During my years as a science teacher, my two-fold efforts for peace and justice were to provide a classroom atmosphere of peace and justice and to develop a sense of justice/care toward the earth through lessons related to the physical environment. I remember collecting debris with my students along the roadway during that very first “Earth Day” in 1970, of developing an “oil spill experiment” at the time of the Exxon Valdez disaster in 1989, and of collecting recyclable milk jugs in my classroom before the city collected them. Wonderful memories all, to be sure!

I encourage you to join us in our Celebration of the International Day of Peace on Sept. 21.
How can anyone afford to miss this Celebration?