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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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

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

Several GVS students recently participated in a writing competition put on by YES! Magazine.  Here is the entry submitted by Brisa, a GVS 7th grader.

Hello, my name is Brisa Aguilera my name means “Little Breeze”. I am thirteen years old. I live in Julian, California way up in the mountains above San Diego. I am Native American and my Indian name is “Coqui’na” which means Yellow Corn Maiden. Where I live have lots of animals. I have cats, dogs, chickens and horses. I love all of my animals and fortunately I get to care for them and see them everyday since I homeschool. I have been homeschooling since I was in third grade. My school is Global Village and I enjoy it greatly, it works for me! So I had to ask myself what is my gift? I had to think for awhile…and  then I had it!

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Several GVS students recently participated in a writing competition put on by YES! Magazine.  Here is the entry submitted by Alex, a GVS 9th grader.

A gift. Does everyone have one? Yes. It may be obvious, or not. Some may push it down, or some may discover and develop it. A gift comes in many shapes and forms. It could be the gift to write, to communicate with animals (like the boy in the Blessings Revealed article), to dance, to fix cars. But my gift is none of these. But can’t anyone do these things? You may ask. Yes, I say. I may be able to do these things with time and perseverance, but what is my real, true gift? The gift that I was born with to give to the world, and to myself? It is the thing that I love most. It is acting.

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Posted under Culture, Current Events, Education, Homeschooling, Personal Growth, Students and Alumni