Happy Earth Day, Live Team!
(Technically, it's on Thursday, but I'm posting early)
During the month of April, many of San Jose’s Live members have initiated their own community projects, with the help and support of their teammates. We’re thinking globally and acting locally to make a difference. I’m very proud of the work that we’ve begun to do! I’ve been encouraging my students to initiate projects, document them, and record them as part of our environmental self-defense initiatives, which are being integrated (along with other related projects) into the rank requirements of my school. With just a little bit of time, they have already been able to organize numerous projects.(Great job team!)
Here’s a brief summary with links to some of their many projects:
Lynne Brady is creating a garden along an unused area of our campus to grow foods that will be donated to needy families in our school community! She has received a great deal of support from teammates Edgar Diego and Fernando Ortiz, who have donated many hours towards building the planters and filling them with soil.
Karena Chicas constructed a presentation for her class about Earth Day, and cleaned a local park with her friend Vanessa (a student in my English class).
Meaghan Del Real is assembling a team of helpers for a community art project that will covert old clothing items into decorative pillows and pillowcases. Teammate Anne Tran describes the project here. More on this coming as it develops.
Steven Han and Eloy Harris teamed up to clean up our school campus and found a number of “curious” items, along with a serious need to continue doing their work. Fellow teammates Armond Witherspoon and Juan Zamudio have stepped up to help them.
Lucinda Maldonado and her nephew helped to clean a local park, see photos here.
Ashley Ornelas organized a local school cleanup project together with teammates Andrew Mendez and Robert Truong. Check out the before and after clips.
Daniel Poo is striving to reduce his carbon footprint and is encouraging others to do the same. He’s been forwarding this website to his co-workers, relatives, and colleagues to calculate their carbon footprint. Additionally, he has taken the Meat-Free Monday pledge to help reduce his carbon footprint – read about it here! He’s looking for 100 signatures – perhaps you may want to help him reach his goal? You can contact him on his Ning profile here.
Youssef Shokry is researching rooftop gardening and other green solutions, as well as begun his own small garden. I've pointed him in the direction of the Square Foot Gardening project.
Anne Tran is creating a food compost at our school with the intent of supporting Lynne’s garden project. She’s already secured a green light from the school principal to obtain resources and begin doing the work
If you’re reading this: you don’t have to do anything fancy or attend a huge gathering to begin doing something for your community. Chances are that, if you open your front door, there’s someone or something within walking distance that could benefit from your efforts. We just need to train our eyes to see a need, and then take action to help. If you're ready for the next level, then align with a local organization and help them with their work!
Until next time, keep training hard and living like champions.
P.S. to Mike Curtis: My team will gladly assist with your daughter’s project. We’ll be sending you something in the next couple of weeks.
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