Where are you with your action? (e.g. what involvement have you had so far? Describe with examples) So far in my journey with coastal cleanup, I have done two more beach clean-ups and have had more focus on local areas. I dedicated two days over the weekend, for a duration […]
The action I am going to be doing is coastal clean-up. We live along the coast and it is a big part of our everyday lives. Taking care and insuring it is clean is equally as important. I am going to start by finding the materials I need to do […]
Step One Blog Post – Action Post: Values Activity & Aligning this with Global Millennium Goals 1.Three most important values: 1.Integrity Integrity Competence Personal Growth 2. Three least important values: Tradition Spiritual Growth Risk 3.) Do you agree with the results? What do these values mean to you? I do agree […]
My partner and I faced many challenges during our project from safety, to making time, to finding rides. We overcame all these challenges by talking to one another and trying to work the problems out. After time we started to realize that finding a time that works for my […]
Step 7 Blog Post- Metamorphosis (Reflection) 1. Address the following questions: a. What challenges did you overcome throughout this action project? How did you go about overcoming these challenges? . The main issues I had were time management and feeling burnt out. I was slightly worried about how long I […]
My partner and are well into our action. Recently we went alone to downtown Port Coquitlam after we made care packages and we handed them out. We met many people during our journey and heard their experiences. Some successes we have had have been going out and preparing […]
Hello everyone! My project is a fundraiser for an art center called My Artist’s Corner (MAC). 1. ) Where are you with your action? (e.g. what involvement have you had so far? Describe with examples) My mentor and I discussed my current progress with the orders I still must finish. […]
Right now, my partner and I have made lots of progress from our last blog post. We have gone out to make care packages. After doing some research about what we should put in the care packages, my partner and I headed out to Walmart to get the supplies. We […]
Where are you with your action? (e.g. what involvement have you had so far? Describe with examples) Currently in my action, I have raised $250 from painting commissions and donations. After the last post I put up the flyers I planned to put up in places like Starbucks, No Frills, […]
My partner and I will be continuing our journey of going and helping the homeless like we did last semester. We will have the opportunity to go downtown with Kristi Blakeway and look at what homelessness is really like. Last semester we did a lot of planning, and it was […]
Hello everyone! My action is raising money through art commissions for mental health organizations, such as “My Art Corner” (an art center for people with mental health issues and people seeking wellbeing). 1.) Where are you with your action? (e.g. what involvement have you had so far? Describe with examples) […]
For my action project my partner and I will be continuing our action project from the last semester. We will be helping the homeless! We will be doing things like going downtown and handing out care packages. We will continue to see Kristi Blakeway and go downtown with her. We […]
Hello again! Here is my second action post. Do some research on your possible action areas (or your specific action you have already chosen) that you listed in your Action Post #1. I have researched the cost of supplies (canvases, paints, and brushes) first. By doing this I knew how […]
2a) The 3 most important values in my opinion are… I believe that everyone should have the same opportunities and rights. (Equality) I believe people should be noticed for their efforts and contributions. (Recognition) I believe it is important to experience close, ongoing, relationships with others. (Friendship) […]
a. Throughout my partner and I’s action project there were many challenges that we faced. One main one was defiantly finding time for both Kristi Blakeway, my partner and me. We did the best we could to work around this problem and we found our ways. We would normally […]
Hello everyone! Here is my first action post. What are your 3 most important values and your 3 least important values? My 3 most important values are compassion, opportunity, and helping. My 3 least important values were tradition, courage, and competence. 2. Do you agree with the results? Do you […]
So far, my partner and I have done everything we have needed to do up to this point possible. All we have to do left is actually going out and help the homeless. We have done as much planning that we can but unfortunately for us it is hard to […]
1a) Although I have many important values, my top 3 would have to be courage, integrity, and friendship. After going through all the different values and seeing the results I obtained, I am happy with the values that I chose. I think courage, integrity, and friendship are very strong […]
“To what extend does gender discrimination influence the world and the people in our society?” Lokshana Groodoyal social responsibility Research topic: “The impacts on males (morally, personally, professionally, etc…) ” – November 20, 2020 ———//———//———//——-//———//———//———//———//———//——— Firstly, the question that most people ask: “are tougher men also affected by gender […]
“To what extend does gender discrimination influence the world and the people in our society?” Lokshana Groodoyal social responsibility Research topic: “How & where does gender discrimination occurs.” – November 11, 2020 ———//———//———//——-//———//———//———//———//———//——— Gender discrimination has been a very popular and active problem, not only in our society but […]
Hi everyone! I have been volunteering at an animal hospital over the last several months, and I have been able to help out with a variety of things in the clinic and have got to experience and learn a lot about different tasks and procedures. I won’t go over everything I […]
Hello everyone! As the year is starting to come to an end, this will be my final post on the Butterfly Effect Website! Rejoining the Social Responsibility course for my final year of high school is one of the best decisions I’ve ever made. Not only did I have the […]
Hey again everyone! I’m back for my final post for my action cycle and possibly my last post ever for Social Responsibility. Wow…crazy to think about…anyway, let’s get started! As a reminder for those who might not know what my action project is about, I wrote about my work as […]
Hello again! I’m back for step #5 of my action! The last one before my metamorphosis! My last cycle ever! Can you believe it? Wow…alright, let’s get started! Description of process Well, starting from the very beginning I had to apply to each volunteer location (BCSPCA and Eagle Ridge Hospital […]
Hello everyone! I hope you are all doing well! I ended up falling a bit behind with my posts, so you’re going to see my name a lot on the site for the next little bit as I publish the ends of my action post! In this post, I’m going […]
