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April 2016 | Environmentalism
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Sunshine and Blue Skies...Guaranteed?
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ARTICLES Plastic: A Blanket of Smog - (10) Maria E. Ramirez Changing Climate - (18) Ary Gasper The Dead Zone - (22) Jaelen Myers Thoughts from an Environmental Science Student - (26) Mariah Sampsel
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(3) - Dead Veil (7) - Road Less Traveled Monique Sosnowski (12) - Flying Bird Snake White-Tailed Deer Cardinal Jaelen Myers (17) -Balance (20) - Oryx Zebra Wild (21) - Okavango Delta Arial Art of Coexistence (28) - Roots Lure of Gold Shadow Stepping (31) - Serenity (32) - Roar Impala Queen Affection Monique Sosnowski
(9) - Leonardo Dicaprio (24) - Henry David Thoreau
broadside (13) - Untitled. Kimani Rose (16) - Chemical Talyah Puri (25) - Practical Talyah Puri (29) - Never too Much Talyah Puri (30) -Nostalgia Kimani Rose
(not) buying it (11) - Keep America Beautiful Commercial
screen/play (19) - Laputa: Castle in the Sky
WLA (re)Animated (27) - Mary Ann Smith
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LETTER FROM BROAD
Dear Reader, Environmental issues are becoming more and more vitally important every day. If snow in April isn’t enough testament to the serious problem of global climate change, look to the science that shows this increasingly ominous reality. That’s just one of many environmental issues our writers, poets, and photographers this month have chosen to highlight. From the importance of animal rights to the widespread human mistreatment of our oceans, from the Dead Zone in the Gulf of Mexico to the devastating effects of pollution and deforestation, there are almost too many environmental problem to adequately discuss in just one magazine. We thank all our contributors (with special thanks to the students of Mr. Erickson’s Earth Science 120 class at Moraine Valley Community College!) for helping us shed some light on these issues to help us celebrate Earth Day this April 22nd, and be more aware of the impacts we’re having on our Earth every day, year-round. We hope this issue inspires you to get outside and get involved! We only have one Earth, let’s protect it together! In BROAD Solidarity,
CEILI ERICKSON Editor-in-Chief
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leonardo dicaprio It's not just global warming, it's not just a loss of biodiversity, it's not just the pollution of our oceans and the clearing of our rainforests and all these complicated systems, The [11th Hour] movie talks about the world economy, it talks about politics, it talks about personal transformation and environmental consciousness that we need to have in this generation to implement a lot of these changes that need to occur.
Our planet's alarm is going off, and it is time to wake up and take action!
Mother Earth is hurting. And she needs a generation of thoughtful, caring and active kids like all of you to protect her for the future.
We must set an example now and move environmentalism from being the philosophy of a passionate minority ... to a way of life that automatically integrates ecology into governmental policy and normal living standards.
We've been given this gift, our planet, and we've found no other place in the universe that we can inhabit. I want to do something to create radical change to help save it. It's our responsibility.
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PLASTIC: A BLANKET OF SMOG
Maria E. Ramirez
Plastic: it is convenient, comes in many shapes and sizes, and it is everywhere. From plastic bags to water bottles, why do we continue to consume plastic products that are a toxic to our ocean’s marine-life? Plastic is like a blanket of smog that covers our oceans with harmful, poisonous waste.
org, scientists estimate that 17,000,000,000 pounds of plastic flow into our oceans every year from 192 countries that have direct access to the ocean’s coast. Prevailing winds and ocean currents allow plastic pollution to easily spread across oceans. Therefore, it is imperative that solutions expand globally.
According to an article by Beatrice Gitau, less than five percent of seabirds had plastic in their stomachs in the year 1960. Today, that number has increased to 90 percent. According to Gitau, more than five trillion pieces of plastic liter our world’s oceans. Plasticpollutioncoalition.org says that the United States alone is responsible for throwing away 88,000 tons of plastic each day. According to this organization, plastic makes up almost 90 percent of all trash floating on the ocean surface. Americans discard more than 30,000,000 tons of plastic each year, and only eight percent of it gets recycled. It is a hazard to our ocean’s environment.
