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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 15th Goal:
Life On Land
Poem in response to Life On Land
Mar 2019
The woods are alive.
Saccharine song drips like honey from the trees,
interspersed with the gentle
pattering of small feet through verdant growth;
By Caroline Sun
Nonfiction in response to Life On Land
Mar 2019
They say it isn’t easy being green. But for Henry Nolan, 17, an Eagle Scout project became the perfect opportunity to take on such a challenge. Only four percent of all Boy Scouts ultimately earn the rank of Eagle; one of the most important requirements for...
By Ilana Arougheti
Mar 2019
Nonfiction in response to Life On Land
The United Nations designates Life on Land the15th Sustainable Development goal because, according to their website, "Deforestation and desertification – caused by human activities and climate change – pose major challenges to...
By Grace Muresan
Mar 2019
Poem in response to Life On Land
a paw steps forwards
soft, the rich earth
that clutches tight
a wing flutters
By Karen Wu
Mar 2019
Poem in response to Life On Land
A warm summer’s day,
But something is wrong-
No birds in the sky
Singing their songs,
By Kelsey Cashman
Nonfiction in response to Life On Land
Ma 2019
I’m sure you have all heard about poaching animals. Poaching is the illegal hunting or capturing of wild animals. The most prominent example of this is elephant poaching. People will illegally hunt and kill elephants in order to profit from their ivory...
By Georgia Bernbaum
Mar 2019
Poem in response to Life On Land
Walking through the woods,
Hearing no sound but silence.
Where have the birds gone?
By Kelsey Cashman
Mar 2019
Fiction in response to Life On Land
“For generations, our people have lived on these islands in the Caribbean. The forests have always been there for us, to provide shelter and food in the darkest of times, and now these large companies from the mainland want to take them away for profit!”
By Grace Muresan
Mar 2019
Poem in response to Life On Land
The portrait on my grandma’s wall once depicted truth,
Of swaths of forest, grass-green hills, and the bright blue sky’s forgiving youth, But nowadays when people pose they go inside and the door they close. For where there were once plains and...
By Grace Muresan
Mar 2019
Nonfiction in response to Life On Land
In some parts of the world, deforestation is an integral part of the economy, particularly for rural development. For example, in Uganda, according to Popular Science, you “can cut down three trees for $30 and pay school fees for the year, or leave the trees...