Eleazar+H.

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

What I really think makes up my identity are my surroundings like people, the place you live, and your background. My friends and family play a major role in making up my identity and how I act as a person. Choices that I make also make up my identity.
 * What __really__ makes up your identity?

What really makes up my sense of place is the way I grew up from a little baby to a teenager. Things happen around us and we experience many different situations that come out bad or good. A lot of factors within my friends and family also contribute to making my sense of place.
 * What __really__ makes up your sense of place?

Some roles that my identity and sense of place play in a group project are that I am always a good worker and meet my expectations. I feel that others feel the same as me because I feel average.
 * What roles do your identity and sense of place play when you work with others in a group project?

The qualities that I will bring to GLIP are being a hard worker and I am open to talk about problems where I live. I can give knowledgeable experience on the way people deal with problems around them. I can inform people on local issues surrounding the place where I live an how I can address them.
 * What are the qualities that you bring to the GLIP conversation that will help you make a contribution to your global group?

One local problem where I live that i believe needs to be addressed is the amount of littering that takes place everywhere. No matter where you go you can find at least one empty bag of chips or plastic bag on the ground. At the beaches, parks, and schools littering is the main problem to me. Some steps we could take to solve this problem is show how beautiful this place is and promote that all it takes is just a little care and we can keep this island beautiful and clean.
 * 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?

Some problems that have been around for a long time are littering and the amount it seems that people care about keeping their island clean and preserving it for future genrations. Someone needs to have a lot of love towards Oahu and help promote how easy it is to throw your rubbish away.
 * 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?

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)

My initial thoughts on how this image addresses the questions above is that the beauty of Oahu is being comprimised by careless and irresponsible people that litter. It seems like its been done on purpose with the amount left. If people cannot have some care towards their home it will keep getting worse and will eventually become a bigger problem. Leaving rubbish on the ground not only makes our home look ugly but can hurt the environment and animals that live in it. "In September the business reached an agreement with the city to temporarily ship up to 100,000 tons of solid waste off island each year at a cost to the city of $100 a ton." This is a quote from Honolulu Star Advertiser and it shows how trash is a big problem in Hawaii, not only in littering Since our space is limitied we have limited landfill and are forced to ship our trash to other landfills.

Phase III: Identify Local Issue: What is your local issue? My local issue is littering. Every time someone litters it contributes to harming the nature and beauty of Oahu. There needs to be a change in the way people care about littering because it cant keep happening the way it is. There are many forms of littering that take place here, like marine debris and regular trash.

What can you do to be address the issue? What I can do to address this issue is I can do a community service project or public service announcement against littering. I can show how beautiful our islands are and how easy it is to be responsible and throw away your trash. Every little action taken agaisnt littering would help and the more people that become careful the less littering we will have. Others have already started programs and associations to help clean up the littering and trash that calls beaches and parks home. B.E.A.C.H. co-founder Suzanne Frazer says, "Marine debris is a big problem in Hawaii. Trash washing up ashore on popular beaches and careless smokers leaving their cigarette butts all over shore are a problem here. You can read more about these problems on this website: []

What is the global impact of your local issue? The global impact of my issue is that littering in Hawaii not only affects Hawaii, it could affect other parts of the world. There are many ways people litter things and some ways can end up killing sea life and animals. If fish die from toxic chemicals being dumped in our waters that could affect many things in the ocean that have to do with other parts of the world. Overall everyone needs to jump in on the effort to clean up Oahu like Alan Hong, he says "It's a never ending job, people dump stuff there everyday." Referring to an Oahu beach.

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