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On-site service projects at Harper

1. Miss Damaris Castro's 5th grade Spanish classes decorated 165 traced hands ($313.50 donation).  Mrs. Fowler's Kindergarten class decorated 66 hands ($125.40 donation), Mrs Thompson's Art class decorated 30 hands($57.00 donation), and the Casady after school program decorated 75 hands ($142.50 donation).  The Casady MD International Club and Gabrielle will take some traced hands to be decorated in Latin Class on 4/26/2017.  Stanley Hupfeld Academy at Western Village will decorate hands until 3:00 pm on 4/27/2017.

On April 27th, 2017, in partnership with Global Nomads Group, Students Rebuild is hosting a live webcast between young people in Nicaragua and Miami. Mark your calendars and plan to join us on YouTube Live with your own questions for the young people participating.  Watch on YouTube Live at 9:00a.m. PT / Noon ET: https://youtu.be/OwsTWGrvZz4 Need a reminder for your calendar? RSVP for the webcast on Facebook.

2. YAC facilitators of the Homeless Alliance Drive started to organize and count donations from last week's drive.

 

 

 

  

4.  Zain Malick and Hamzah Saddah are considering transcribing the first pages of "50 years behind the fitting room door" to Pressbooks, a Village Library publishing program.  The future 9th graders will help a Brookdale Statemen's Club resident publish a book about her OKC retail story.  Expected date for release, October 242017, author's 90th birthday.



4. Played the Earth Week Compassion Games, Mission 4.

Reflect On Yesterday's Mission Before moving on to Mission #4, take a moment to reflect on yesterday's mission. How did yesterday's mission shift your ideas about food and your connection to the Earth? What was it like to offer food to another person with a compassionate intention? How might you bring more mindfulness toward food in your everyday life, and why might this be good for the planet? Report and share your experiences on the Compassion Report Map!

Our fourth mission, Agents, is to be like plants so we can minimize the impact of our energy use on the Earth. “The atoms of our bodies are traceable to stars that manufactured them in their cores and exploded these enriched ingredients across our galaxy, billions of years ago. For this reason, we are biologically connected to every other living thing in the world. We are chemically connected to all molecules on Earth. And we are atomically connected to all atoms in the universe. We are not figuratively, but literally stardust.” -Neil deGrasse Tyson All energy comes from the stars.  The cleverness and wisdom of plants allow them to absorb the energy of our nearest star, the Sun, turning this directly into food for them to grow. But animals, like us, depend upon these great plants so we can access the energy of the sun to live and grow as well. When we look around us, we can see that the modern world is totally dependent upon massive amounts of energy to operate. Where does this energy come from? Our electronics, our lights, our heat, our cars, our entire way of life requires the energy of the sun to power them. The unsustainable energy sources of coal, natural gas, and fossil fuel oil are simply very crude forms of sun-energy that have been left in the Earth and transformed into something more distant than the clean, direct energy of the sun. The great challenge of humanity now is to mimic the plant world and utilize the ever-flowing free, clean energy of the sun to power our lives. Agents, our mission today is to consider all of the ways we can conserve energy, to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels while we transition to clean and renewable energy as quickly as possible. Here are some places to get started and even save money in the process: Eat local food! Local food uses very little carbon to get from the farm onto your plate! Food grown in other countries must travel thousands of miles to get to your plate. When something is plugged in, it is still pulling energy from the outlet and ultimately wasting it. When you no longer need your phone charger or other electronics, unplug them from the wall to stop this flow. If you are going to leave a room for more than 5 minutes, turn off the lights to save energy. During the day whenever possible, open the blinds and curtains to let free, natural light into the room instead! It’s better for your eyes, and will lift your spirit to boost. Replace wasteful and outdated incandescent light bulbs with fluorescent, halogen or LED lights. These bulbs use just a fraction of the older light bulbs and put out just as much light. You’ll even save money in the long run to recover the costs of buying them, as an LED light can last between 10-17 years without burning out! Hate traffic? Consider setting up a carpool with friends or coworkers who live nearby to dramatically cut down on energy consumption, alleviate traffic, and even use the carpool lane! If carpooling isn’t possible, consider taking the bus. It may take a bit longer to get there, but the gained time of not having to drive can be an unexpected gift. Walk and bike more! Not only are you saving energy, but you are getting the much needed movement your body craves! Is it cold outside? Before cranking up the heat, consider this: the most efficient way to warm yourself up is by wearing warmer clothes! Join a solar program or install solar on your house! Over time the cost of installation will be offset by the energy you produce all on your own. Inspire your friends and family to join you on this mission! Challenge your household to save as much energy as possible as we transition to clean, renewable resources, together! Agents, remember... As you fulfill your mission, share your experiences on the Compassion Report Map! Your report inspires others, amplifying the power of your compassion and generosity! Each day during Earth Week, the Compassion Torch will be passed to a different Champion of Compassion. For Day 4 of the Earth Week, we are humbled to pass the Compassion Torch from the People's Climate March to the Pachamama Alliance! Read Our Featured Story About the Pachamama Alliance Here!