Call to Action Day

Blog about your participation in Call to Action Day. What did you do? In what way does it reflect one of the themes we have explored this semester?

For Call to Action Day I participated in the San Bruno Mountain Watch, in which we hiked up the mountain with fifth graders from Belle Air School. We learned about ecology/Native American culture, natural history and restoration work. Since there were about fifteen Belle Air students and a small NDNU group we were divided into two groups and each had a guide who directed us for our hike. It was a very educational hike because we were learning about ecology, the Ohlone people and natural history, which was very interesting because I didn’t know some of the information that was given to us and some of it I remembered because the same things were taught to me when I was in fifth grade. I really enjoyed going on the hike because it brought two different communities together and we were able to interact, learn and have a good time together. I think this activity reflects the theme of the voiceless we talked about this semester because nature doesn’t have a voice of its own, it is the people who protect and restore nature that give nature itself a voice and it is important that we realize how precious and valuable nature is to us and we should take of it and not destroy it. After seeing such a beautiful site to hike in it is devastating to think that at one point cities were filled with nature and once people decided to cut down trees for houses and industrial buildings then our cities began to change and nature was no longer everywhere. The nature that we still have should be protected and it is up to us to take the initiative and make sure our nature is being taken care of and restored, not put into endangered species.