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Attention Beacon Hill community. We need to talk about the Stock House replacement. Find out why it's causing concern and have your voice heard.

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The Surprising Result in Ayodhya: Shifts in Political & Cultural Landscapes

Ayodhya holds a unique place in India's political history, largely due to its association with the Ram Janmabhoomi movement, which has been a cornerstone of the BJP’s identity. The movement’s culmination in the 2019 Supreme Court ruling, which paved the way for the construction of the Ram Temple, was seen as a major victory for the party. This victory was expected to translate into electoral dominance for years to come. Lean More- https://www.hindusforhumanrights.org/en/blog/the-surprising-result-in-ayodhya-shifts-in-political-amp-cultural-landscapes

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Residents Complain About Scattered Trash Around Limboto Tower

#LimbotoTower #ScatteredTrash Residents Complain About Scattered Trash Around Limboto Tower

Hargo.co.id, GORONTALO – Scattered trash around Limboto Tower is a concern for nearby residents. They claim that the situation is uncomfortable for activities in one of the bustling centers in Gorontalo Regency. In addition to spoiling the scenery, residents say that sometimes a foul odor emanates from the trash piles, disturbing motorists passing through the area. Field observations reveal that…

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Ash Over a Nation

I was in Wisconsin at the end of this summer (2018), spending time with family-friends and carrying around my camera, as usual. When I arrived it was uncustomarily cold for that time of year, high 50’s and low 60’s. Normally, the average temperature in Wisconsin in August is about 78℉.

My friends live on Lake Winnebago. As we spent some time sitting in their screen porch I watched a hazy overcast steadily stream across the sky and over the lake. You could tell the sun was trying to shine through, (trying to burn up what I thought was precipitation) but the steady cloud stream remained.

Later on, I overheard locals explaining that the foggy atmosphere and low temperatures were unusual. I asked my friend and her family about it, which they then agreed that it was strange and, they assumed, coming from the fires out West.

As an eco-conscious person, this was alarming to hear. As a photographer and storyteller, I was intrigued, especially by the unique, diffused light that was created by the sun struggling to stream through the ash particles. I was compelled to document the semi-apocalyptic looking atmosphere which in turn made me want to educate myself on what was happening to the earth and how it would be affected by these large-scale fires.

Instead of forcing my own opinions on you, I wanted to share the articles that I found most helpful in obtaining some of these answers.

How does the ash drift so far across the nation? | A New York Times article explains this process well. They use a NASA map and video to articulate the density and distance some of the smoke particles traveled. They also explain that the heat from the fires was so hot in recent years the particles were pushed so high that they would get caught in wind patterns that then travel great distances across the nation. Read more about this here.

What caused the fires? | Mainly the rapid pace of climate change, the housing sprawl, and fire agencies struggling to coordinate holistic fire and land management. Check out more here.

Many fires were caused by humans. The Carr Fire last summer was even caused by a flat tire. Read the article here.

What can humans do to help avoid unhealthy wildfires? | Nat Geo has an awesome article about fire safety tips, how to avoid wildfires, and how they’re extremely preventable because they typically occur due to human error. *sigh* To read more click here.

Below are the photos I took to document the hazy atmosphere, the glowing light being diffused throughout the smoke particles and the interesting way the colors appeared in the diffused light.

I hope you enjoy the view -

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California Volunteers share Food With The Homeless, Get Arrested By Police

On January 14th of 2018, 12 people from a volunteer group were arrested for handing out food to the homeless.

To provide some backstory to this situation, a community group called “Break The Ban” were distributing food and other items to the homeless population at a park in California. According to the police officers that arrived, they were violating a ban on sharing food in city-owned public areas, which was recently passed by the City of El Cajon in 2017. The reason for this ban was to stop the spread of Hepatitis A. the police cited some of the volunteers to jail but did not take them. But, for the two volunteers they arrested are scheduled to appear in court. The group was outraged by the act and is planning to fight the citations and the food-sharing ban.

