Ekahi+T.

Phase I: Who Am I? What's My Place?

The thing that makes up my identity would probably be the way I see people and how I react when meeting new faces. I don’t judge by the way you look, talk, smell, and the way you dress it doesn’t matter to me I see everyone the same. I give respect to everyone even if I don’t know them but when I meet them then that’s when I see if they deserve my respect or not by the way they treat people.
 * What __really__ makes up your identity?

The thing that makes up my sense of place is my family because it makes me feel comfortable, loved, and feeling safe.
 * What __really__ makes up your sense of place?

When I work with others my sense of place and identity comes in handy because I work great with others. I feel comfortable with others because I respect everyone and like to work with people. Group work is my favorite because it makes me want to learn and participate more because of the groups.
 * What roles do your identity and sense of place play when you work with others in a group project?

The qualities that I can bring to the GLIP conversation that will help me make a contribution to my global group wound be that I’m a great person to work with such as getting along with anyone and everyone. I’ll work hard to do my part and help my group succeed in our mission/goal. I’ll try my hardest to help other even if I don’t know it that much.
 * What are the qualities that you bring to the GLIP conversation that will help you make a contribution to your global group?

I think one of our problems is smoking marijuana because most of every student smokes and that’s the kids that will grow up to become the future adult that takes care of our planet. If they smoke they probably won’t care about the planet and we need people who will because global warming we don’t want it to get worst and screw up the future kids that will be the adults. I think the way we can help reduce the risk of smoking marijuana is by teaching the students what would happen if you smoke and how it will affect your life. My school does teach it but maybe it should be a class that you have to take in order to pass and maybe that will open their eyes and realize what they doing.
 * What is one local problem (where you live) that you believe needs to be addressed? Suggest some steps could you take to try to solve it?


 * Finally, some problems have been around for a long time. What qualities do you think a person must have to step up and try to solve them?

Well I think if you want to help people out with problems you might need to be able to think on the spot to help them on questions that they will ask. You also going need to be able to feel comfortable talking to people because if you cant talk to people you are not going be able to help them out so you need to be able to react fast and be able to talk to people and the main one is to want to help someone.

Phase II: Sense of Place

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Use these questions to help you determine which picture shows someone else why your “place” is so special to you.
 * Does a scenic picture represent the beauty you believe that your town has?
 * Does a picture of a group of people represent and show a warmth and friendliness that your town has?
 * Does a statue or building convey the feeling of history that makes your place important and unique?
 * Is there a cultural event that represents the values of your home location?

What are your initial thoughts about how your image addresses the questions above? Later, you will be working with the members of your group to create a travel package that includes visits to each group member's home location (see Phase II) This picture is of lanikai beach on oahu. It represents the beauty we have on our island and the calm places that you can go to just to relax and take your mind off everything. The ocean is calm not plenty waves so u want to go somewere thats calm with a good view this is the plpace to be.

Phase III: Identify Local Issue:

What is your local issue? One big Social Issue we just had in Hawaii is the storm that caused flooding everywere. It also destroyed roads that now our government has to pay to fix. What can you do to be address the issue?

I think that we can be more aware of the weather and be prepared such as can foods and water bottles. So if the power goes off you will still have food and water. We can also add more water drains.

"We moved our cars into the garage and that seemed safe until about 10 when it seemed like the cars would get flooded," said Jeremy Bennett

Read more: [|http://www.kitv.com/news/30624588/detail.html#ixzz1oSx6pbXV] "The ground gets quite saturated, so it can't hold very much more," said Michael Cantin

What is the global impact of your local issue? If the storm travels around the world it could flood everywere and kill thousands of people if the storm is that bad.

Add these thoughts to your Group's Discussion Forum on Local Issues