AMS Earth Day
VOICES
Art (performance, dance, painting, sculpture, multimedia …), poems, quotes, affirmations, clothing styles, songs, speeches, short stories, facts, theories … what else?
That’s this Friday!
What is Earth Day?
Check it out HERE.
What other sources can you find about Earth Day?
What does Earth Day mean to you?
What can you do to celebrate Earth Day?
How can you and others more mindfully care for our planet?
What is your “voice”?
Your “voice” is more than a hello in words.
Your “voice” is ANY KIND of human expression.
Some examples are art (performance, dance, painting, sculpture, multimedia …), poems, quotes, affirmations, clothing styles, songs, speeches, short stories, facts, theories … what else?
Your “voice” can be shared in ANY WAY that shows who YOU are and what your perspectives, questions, feelings and statements are about a topic.
Our “voices” inspire each other. We need THAT in the world.
Care to share your “voice” about Earth Day?
Express what Earth Day is to you by creating your “voice” project of choice.
Choose what online platform and/or hands on materials you will use.
Here is our IB Standard as the foundation of what you create ~
International-mindedness: �"The internationally-minded person takes action through discussion and collaboration to help build a better and peaceful world." ��(Thank you for this, Sarah After!)
“Voice” Submissions
Submit to Jess Barnum (jbarnum@aspenk12.net) your “voice” project about Earth Day as a link or Google Slide. ��ALL submissions will be displayed in this Google Presentation.
If you make a hands on project, send Jess photos of it as well as bring the project to her in the Ascent Room/Library.
Submissions due to Jess THIS Thursday, April 21!
We will share and celebrate our AMS Earth Day Voices on Friday, April 22 by posting this Google Presentation in our Community Google Classroom AND …
LET YOUR “VOICE” BE HEARD! If you’re interested in presenting your submission in front of a microphone during lunch on Friday, meet with Jess in the 5th Gr. core area on Friday morning during Community to practice and to hear the order of presenters.
Your “voice” counts!
Student Submissions
by Alana Owsley
1st Place Winner
of the 2022 Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers Earth Day Essay Contest
Eighty thousand acres of trees were cut down today. And the day before that. And before that. Before we know it, there are going to be no trees left.
The number of trees plays a significant role in the balance of the Earth. It is crucial to our life and the lives of others that the trees stay rooted in the ground.
Yes, trees build a shelter for us so that we can stay alive. Without trees, we would not be here. But with trees, we would and can still be here.
When you look out the window in the morning, you most likely see birds nesting in the trees, staying warm as a family, or squirrels gathering nuts to put in their tiny tree houses. Notice how the nuts come from trees. Trees give back.
Making our Shared Outdoors into Common Ground means to me, that our public land is where people go to live, to be in nature. Trees are a part of common ground and shared outdoor space. Without trees, all we would have is dirt. Everywhere. We live in a place where trees are important, and they bring us together.
by Heidi Hancock
3rd Place Winner
of the 2022 Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers Earth Day Essay Contest
Heidi Hancock receiving her award.
“Nature is Life”
Nature, when everything is alive
Growing up to someday thrive
Dark trees, green leaves
Lots of happy human beings
Big dark trees in the jungle, giving people shade
Making people happy and healthy, life’s parade
“A Stroll Through the Dark”
Through the forest on the floor
Looking up at trees galore
Through the darkest troubles of my journey
A ray cuts through the twigs and trees
And I know I am free
Even in the darkest night
There is always a twinkle of light
Even if I get afright
I know I will pull through with courage and might
With flakes of shimmering snow
There’s something deeper to know
The swish and sway of the trees
Cold shivering through my knees
by Adam Gieszl, Andrew Gieszl, Jack Diaz, Zac Greiper, Taj Clarence, Dominic DiMaria and James Connolly
Zac Greiper reading the nature poems.
by Noa Hodgson
by Ed Braley
by Wyatt Weihs
Poem About the Earth
by Heidi Hancock
Trees and grass and flowers grow
On the planet we call home,
Oceans and skies so blue,
I wonder what we’d do,
We gave up on Earth,
And stopped loving,
And giving mirth to the earth.
by Oleana Hill and Shiloh Andrulaitis
The two artists chose to be anonymous.
by Silas DelGrasso
by Juliet Jansen
Dana Berro’s
8th Gr. class
by Emily Mavrovic
Good planets are hard to find.
Anonymous
“A Reminder”
I see Earth reflected in the Moon
A reminder for us all to stay in tune
With the past, present and future of our planet, our collective groove
We’ve got nothing to prove
But our banded presence
THAT is THEE medley of love and common sense
Respect that which we walk upon
In this moment before Earth’s essence is gone
Have grace for the soil, rocks, sand and every spot
Have grit by picking up the litter that someone else forgot
A slice of contribution here
Dissolves pollution over there
Animals and plants can thrive
Our initiative keeping them alive
Pause, and think twice about your carbon footprint’s distribution
Ponder the impact, then perpetuate a revolution
Our voices and actions ARE the solution
United, we look up at the Earth’s reflection in the Moon
A reminder that we are ONE yesterday, now and this afternoon
by Jess Barnum �read by Dante Clark
by Tharyn Mulberry
The Earth, the thing we live on. The Earth is made of vast oceans, green grass and beautiful landscapes, yet we fail to protect it. The thing that shelters us, teaches us, creates us and we repay it with what … throwing trash on it and destroying the animals that came before us. The things we kill, even the small ants, they really save us, but we kill them recklessly. Even the things that hurt us are the reason for our existence. The plants that we step on and smash. The trees we butcher and chop. The humans we kill for power on this planet that we say we love but we stain it with the blood of people that share our home, the Earth. The pollution we cause, the waste we create, but our planet's story isn’t over, it is ever-changing. You could chose to shove this speech in the back of your mind, forget it, or you could use it, change the story of our world by doing small things, picking up trash, plant a tree, volunteer to help out in our community. Even just spreading awareness helps so we can give back to the thing we celebrate today, Earth.
by Sloane Alexander
Sloane Alexander reading her speech.
Did you know, this is not our planet, we do not own it but we need save it. Some people say we are the first people to experience global warming but the last who can do something about it. We are lucky we live on a planet that is suitable for us to live on. If we continue down this road it will not be anymore. I want my kids to have a home and not just anywhere, on earth. And their kids and many more generations to come. One person can make a difference, but two, three people in school can make a big difference. We can do that by picking up trash, not using as much plastic, taking the bus, and encouraging others. Thank you for your time.
by Sloan Lipnick
Phil the plant needs love and care.
by Taj Clarence
by Henry Carter
from Amy Kendziorski
by Dora Milinovic
by Annika Lundeen
by Jack Cahill
by Evan Woody and Kat Gottlieb
by Zoe Riboud
Performance of Into the Woods
Thank you, Logan Carter, stage team and AMS/AHS students!
Parker Waller and Charlotte Case helping our land glow by removing trash.
Watching the Planet Earth “Jungles” episode.
by Zoe Owen