We can make a difference by raising global awareness, along with individuals making an effort to do their part when solutions are not sustainable. We can start by recycling and refusing disposable plastic. Using and buying reusable items such as water bottles, cups, bags, and sustainable packaging is another solution. We can also volunteer to clean up our lakes and beaches. According to an article by Christine Wilcox, it is easier to keep plastic out of the water than to later try and recover it from the ocean. According to Wilcox, in 2013, volunteers collected more than 12,300,000 pounds of beach trash around the globe, which included more than 940,000 plastic bottles. Our oceans act as a home for various types of wildlife. We owe it to these helpless creatures to find sustainable solutions for this man-made problem. Our consumption of plastic products has contributed to polluting our oceans. It is our responsibility to globally address and find solutions to the disastrous pollution caused by plastic waste in our oceans.
Scientists estimate that 17,000,000,000 pounds of plastic flow into our oceans every year from 192 countries... Plastic is not just harmful to our ocean’s marine-life but to human life. Plastic is not biodegradable. It’s a durable material that is made to last forever. Plastic contains chemicals such as BPA, which seep into our oceans, eventually flowing into our lakes and rivers. Chemicals found in plastics may cause cancers, birth defects, impaired immunity, endocrine disruption, and other illnesses. Plastic waste is a global issue that requires international attention. According to Oceanconservancy.
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Beatrice Gitau, S. (2015, September). How bad is the ocean's plastic problem? Check with sea birds. Christian Science Monitor. p. N.PAG. http://www.plasticpollutioncoalition.org/the-movement http://blog.oceanconservancy.org/2015/02/13/trashing-the-ocean-newstudy-provides-first-estimate-of-how-much-plastic-flows-into-the-ocean/ Wilcox, C. (2015). There are Now Five Trillion Pieces of Plastic Floating in an Ocean Near You. Popular Science, 286(6), 32-33.
(Not) Buying It
Keep America Beautiful Commercial " the Crying Indian" (1971)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Suu84khNGY Overview: Named one of the most influential ad campaigns of the 20th century, this commercial features a Native American living in and amongst the pollution of the current world, a stark contrast to the lush, open terrain his people were used to in the past. At the end of the commercial, the camera zooms in on a close-up of the Native American’s face as he watches the traffic and smog below him as a lone tear falls down his cheek.
DOES THE MESSAGE OF THIS VIDEO GET LOST IN THE SPECTACLE OF THE MUSIC, THE STALWART IMAGES OF THE BUILDINGS, AND THE NATIVE AMERICAN CRYING AT THE END? OR DO SUCH IMAGES STRENGTHEN THE MESSAGE? DO YOU REMEMBER SEEING THIS COMMERCIAL ON TELEVISION, OR JUST ON THE INTERNET? WHAT WERE YOUR FIRST THOUGHTS UPON SEEING IT? WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS NOW?
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(TOP LEFT) FLYING BIRD (BOTTOM LEFT) SNAKE (TOP RIGHT) WHITE-TAILED DEER (RIGHT) CARDINAL Jaelen Myers
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Kimani Rose It is said, that when you meet your soulmate, your mind goes quiet. Complete peace. And the first time I met you, my mind was never quieter. As if there were a summer breeze on an ocean softly rippling the waves, the calming sound of the water, that’s what’s in my head when I’m with you.
Column Punctuation Marks To Finish a Conversation, First You Have to Start One...
BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE... GUARANTEED?
THE IMPORTANCE OF ENVIRONMENTALISM C.M.E This month’s environmentalism issue is an interesting one. I’ve been taking a class on environmental ethics this semester, which is a philosophical approach to the way that we as humans interact with the environment. Debating the ethics behind our use of natural resources and treatment of animals has left me with the distinct impression that we humans have not been doing our duty by the natural world. Global climate change, deforestation, animal endangerment and extinction, the wars we fight over environmentally-unfriendly fossil fuels- huge environmental problems are everywhere in our modern world. This is a social justice and human rights issue, because environmental devastation affects all of us- but the first to suffer are those already living in hunger and poverty around the globe. In a world where people in privileged countries have made ourselves dependent on cars and other gas-guzzling means of transport, factory farming and animal products in our stores, and normalized pesticides and zoos and overuse of land resources, how can we possibly turn back the clock? How can we change the way we interact with the environment, before it’s too late? Environmentalists like the late Aldo Leopold have suggested that we first have to change the way we think about
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the environment and the way we relate to it as individuals. I know that I personally have never been the biggest fan of the outdoors. Dirt, mud, physical exertion, bugs of all kinds- these are the things I associate with the outdoors, things that irritate and annoy me, and even sometimes aggravate my anxiety. I know I’m not the only person who has been driven indoors in the modern era. More and more people are spending their time inside, behind a desk, eyes glued to a laptop or phone or TV screen. More and more people are limiting their interaction with the natural world, through lack of free time or general disinterest and discomfort. When we’ve so alienated ourselves from nature, is it any wonder that it’s hard to feel truly worried about its future? With all these things in mind, I’m writing this article from a comfortable seat on the front steps of my house. A light breeze tickles my bare feet, and I can hear birds chirping in the swaying tree branches overhead. The grass is green, the first spring flowers blooming bright. Ants crawl past me on the wooden steps as I feel the world moving around me. It is alive, and I am a part of it. Later, I will walk into my yard, feeling the soft earth under my bare feet, to really enjoy the sunshine. We take nature for granted. We take our clean air and sunny afternoons and thriving plant and animal life for granted.
