme heat roiled the country 和 world. These signals that our climate is changing can sometimes render us helpless and hopeless. 

上学校 历史 teacher Sam Thacker recognizes how scary it is and how fear can lead to feelings of futility as well as inaction. But he also knows the power of community and how creative solutions can blossom when we work together. 

“As a parent of young children and a professional educator, I’m especially concerned with the future we’re creating. What do I say to young people when they ask: What are you doing about climate change?塞克尔说。. 他开始和Mark Croxford进行头脑风暴, 高中环境科学教师, 以及戏剧系的吉奥·德卡斯·奥唐奈, on how they could build on 线上博彩平台排名’ existing sustainability work and commitment. 

Together with the student Environmental Action Club (EAC) 和 Campus Climate Coalition (CCC), 员工和其他教职员工, they organized 线上博彩平台排名’ 9月tember 8 上学校 Assembly and Sustainability Fair, emphasizing the power of embracing Active Hope as we care for and steward the earth’s beauty and resources. 

The Assembly kicked off with a look at the science behind climate change. Mark Croxford used recent changes to the jet stream to illustrate how excess greenhouse gases lead to climatological anomalies such as droughts and storms. 

艾伦把, 线上博彩平台排名的音乐老师和无伴奏合唱总监, then brought his experience as a climate organizer to bear, 鼓励所有人拥抱积极的希望. He explained that although significant climate change has already occurred, what we all do now will have a huge impact on the course of events.

“这是我们这个时代的挑战，”他说. “那么我们该怎么办呢??”

拥抱积极的希望 

Both the students and faculty involved in action for climate change at 线上博彩平台排名 are encouraging Active Hope as our best way forward. This generally means understanding the current reality, 一起处理, 正视我们的十大赌博平台排行榜和习惯, and forging ahead as a community with hope toward a just and livable future. 这也意味着, 尽可能多, not getting discouraged by what’s already transpired or thinking that what you do won’t make a difference.  

“Reflect on your individual strengths and talents 和n commit yourself to some kind of action,塞克尔说。. 在线上博彩平台排名，我们都可以利用我们的联系. “Working together in community will serve us well and give us sustenance in our work.” 

Sustainability Fair organizers brought active hope to life by exposing students to organizations in our community that are committed to positive climate action including the Hunting Park 社区 Solar Initiative 和 Quaker group EQAT (Earth Quaker Action Team). 学生领袖们围绕食物开展活动, 时尚, and transportation to give their fellow students ideas and resources on how to be agents of active hope. 

穿着朴素的衣服, Lily Jensen ‘24 ran a table at the Sustainability Fair on alternatives to fast 时尚, a major contributor to waste in this country and around the world. 

选管会联席主席, Jensen advises us all to take a look at our closets and see where we can repair, 重用, 和回收. 线上博彩平台排名 students will have the opportunity to bring any clothes they or their families don’t want to the upcoming fall clothing swap (details to come) and help reduce clothing waste. 

See the Sustainability Fair through a bird’s eye view! 

线上博彩平台排名的可持续发展承诺

他们的工作建立在 线上博彩平台排名的持续承诺 通过它的远程，四阶段 可持续校园规划 to achieve the highest sustainability standards possible for the school. 

线上博彩平台排名可持续发展行动: 

  • Conducting energy audits approximately every five years, resulting in:
    • The gradual replacement of windows to be more energy-efficient
    • 将所有照明改为LED
    • 集中供热和制冷以节约能源. 
  • Joining the Green Energy program and purchasing renewable energy credits
  • Ensuring all renovations and new construction prioritize sustainability:
  • 线上博彩平台排名 carefully stewards its Betty Cary Arboretum sustaining more than 230 unique shrubs and trees as well as new plantings across campus.

如何参与

Sustainability plans for this semester include lunch programming, 一致减少塑料的使用, 还有换衣服.

Inspired by her 较低的学校 Science Teacher Karen Cherubini, 霏欧纳亚伯拉罕, ‘26, CCC会员, first started thinking about environmental justice in elementary school. She began to research protests and “dragged her mom to them in Philly, DC and New York City.” 

“任何朝着更美好未来的行动都很重要，”她说. “阅读科学知识, 质疑你的准则, 种植花园, 自带水瓶, 无论你做什么都很重要. 个人行动无法解决系统性危机, but we can all contribute to the ongoing future of our communities.”

“Our students will enter a world that looks a lot different from the one many of us grew up in,塞克尔说。. “We owe them an educational experience that looks squarely at climate change and prepares them for what they’ll be graduating into.” 

资源

  • Those interested in participating in 线上博彩平台排名’ sustainability clubs and events, 能联系24岁的埃利·格林鲍姆或萨姆·塞克吗. 
  • 朋友免费图书馆创建了一个 数字书架 to help you explore and learn more about climate change. In addition to new sustainability and zero waste books, there is a list of the websites for all the groups that participated in the Sustainability Fair. 

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