Okay, so it’s been a pretty long time since I’ve sit down to write to this blog. Life keeps happening, and that’s a good thing, but sometimes it happens so quickly and with such intensity that it’s hard to find the time to pause for reflection–even though it is so very important. Historically, this time [...]
students acting out: re/approaching service-learning
April 23rd, 2012
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Tags: rationale · service-learning · social responsibility · teaching · volunteering
earth scouts visit paws
January 11th, 2012
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Today our Earth Scouts group paid a visit to PAWS of Tinley Park. PAWS is a no-kill animal shelter dedicated to the protection of domestic animals. Our current Earth Scouts’ focus is to make a difference through participatory democracy–and through those means, together, we chose to focus our attention on animal welfare. Specifically, we are [...]
Tags: animals · earth scouts · photos · service-learning · tours
chicagoland earth scouts go online
December 1st, 2011
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Recently I have taken on the new responsibility of assisting my beautiful wife with a project dear to her heart. She has been a facilitator for a youth group called Earth Scouts for the past four years now; recently her co-facilitator has stepped down, allowing me the opportunity to step up, and I am very [...]
Tags: earth scouts · service-learning · social responsibility