We assume that the resources that come from nature will always be there for us to use, when in fact, these resources are finite. Humanity, Aldo Leopold argued, needs real experience of the natural world in order to truly value it for all its worth. We need to rebuild our relationship with the land in order to fully understand what it would mean to lose it for good. Then we will be truly motivated to find a way to preserve the natural world, for our sake and nature’s. Nature, after all, has value independent of us. Our planet supports the lives of millions of species besides humanity, and if we vanished, the Earth would carry on. The question is, can the Earth carry on if we remain as wasteful and ignorant as we are? I challenge you to step outside today. Look around. Breathe. This world is not something I’m willing to lose. Are you? Title inspired by lyrics from “Dig A Little Deeper”, from Disney’s The Princess and the Frog.
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Chemical Talyah Puri
The chemical formula for love Is C8H11NO2+C10H12N2O+C43H66N12O12S2 Let it sink into my bloodstream, Course through my veins, Because I’d rather get, All the repercussions, Alterations to my brain’s chemistry Of loving you, Than not, Loving you at all.
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BALANCE Monique Sosnowski
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CHANGING CLIMATE Arely Gaspar
Have you ever wondered why it is a sunny 60°F on a Saturday but a cold, windy, even snowy 30°F the next day during the winter months? More than likely you have if you lived in the Chicagoland area. Most of us who live in this area, more often than not check our local temperature for the day before heading out the door and it’s quite noticible for those who do not check first at the start of their day. Believe it or not, a lot of this crazy weather changes has to do with the ocean and El Niño.
El Niño is not a hurricane or one of our four seasons as many think it is. El Niño is actually a weather phenomenon that occurs every 7 to 10 years. El Niño weakens the wind patterns along South America, which then reverses the ocean temperatures from cold to warm in many subtropical countries and sets off a change in the climate throughout the world. The countries affected by this phenomenon endure droughts, fires, which has caused famine and health issues for many people in those regions. Scientist have conducted many researches as to why El Niño happens, but it is still uncertain as to why. Science and technology have come a long way hopefully with the new developing technology scientist will be able to predict an exact time frame along with the level of intensity of each occurance and warning the countries mostly affected by it.
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My hope for the future is that these countries start building structures that are able to withstand the fury of El Niño and that they become prepared not only mentally but emotionally as well. We need to protect our future and we need to learn how to undo what damage we as mankind have done to our planet. We only have one Earth and I hope that we all start repairing it withing our homes.
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LAPUTA: CASTLE IN THESKY
GENRE: Cartoon/Animated DIRECTOR: HAYAO MIYAZAKI WHERE TO FIND: Amazon/other retailers
BROAD Thumbs Up! – As is typical of Studio Ghibli films, Laputa incorporates more powerful themes of ecological harmony with technological advancement as is seen in other films like Princess Mononoke and Porco Rosso. The city of Laputa itself, a name extracted the utopian society depicted in Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels, is an ideal example of what earth could look like if technological power didn’t overtake the earth and nature could live in harmony with scientific progress. The fact that Sheeta and Pazu decide not to live there in the end leaves Laputa in the realm of a utopia, a space where humans can only dream of, but never live, and inspires the desire in both Sheeta and Pazu’s hearts to perfect the space of earth they inhabit to mimic Laputa. The scenes in Laputa itself are beautifully illustrated to capture the tranquility and softness of an untamed, unharmed earth, with its lush grasses and steadfast plant-life, while also mixing in various robots and other advanced technology that seem to intimately intermingle with the plants. The victory of nature over war and violence in the end advocates for the strength of the earth and the universe in general over technological power used for the wrong reasons.