There was another case in which this incident has occurred. According to Forbes, in Fort Lauderdale, police arrested a 90-year old man and two ministers in 2014 for trying to share their food with the homeless. In October of 2014, the city enacted an ordinance that bans sharing food in public parks, unless they have a permit from the city. As a result of this situation, the organization arrested (Food Not Bombs) sued the city of Fort Lauderdale on the basis of the ordinance violated their right to free speech and free association, and the ordinance was “unconstitutionally vague.” At first, a federal district court dismissed the case since food sharing events were outside the scope of the First Amendment since it did not convey a “particularized message.”

But, under that line of reasoning, that sounds like the First Amendment is confined to expressions conveying a particularized message. So, as a result, the case was ruled that Food Not Bombs does have a First Amendment right to share food. The case was sent back down to the lower courts to determine if the city’s ordinance was in violation of those rights. The city of Lauderdale has not responded to the request yet.

Explain your answers and for more details, you can read the article this piece was sourced from here:

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/homeless-el-cajon-california-arrests_us_5a5de4f4e4b0fcbc3a1355f4?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009

And / or

https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicksibilla/2018/08/27/federal-court-first-amendment-protects-sharing-food-with-homeless-people/#fe8283b4884

Questions (answer them all!):

1. How does the First Amendment apply to these news stories?

2. Why do you feel the ordinance being issued to prevent the spread of Hepatitis A was or was not justified? 

3. Are there laws in your community restricting feeding the homeless, if so what are they, how do you feel about there being or not being laws about this activity in your community, and what can you do to support/change those local laws/policies?

4. (High School Students only) Even if you disagree with the policy in this case, imagine that there are some activities that people volunteer for or donate to that are meant to ‘make the world a better place’, but which should be managed or limited by local laws. How should local governments and law makers decide if an activity requires them to get involved in those activities (ex: Should sheltering homeless animals and feeding the homeless face the same kinds of restriction)?

Contributed by - J. Pennington

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Place-Based Education

What is place-based education?

“An educational process grounded in place and which makes deliberate attempts to engage children with the local, cultural, environmental and broader context of place” (Green, p. 37, 2008).

“Place is essential to education because it provides the researchers and practitioners with a concrete focus for cultural study, and because it expads a cultural landscape to include related ecosystems, bioregions, and all the place-specific interactions between the human and the more-than-human world” (Green, p. 37, 2008).

Place-based education has become more important over the recent decade as it has brought awareness to educators that place or location is highly authentic and relevant to education (Green, 2008).

“the use of place in educational contexts not only provides students with knowledge and understanding of a particular place, but also communicates that the land has value, that students’ experiences outside the classroom have value, and that students’ own personal knowledge has value” (Green, p. 37, 2008).

Taking a closer look…

Place-based knowledge reveals how significant it is to encourage children to participate in understanding the global and environmental issues so that there is sense made out of them (Green, 2008).

There is a responsibility that educators and the schools have which is to provide a diverse, natural environment for children to play, learn and grow in; endless opportunities should be given to children teaching them how to care for their natural environment (Green, 2008).

With a pedagogical outlook…

“children come to understand the sense of wonder about their place…get to know it, identify with that patch, be the expert and care-taker of that patch, …develop an awareness of the changes that occur in the place” (Green, p. 40, 2008).

“…it’s really important for kids to know where they live and there’s such a rich resource in outside the classroom, outside the school, that I feel to encourage that is often neglected, that it’s important to really foster that sense of wonder in how magnificent our environment is…developing a sense of caring for that place” (Green, p. 40, 2008).

Here are some pictures that help narrate through chart format what place-based education looks like;

http://www.bakersandastronauts.com/2011/04/place-based-education.html

http://sustainableschoolsproject.org/education/k-5-scope

http://dirtyclassroom.com/place-based-education-connection-classrooms-communities-book-review-becca-babel/

  Green, M. (2008). From wilderness to the educational heart: A Tasmanian story of place. Australian Journal of Environmental Education, v.24, 35-43. Retrieved from Eric database.