Global Village Voice

In celebration of National Pollution Prevention Week (September 17-23), DTSC (CA Department of Toxic Substances) and the Western Sustainability and Pollution Prevention Network (WSPPN) are asking people to make a short video that shows how making small changes in our daily lives can have a positive impact on the environment.

The theme of the contest, “What’s your footprint?”, is about exploring how lifestyle choices can create a net positive impact on the environment. Videos submitted for this contest should encourage the audience to make choices that support pollution prevention.

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Posted under Current Events

In our last post we shared Alia’s story with you. Now learn about Mike Preston and his activism for his tribe and Jesse Aizenstat and his citizen journalism on new graduates page, which will be updated throughout the year.

 

Read more here: http://www.globalvillageschool.org/global-village-school-graduates.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Posted under Education, Homeschooling, Students and Alumni

 

Alia Aizenstat,

Sustainability Associate

 

After GVS, Alia applied to 14 colleges and was accepted by all 14.  She chose Lewis and Clark University, where she majored in fine arts and spent a semester abroad in Italy. Now she works as a sustainability associate at Pacifica Graduate Institute where she has been given the task of “greening” their 2 campuses. Helping Pacifica develop recycling plans, improve energy efficiency and drinking water systems, Alia says “everyday I make decisions that make a difference.”

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Posted under Current Events, Education, Homeschooling, Life Stories, Students and Alumni

Remember that you can support GVS at no cost to you just by searching for what you want to find on the web. Designate Global Village School as your charity and use the GoodSearch engine!

GoodShop works the same way.  While we encourage you to buy local when you can, many of the places you are planning to shop this holiday season probably participate, and all you need to do is designate Global Village School as your charity ad click through to the site you want to shop at from the GoodShop website.  The merchant and Goodshoop will coordinate the rest!

http://www.goodsearch.com/goodshop.aspx

Posted under Activism, Announcements, Resources

In her first social justice curriculum project as a Global Village student, GVS 5th grader Jane D. tells it like it is!

 

GVS Student Jane on the Pacfic Garbage Patch

 

Posted under Activism, Current Events, Education, Homeschooling, Students and Alumni