Overview: Sheeta, the lost royal princess of the ecological utopia of Laputa, and her friend Pazu, a young miner’s apprentice, escape the clutches of a rebel government agent Muska that wishes to abduct Sheeta and steal her magical amulet, the one mark of her royal blood that holds immense power. With the help of Dola and her sons, a band of pirates with a savvy knowledge of air travel, the two escape to Laputa, the Castle in the Sky, a land of ecological and technological harmony where humans once lived in peace. After battling Muska and saving her crystal amulet, Sheeta and Pazu leave the city of Laputa in peace, realizing that humans like them are much better suited living on and tending to earth than in an ecological and scientific haven.
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ARTIST’S STATEMENT
It's about capturing the moment - not just any moment, but a moment that floods you with a story or let's you tap into a mind or emotion. Anyone can photograph the wild, but it's the photographers who capture the essence that can be considered conservationists. It's these photographs that break down walls people build between humans and creatures. It's these photos that make you look, make you realize what planet Earth may soon loose. It's these photographs that call you to action. Let us be photographers and viewers not only for the art and beauty, but for the wildlife.
(RIGHT) ORYX (BOTTOM LEFT) ZEBRA (BOTTOM RIGHT) WILD
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(ABOVE) OKAVANGO DELTA ARIAL (RIGHT) THE ART OF COEXISTENCE
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THE DEAD ZONE:
A CALL TO ACTION!
Jaelen Myers With Earth Day approaching it is the one time of year when people put some time aside to actually care about the environment. One environmental issue I bet you aren’t aware of is Gulf Hypoxia, an intimidating name with a great commodity associated with it. Let’s start at the root of the problem. From its humble beginning in Lake Itasca in the northern United States, the great Mississippi carves the land in two on its way to the south, a journey over 2,000 miles in length, and then ends its elegant journey in the Gulf of Mexico. The gorgeous estuary is expected to be a rich paradise for aquatic flora and fauna where the fresh and salt water meet, but instead the Mississippi River ends in what is now known as the “dead zone.”
The dead zone is the spawn of human degradation on our environment as we dump pollutants into our rivers and waterways. What exactly is a dead zone? This dead zone is the spawn of human degradation on our environment as we dump pollutants into our rivers and waterways. They flow into the Mississippi River, and in turn get carried in one ceremonious load to the sea. This wide area along the estuary is a vast barren wasteland devoid of aquatic animals, and has become
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a breeding ground of algae and hypoxic water conditions, which is mainly caused by human agricultural pollution (The Nature Conservancy, 2016). Gulf Hypoxia is a problem that has grown in popularity as scientists have discovered more and more about what concentrated water pollution in rivers and streams can ultimately lead to when they all end up in the same place. Estuaries suffer, aquatic plants suffer, and if that’s not convincing enough animals suffer too! The dead zone is the final resting place in a complex chain of pollution. There are a few reasons that cause it, including erosion of nutrient-rich soils and sewage treatment plants, but mainly fertilizers from agriculture are the culprit (Babcock and Kling, 2008). This is how it happens. The Midwest is the home of agriculture, and these crops are laden with fertilizers. The fertilizer, full of nitrates and other organic nutrients used to make the plants grow faster, is absorbed in the soil, but not all of it stays in the fields. It runs off into rivers and streams when it rains, and these organic compounds are carried in the water. All the major rivers in the farming belt of the United States flow into the Mississippi River sooner or later. This mighty river is the watershed for half of the United States, which is a significantly large drainage patch (National Park Service, 2016). The nitrates that dump into the gulf fertilize the plants the same way they do the crops, and algae blooms proliferate in response (EPA Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia Task Force, 2016). Algae is healthy for an ecosystem, providing food and habitat for microorganisms that stimulate the complex food web, but this invasion of algae causes algal forests that choke out all the other life in the area. They suck all the oxygen from
the water, so other aquatic animals like shrimp and fish are choked out and forced to move away offshore. The dead zone is nothing but a forest of algae, constantly fed by the pollutants the Mississippi River supplies during its endless flow. It is like a haunting graveyard out in the ocean.
