Human & Social Values

Human and environmental rights must always be protected. Who is growing the food you eat? Where is your food growing? Are the people and environment being treated fairly?

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A Pale Blue Dot

ORDER Animation Studio, Joel SomerfieldA visual response to the famed 'Pale Blue Dot' monologue, where Carl Sagan muses on our planet's appearance in a seminal photograph taken by the Voyager 1 space probe. The most distant photograph ever taken of Earth. Carl Sagan was an American astronomer, planetary scientist, cosmologist, astrophysicist, astrobiologist, author, science popularizer, and science communicator. A human presence that the earth and its population were lucky to provide a home!

Helping the Homeless Through Farm-to-Table Training

Great Big StoryThere’s a San Francisco garden growing more than just produce. In a city plagued by homelessness, the Farming Hope Initiative offers urban farming and cooking training to those without a place to live. The program aims to give participants skills that can lead to full-time employment, and it hosts weekly dinners that bring together people experiencing homelessness and the wider community. These shared meals are an invitation to dialogue, empathy and some delicious-looking tacos.

The Breathtaking Courage of Harriet Tubman

Ted Ed, Janelle Hobson

Water

PBS: Lexicon of Sustainability
Student Questions (Responses)