Prison Gardens Grow New Lives for Inmates
Source: ABC News
Getting closer to nature may help prison inmates build new lives once they are released. Watch a story about one woman trying to help change lives through starting gardens inside prisons.
Current Events
Pursuing the Impossible, and Coming Out on Top
Source: The New York Times
Free climbers Kevin Jorgesen and Tommy Caldwell reached the summit of El Capitan’s Dawn Wall in Yosemite after over 18 days of hard work. Many consider it the toughest, most challenging rock climb in the world. Read about it here.
Do Something
Source: DoSomething
Whether it’s disaster relief, anti-bullying, or animal adoption, find a cause that matters to you. What will you do to effect positive change?
Anne Frank: 10 beautiful quotes from The Diary of a Young Girl
Source: The Guardian
This article appeared in January on Holocaust Memorial Day 2015, whose theme was “keep the memory alive.” Every time someone reads Anne Frank’s diary, that is what happens. What is your favorite quote from Anne Frank’s diary?
Stitch by stitch, a brief history of knitting and activism
Source: PBS
Learn about the significance of textiles and knitting in protest movements throughout history, and how people continue to use the craft to fight for causes they believe in.
Oh Dear: Photos Show What Humans Have Done To The Planet
Source: NPR
Photographers have captured the impact humans have made on nature in a series of deeply concerning pictures.
Does “Never again!” mean anything if we do nothing about China’s concentration camps?
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer
World War II may be far in the past, but for the Uighur people of China, disturbing echoes of the Holocaust are happening right now.
Greta Thunberg and George Monbiot make short film on climate crisis – video
Source: The Guardian
Watch this quick public service announcement with world-renowned activist Greta Thunberg as it highlights aspects of her personal quest to inspire others to take action in preserving our climate.
A Decade Later, the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Has Left an Abyssal Wasteland
Source: Atlas Obscura
Discover the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill years later and what these adverse effects have wrought on the local marine life.
Meet the suburban teen born without arms who will be competing in this weekend’s Chicago Triathlon
Source: Chicago Tribune
While Tim Bannon isn’t that into athletics, he won’t let anything—including his disability—get in the way of him doing exactly what he wants to do.