OUR LEARNING EXPERIENCES

People in our neighborhoods do not like to practice the things that they learn when they were kids. (Mariano) In our schools, in Abraham House and everywhere there is always somedody teaching us the right thing.(Jhenny) For example, in the school we learn about water and energy conservation, but not everybody follows those advises. (Oscar)

We are lucky because we are part of many initiatives to improve our environment. We attend workshops like the ones held on the Ney York Botanical Garden. Also, on Greenthumb Grow Together city gardeners from everywhere get together to learn from each other, organize competitions among gardens and Harvest Festivals. We also have family events in the community garden that include story telling, birthdays and anniversary celebrations, movie nights, barbecues and table games. (Juana and Oscar)

We hope to accomplish many things with our garden, especially to make our neighborhood look nicer.(Orlando) We hope to make our garden one of the resources that can bring people together.(Gaby) We are also trying to tell people the importance of living in a clean environment.(Jhenny)

From the Garden Mosaics program, we have learned that science can be fun if you have the proper way to learn it. Through our work we have learned how to value our environment, the plants and the animals, but the most important ting is how to take care of them. We are not the same kids taht started the program. Now we are more aware of environmental and ecological issues. (Juana and Orlando)

We are able to recognize some weeds, name some birds and of course we don't throw rocks at them!!(Lilly, Ana and Angelica)

The people in our community are always trying to teach us something new. Now we are more alert to certain signs in the community. (Gaby and Genaro)

We dont "chase" chickens, but we play with them. (Genaro)

We don't just pull out the weeds, but we try to relocate them. (Juana and Ana)

We are also more careful when we are walking on the streets and where we dispose of our garbage. When we were cleaning our Community Garden, as part of the Action Project, we learned how to value the tidiness.(Orlando and Gaby)


This blog has shown us a culture and an environment that we did not know. Week by week we discovered something new. We got to know each other and we discovered a new culture.




We have learned that they have a different alphabet with many letters. (Pablo)

They also have inmigrants the same as us. Maybe inmigration comes from different countries, but still that is a topic that we share. (Gabriela)

Siberian kids know about their history and are very proud of it. (Orlando)

Their city has old houses made of wood, but are getting replaced by new ones. (Genaro) People over there want to preserve them because they are part of their past, memories and art work. (Orlando)

Although they have a short period of gardening, they still have beautiful gardens and are not afraid of the problems created by the weather. We thought that they would have unknown vegetables and fruits. They might, but still we share a considerable common variety of them. (Juana, Lilly and Ana)

At the end of this blog we realized that we share more common things than differences. (Orlando) Even though we are from two different countries and have different custums we are united by our desire of having a better world where to live.(Oscar) We have realized that we are not alone and we are capable of changing our environment if we come together. ENVIRONMENT ROCKS!!


The kids of Abraham House