Earth Week

Hi everyone! So sorry about the nearly year-long absense of posting, I’ve been involved in a lot outside of cyberspace.
I’d like to share the activities that we will be having for our first annual Earth Week. Any suggestions, criticisms, or questions will be welcomed and appreciated.
Everyday:
-Recycling wars : A school-wide competition in which the grades [...]

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Genocide Awareness Day

Today was Genocide Awareness Day at the high school, featuring speakers and survivors from various genocides, including the Armenian Genocide (not a survivor but nevertheless interesting), the Jewish Holocaust, and the Sudanese Genocide prior to the Darfur conflict. Personally, I thought that it was extremely important that we experience this, since we are the last [...]

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On the boycotting of the Olympics

My opinion: no.
For once, I actually agree with the current president on something. This doesn’t mean that I’m going to give up my opposition to everything else (terrible environmental policy, Iraq war… the list goes on)
There are many policies (i.e. handling of Tibet, Darfur) of the Chinese government that I disagree with, but we do [...]

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Thoughts on the Election

Recently, there has been some news on the pettiest matters possible regarding the election.
Before I start, I’d like to point out that there’s no one candidate that I absolutely prefer (though a Clinton-Obama ticket would be nice- Obama would get the experience that people claim that he lacks, and would be an unstoppable pres. candidate later). [...]

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Random ideas/findings

-Vote on the Top 10 most important questions that we should be asking ourselves and the world. I found most of them to be really legit.
-Also regarding questions: I’ve had quite a few interesting debates with my friends about Ethos water (and the nature of tap/bottled in general, but that’s a topic for a later discussion), as I [...]

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Late New Year’s Resolution Post

School work has kept me extremely busy these past few days, I apologize. I was also under the impression that my school newspaper article about New Year’s Resolutions would get published, however, I was wrong, as there was a bit of miscommunication. Instead, I’ll post it (modified a bit) here.
            Every year, as the ball drops [...]

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Changing The World One System At A Time: Jim Tull

 Below is a typed copy of the handout that I received from Mr. Tull’s inspiring talk, and a small portion of notes I took on the Tragedy of the Commons. The main point, that we should focus on changing systems instead of blaming individuals, really changed the way I thought about my goals. I was [...]

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