the zone gets larger each year. THe National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration stated that in August of 2015 the dead zone is now spanning over 6,000 sqare miles... An alarming fact is that the dead zone gets larger each year. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) stated that in August of 2015 the dead zone is now spanning over 6,000 square miles of water off the coast of Texas and Louisiana, and this number grows every year. This is pretty enormous for an algae pit. This is not the only hypoxia zone either. Other major estuaries where rivers flow in to the sea can fall victim to hypoxia if there is significant runoff pollution in the river system. Expanding dead zones force marine wildlife to move offshore to more suitable habitat. The Gulf of Mexico, especially off the coast of Louisiana, is home to some of the most productive shrimp fishing in the whole United States. As much as 40% of the fish and shrimp consumed in the United States are caught here, and harvests are steadily declining as the gulf hypoxia worsens (The Nature Conservancy, 2016). It is clear the environment is negatively affected by this, but there are things that can be done about it. Farmers and the agriculture business is mostly responsible for dumping pollutants into waterways. However, there are some farmers open to converting to more sustainable farming practices to solve this problem, and the government has even been offering incentives to do so. This includes planting cover crops between growing seasons to absorb excess fertilizers left behind after the growing season, putting land into Conservations Reserve Programs (CRPs), and turning to more natural forms of fertilizers (Minnesota Department of Agriculture, 2016). Preventing soil erosion by planting buffer grass strips between fields, and timing fertilizer treatments to the key points during the year when they are absorbed most readily are other ways farmers can reduce runoff. What more can be done to solve the Gulf Hypoxia crisis? A popular solution for more than just farmers is helping to restore natural wetlands and riparian zones (The Nature Conservancy, 2016). With over 95% of the Midwest U.S. wetlands destroyed for agriculture, they have lost their crucial role in the ecosystem for trapping and filtering water before it gets into streams and rivers. They clean the water of nitrogen and sequester it of carbon. Wetlands have proven to be vital for environmental health, and environmental groups have
been attempting to restore them. This being said, to make a difference we need a lot of wetlands restored from farmland. When we think of conservation and planting trees for Earth Day many decide to get some more education on environmental issues. Most people think of the Amazon or conserving the Great Barrier Reef when they think of saving ecosystems, but what about the crisis happening in our own country? The dead zone will not go away and will continue wreaking havoc on the Gulf’s wildlife until we clean up our act.
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HENRY DAVID THOREAU
Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influence of the earth.
A lake is a landscape’s most beautiful and expressive feature. It is Earth’s eye; looking into which the beholder measures the depth of his own nature.
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.
We require that all things be mysterious and unexplorable, that land and sea be indefinitely wild, unsurveyed and unfathomed by us… We can never have enough nature.
The setting sun is reflected from the windows of the almshouse as brightly as from the rich man’s abode; the snow melts before its door as early in the spring. 24
I did not wish to take a cabin passage, but rather to go before the mast and on the deck of the world, for there I could best see the moonlight amid the mountains
We need the tonic of wildness. The surface of the earth is soft and impressible by the feet of me; and so with the paths which the mind travels. How worn and dusty, then, must be the highways of the world, how deep the ruts of tradition and conformity!
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Practical Talyah Puri
The expectation to be the best At practical things. "Be practical" "Be practical" "Be practical" So many times "You can be artistic in your spare time" "You're going to the teach, right?" "You can't make a living with that" Self doubt Out of practice All you ever wanted was support But the, "I don't know if you're good enough" Always comes
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(PICTURED) MAGPIE SHRIKE CREDIT: Monique Sosnowski
THOUGHTS FROM AN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE STUDENT Mariah Sampsel
Protecting the environment is important because it is our home and we need to take care of our world. The environment gives us all kinds of valuable resources that are important to us, and it also provides us with places to escape to in nature. Our world is one of a kind and by protecting the environment; we are helping future generations learn to keep our planet healthy and alive.
The protection of the environment is essential because not only are we protecting resources valuable to us, we are also protecting the organisms living here with us such as the animals and plants that inhabit the Earth. Our Earth is very diverse and we have many ecosystems that must be taken care of. These ecosystems are major concerns to environmentalists and biologists because they are working to save and restore
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these habitats in hopes that we don’t destroy them forever. Being a student in environmental science has let me learn more about the issues in the world, and our professors are teaching us how to find solutions to these problems that are long lasting and resilient. Environmental science has allowed me to see what we can do for the world and that there are many ways to get involved. Everyone can do something to help the environment, and it can be as little as recycling, volunteering at a greenhouse, getting involved in the community or doing something to help better the environment.
