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Jan

Life-Changing Experiences Inspired by School Gardens

by Meredith Mullins on January 17, 2013

Organic school garden and greenhouse inspire life-changing experiences

All Saints’ Day School Organic Garden
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Stand Up for Real Food

Remember the first time you planted a radish seed in elementary school. You were mesmerized as you watched the little patch of loose earth, waiting for that sprout to appear. The few days seemed like an eternity. But, finally, there it was, pushing the earth aside to stretch up toward the sun.

radish sprout, showing life-changing experience of nurturing growth

A Sprout Worth Waiting For
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For me, at age seven, watching that first little sprout uncurl and straighten up was a life-changing experience. I had actually grown something, nurtured it to life. And I proclaimed, with a certainty not usually found at such a young age, that I was going to be a farmer.  Read more...

 

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Dec

Meaningful Action After the Sandy Hook Shootings

by Janine Boylan on December 17, 2012

Flowers signifying sympathy for the victims of the Sandy Hook shootings and the need for meaningful action

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Thank You, Robbie Parker, for Your Inspiration 

After the December 14 tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary, our world will never be the same.

President Obama called on the nation to respond with “meaningful action.” Schools are making plans to increase their security. Policy makers are debating about creating more stringent gun laws.

But what meaningful action can I take today, right now, as an individual? My solemn Oh, I see moment came from the words of Robbie Parker, who lost his daughter Emilie last Friday:

“Let it not turn into something that defines us, but something that inspires us to be better, to be more compassionate, and more humble people.  Read more...

 

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05

Nov

Life’s Choices in Disasters Like Sandy

by Janine Boylan on November 5, 2012

Clean-up after LA riots showing a life's choice to help

Cleaning Up After the LA Riots
© Janine Boylan

Coming Together to Help

As I see photos of the mess that Sandy left behind, my thoughts go out to all of those who have suffered and lost and to those who have made one of life’s important choices: to help.

From Fear to Action in the LA Riots

During disasters, life choices stare you in the face. I had that Oh, I see moment in 1992 when another kind of disaster struck my hometown, Los Angeles.  Read more...

 

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