Youth-Abilitation: Empowering Urban Youth
By Lindsey Wolf
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“The actions and reactions of children are the barometer of society. If they are in trouble, we are in trouble. It is our job to listen to what is causing them pain and not inflict more pain by locking them up, medicating or labeling them.” –Taryn Hughes
“It was as if the back and front of my brain were having an argument. The front was away somewhere, while the back said that no, you’re still stuck here, in jail.” So explained a child of twelve or thirteen to Taryn Hughes as he described how he felt in meditation. She
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Saving The Environment Might Not Be As Easy As We Think
By Robert Sorley
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As the public ‘conversation’ about climate change and sustainable development moves closer and closer to center stage, it is now important to step away from our entrenching positions, take a deep breath, and look at a different category of ‘big pictures’.
Let’s leave the ‘skeptic-advocate’ dipole for the moment and move toward a set of principles that no sane person could seriously refute. Start with a few simple questions:
- Should governments, corporations, communities and individuals use their resources and organizations
Green Teens on Planet Earth
Too
often, teenagers are seen in an ageist light as the lazy,
self-centered, and irresponsible future of our world. It should be
exactly the opposite.
A recent survey conducted by Greenpeace and the online teen hangout, Habbo questioned nearly 50,000 teens from 18 different countries on their environmental opinon. Less than 50 percent said their parents express a general concern for the environment, yet, 74 percent agreed that they consider global warming to be a serious problem. Sixty-four percent also said they believe the climate crisis can be solved by people working together; and these green-minded teens are ready to do something about it.
The
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