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"Actions in Spotlight has encouraged me to learn more about why these inequalities exist and how society can resolve them through the implementation of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals."
"Actions encourages other young people to learn more and speak out for the causes they support; our voices will be heard."
Nonfiction in response to Partnerships for the Goals
May 2019
When I was little, my teachers taught my peers and me skills like adding and subtracting, reading and writing. They also taught us other skills like sharing with each other, talking about our problems, and negotiating solutions. These are basic principles...
By Georgia Bernbaum
May 2019
Nonfiction in response to Partnerships for the Goals
To achieve all 16 goals, the United Nations put forth the 17th goal which encourages collaboration between public and private sector to achieve the goals.Schools, public or private, play an important role to help achieve this 17th goal. They should prepare the future...
By Grace Muresan
Poem in response to Life On Land
March 2019
A Land Without Life
By Kelsey Cashman
A warm summer’s day,
But something is wrong-
No birds in the sky
Singing their songs,
No mosquitoes humming
Disturbing the air,
Not a speck of green grass
To be found anywhere.
A slow fade to fall,
But when you look around.
No trees dressed in colors,
No leaves hit the ground.
Not a squirrel to be seen
In search of acorns,
No pumpkins or squashes
Or sweet golden corn.
A cold day in winter,
Snow falls everywhere.
But no tracks in the snow
From a deer or a hare.
Not a bear to be found
Asleep in its den,
No groundhog will come
To signal winter’s end.
Now flip to spring,
Not a flower in sight.
No pollen or petals,
No birds make their flight.
No bumbling bees
Go buzzing by,
And no baby birds
Learn how to fly.
Must this be?
Must it be so?
Will we see a time
Where nothing will grow?
Unless we make change,
And make them with speed,
Life on land will be gone,
Erased by our deeds.