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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 12th Goal:
Responsible Consumption and Production
Fiction in response to Responsible Consumption and Production
Dec 2018
Two planets down.
It isn’t just a game or a mission. It’s our lives. When my grandparents took off in the first wave of explorer rovers, nearly 40 years ago, the concept of finding two more habitable planets
By Ilana Arougheti
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Nonfiction in response to Responsible Consumption and Production
Dec 2018
On Wednesday, September 26, 2018, I went to a talk called “The Power of Stuff” by the executive director of Greenpeace, Annie Leonard. In her talk, she asked three key questions and explained what we could do to fix them.
By Grace Muresan
Dec 2018
Poem in response to Responsible Consumption and Production
Plop! into the garbage disposal it goes
But after that? Well no one knows
Think of what was used to make
The simplest things for goodness sake!
By Grace Muresan
Dec 2018
Nonfiction in response to Responsible Consumption and Production
Imagine piles and piles of leftover food, stretching out as far as you can see. Uneaten food, food from restaurants and cafeterias, or from a family making a little too much for dinner. Food gone rotten on the way to the store and thrown out upon arrival.
By Kelsey Cashman
Dec 2018
Nonfiction in response to Responsible Consumption and Production
Did you know that, according to environmental protection organizations such as Animals Australia and Ocean Crusaders, there are over 100,000 marine animal deaths each year due to plastic bags in the ocean? Animals Australia also states that the...
By Caroline Sun
Dec 2018
Nonfiction in response to Sustainable Cities and Communities
I work at a big tech company in the heart of the Tech industry, Silicon Valley. But I am not a software engineer or any of the other prestigious high-paying jobs you’re thinking of. In most of these companies, workers are given free breakfast, lunch, and...