"It's fun to break up the glass. We're doing our thing for ecology and the boys scouts will give us a badge for working here"
Discuss the universal dilemma of mothers as they try to find meaningful activities for their children during summer vacation.
Compare the recycling movement of the 70's with the "green" movement of today.
According to the caption, what is the primary appeal of this task for the three boys?
What are service projects for kids like today? Do many participate in service projects or organizations?
Wow... Interesting...
ReplyDeleteAs someone planning to attend graduate school in order to attain my PhD in environmental history, this exhibit was supremely fascinating to me. When I read on the MOA website that it was here I decided I had to come, even though I live out of state right now.
ReplyDeleteFor a recent class I took here at BYU we read the book Suburban Nation, which ultimately attacked suburbia. For the authors of the book the solution to the issue of unhappy soccer/ballet/baseball/bus driver/everything-else-chauffer moms, the increased risk in suicide for suburban youth, and the lack of community that sometimes seems a plague of suburbia the new urban movement is a logical--even easy--solution. What suburbia seems to emphasize about Americans, though, which at least this book failed to recognize is that--unlike their European counterparts--is that we have never been forced into cities. We have always had the space to move on to newer places (even if it meant kicking someone else out). The dream for Americans has always included space--their own space, outside of anyone else's control where they could theoretically find peace with family and friends.
As we face a new century and the issues that have unquestionably arisen with suburbia (as they have for urban scenes, wilderness, and any other space) we will have to recognize Americans' perhaps unique demand for wide open spaces--especially the yard.
I really like your pantings
ReplyDeleteThanks,\
Reganne age 9