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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
Our Creative Response to the 7th Goal:
Affordable and Clean Energy
Fiction in response to Affordable and Clean Energy
July 2018
Poem in response to Affordable and Clean Energy
July 2018
The solar panel is the gladdest morning person and the ultimate go-getter; its deepest instinct is to soak up the world on sight. It squirrels away each glint and gleam, eager in the face of eternal radiation...
Standing outside, in the sun’s glare.
Deep breath in, lungs fill with air
So crisp and cool, refreshingly clean.
All around, no pollution to be seen.
By Ilana Arougheti
By Kelsey Cashman
Nonfiction in response to Affordable and Clean Energy
July 2018
Everybody needs electricity. It turns on lights, keeps the fridge cool, runs central heating for warmth, runs the stove and oven, and lots of other things we all need. But before you plug in your computer, where does all that energy come from?
By Grace Muresan
Poem in response to Affordable and Clean Energy
July 2018
Burning and burning
Every day
Until Earth is spent
The air is thick...
By Karen Wu
Nonfiction in response to Affordable and Clean Energy
July 2018
What is Energy?
Energy is defined as the ability to do work, to make things happen, and to cause changes. There is energy in everything, and we need energy to do everything...
By Grace Muresan
Nonfiction in response to Affordable and Clean Energy
July 2018
In a time where our society is progressing at such a fast rate, it is critical to consider the level of innovation in the rest of the world. Indeed, something as straightforward to you and me as flicking a light switch before bed is not as simple for others...
By Amrita Bhasin
Fiction in response to Affordable and Clean Energy
July 2018
I left the lights on while we were away. Not a big deal, we thought.
Jamie left the tap running while he brushed his teeth. It doesn’t matter, we figured. Mom forgot to turn off the gas. The house didn’t burn down, so we were fine, we guessed...
By Grace Muresan
Poem in response to Affordable and Clean Energy
July 2018
Click.
Before you can even blink,
the lights flicker
on, illuminating your room