WLA Reanimated
MARY ANN SMITH by Caroline Lynd Giannakopoulos Mary Ann Smith earned the nickname “the Green Alderman” while serving as Alderman for the 48th Ward from 1989 until her retirement in 2010. In her position of influence, Smith remained dedicated to protecting the city’s natural resources and supporting policies aimed at environmental protection. Smith served on various parks and environmental committees including City Council Committee on Chicago Parks, City Council Subcommittee on the Chicago Lakefront, Lake Michigan Federation, and PCB Gone. Alderman Smith’s leadership on these committees earned her a United Nations Environment Programme Award for Citizen Action to Protect the Global Environment. She was also appointed as the Chicago Representative to the United Nations/USEPA International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives and traveled to Berlin to open the 10th Summit in 2000. Smith is known for her concern for the Chicago lakefront, helping to bring about a 12 year plan to reinforce the lakeshore in the 1990s. She also achieved multiple accomplishments for the city parks including new programming, providing security for the parks, and increasing access to the park system to all Chicagoans, especially teenagers and youths. Animal rights and animal control were also an important part of Alderman Smith’s agenda. She made efforts to rid Chicago of dog fighting and animal cruelty, and has been recognized by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) for her proposed Elephant Protection Ordinance, which aimed to prevent abuse of circus elephants visiting Chicago.
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(ABOVE) ROOTS (TOP RIGHT) THE LURE OF GOLD (RIGHT) SHADOW STEPPING Monique Sosnowski
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Never too Much Talyah Puri
I can never have too much time Spent in darkness Listening to heart beats Match drum beats Match bass notes Match breathing patterns Match heart beats Never too many seconds Listening to a laugh Or looking at a smile That changed a whole part of me I think this is what it's supposed to be like Never too much But never enough.
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Nostalgia Kimani Rose
I am homesick from places that have changed people who have changed lives that have changed. I am homesick for something that no longer exists for a life that I no longer live, and connections I no longer have. memories only carry innocence when taken out of context, but so isolating from present-day. nothing is owned, nothing is perfect, nothing stays the same. the change, the movement of socially constructed time-frames to move mundane days into weeks into years into lifetimes you wish you could return to. wish you could remember. I don’t think it’s ever as bright, as innocent, as wonderful, as we remember nostalgia seems to always find a way to distract from the knowing, honest present.
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SERENITY Monique Sosnowski
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(TOP LEFT) ROAR (TOP RIGHT) IMPALA QUEEN (LEFT) AFFECTION Monique Sosnowski
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WHO TO FOLLOW: KELLY DRENNAN (Eco-Fashionista) Website: www.fashiontakesaction.com Twitter: @ecofashionista Facebook: Fashion Takes Action LinkedIn: Fashion Takes Action Instagram: @fashiontakesaction THE GOOD HUMAN Website: www.thegoodhuman.com Twitter: @thegoodhuman Facebook: Thegoodhuman.com CLIMATE REALITY Website: www.climaterealityproject.org Twitter: @ClimateReality Facebook: Climate Reality LinkedIn: The Climate Reality Project Instagram: @climatereality YouTube: Climate Reality
DEFENDERS WILDLIFE Website: www.defenders.org Twitter: @Defenders Facebook: Defenders of Wildlife YouTube: defendersofwildlife GREENPEACE Website: www.greenpeace.org/international/ en/getinvolved/ Twitter: @Greenpeace Facebook: Greenpeace International YouTube: GreenpeaceVideo
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1. Feminist Consciousness: (a) recognizes all voices and experiences as important, and not in a hierarchicl form. (b) takes responsibility for the self and does not assume false objectivity. (c) is not absolutist or detached, but rather, is more inclusive and sensitive to others. 2. Accessibility: (a) means utilizing accessible language, theory, knowledge, and structure in your writing. (b) maintains a connection with your diverse audience by not using unfamiliar/obscure words, overly long sentences, or abstraction. (c) does not assume a specific audience, for example, white 20-year-old college students 2. Jesuit Social Justice Education & Effort: (a) promotes justice in openhanded and generous ways to ensure freedom of inquiry, the pursuit of truth and care for others. (b) is made possible through value-based leadership that ensures a consistent focus on personal integrity, ethical behavior, and the appropriate balance between justice and fairness. (c) focuses on global awareness by demonstrating an understanding that the world’s people and societies are interrelated and interdependent.
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