Hi everyone! In my last post, I showed you how I have planted some seeds, and I wanted to show you the plant’s progress so far! Since my last post I have been watering the plants everyday and caring for them, and I have even had some sprouts since my […]
Hello everyone! Hope you are all doing well! This is my fourth post for my action project — Project One with Nature. We weren’t actually required to post today, but I wanted to anyway because I have so much to share with you all about what I’ve been up to […]
Hi everyone! In case some of you didn’t already know, for my action project, I have been volunteering at an animal hospital for the last couple of months. In this post, I will share with you what I have been doing, some of my successes and challenges I have had, […]
Hey everyone! Hope you are all well social distancing and staying at home! This is my third action post for the second cycle of my action. Due to the current pandemic, my action has been slightly tweaked, but I will still be carrying along with everything I had planned originally, […]
Hey everyone! I hope you are all doing well and are safe at home! For those of you who need a reminder, my action cycle is about my volunteer work at the BCSPCA and Eagle Ridge Hospital and Manor (ERH). I am not currently an active volunteer at these locations […]
Hi everyone! In my last post I shared photos of the greenhouse that I put together. Since then I have collected some seeds, planted them in cardboard egg cartons and peat pots, and have been watering them. I labelled them all and have them staying within my greenhouse. I planted […]
Hello everyone, To recap what my action project is about, I am making a garden for myself in my backyard. This is in relation to the Global Goals of Climate and Life on Land. By growing my own garden I won’t be contributing to the long fuel processes used to […]
Hello everyone this is my third action post! I am basing my action project on the #13 global goal climate action. For my project I am making, and decorating, reusable, recyclable and compostable bags and donating them to a local store currently using plastic bags. I hope my action will […]
For my Action plan, as I briefly talked about in my first post, I have decided to make a garden for myself in my backyard. This is in relation to the Global Goals of Climate and Life on Land. I really wanted to dedicate my action project geared towards the […]
Hello everyone!! This is my second action post for my new cycle. In my last post, I reflected on my 3 core values through the values activity and discovered my 3 values included: risk, leadership, and family. Last post, I also briefly described my goals for this new action. I […]
Hi everyone! In my last post, I discussed my values and sustainable goals. My top three values were helping, compassion and competence, and my main goal is good health and well-being. As I mentioned before, to address these values and goals, I will be volunteering at a veterinary clinic. I’m […]
Values Activity: My three most important values: Part A) I believe that everyone should have the same opportunities and rights. I believe it is important to feel sympathy, care or concern for others. I believe it is important to experience close, ongoing, relationships with others. Part B) Equality Compassion Friendship […]
Hello Everyone! I am planning to continue with an action project for my second cycle. I would like to continue with my same action from last semester while adding some new things as well, and slightly changing the goals and purpose my action has. Today, I did the values activity, […]
Hello everybody! Last cycle I chose to do an inquiry question where I asked how personality is formed. This new cycle, I’m deciding to try and do an action project! After taking the values quiz, I discovered that my three most important and least important values are… Most important Equality […]
Hi everyone! As some of you may know, throughout last semester, I was doing an inquiry project on veterinary medicine, technology and education, focusing on the history of the practice and its evolution throughout the years. I am very glad I chose that topic because I’m extremely passionate about science […]
Hi guys its long since i posted but i was busy doing my research on my action post. Iam Danson from Tigithi Boys High School. What is a landslide and what causes one? A landslide is defined as the movement of a mass of rock, debris, or earth down a […]
Hi everyone! Welcome to my first Action post of my new cycle! To give everybody a background on my project, I lead a club called Miracle Movement at school. The goal of our club is to raise awareness on pediatric health. We do this by initiating campaigns and hosting small […]
Hello everyone! Since my last post I have done a lot of work on my action project, mainly just by going around asking for donations and buying products myself to go towards my project. To summarize what I have done since my last post, I took the winter break as […]
The UN goal I chose is #16 Peace, justice and strong institutions, because it includes my main focus which is CORRUPTION. My essential question is What are the common characteristics of countries with high corruption and what solutions are going to be efficient for them? the reason I chose it […]
Hi my name is Simone, this is my second draft of Poaching animals research! Thank you to all who gave me links to look at! they were very helpful! 🙂 Throughout my research I have realized so many animals that we see regularly have been poached for multiple reasons. To […]
Hello everyone! Heading into the Christmas Break, I wanted to do one last post to cover everything I have been up to lately. At the beginning of the month on December 6th, I participated in my second nature walk with children from Baker Drive Elementary. The trip was really successful […]
Hi! Just a quick recap for those of you that haven’t read my action plan, I am going to be coming up with one things I can change in my day to day life to help the environment each week! Originally, I was going to be logging everything I do […]
Hey Everyone! With this being my fourth action post, I will be focussing on a major obstacle I have encountered recently within my action. Throughout this challenge, I have been able to focus on the positive side of things and understand that sometimes failure is required to succeed. While reading […]
Hey everyone! This is my fourth action post for the year. In this post, I’ll be talking about some of the complexities I face in my action, why I believe my action is sustainable, and how it is providing opportunity. In Ms Stuart’s TEDx talk, we learned about how ‘Everything […]
Hi everyone!! This is my third action post for my new initiative I have decided to name “One With Nature.” Just to quickly recap on what my action project entails, I am planning to lead nature walks, park clean ups, and scientific explorations in Mundy Park as a way to […]
Poverty Action Project Step 4, 1/4: The Budget For my project, I have decided to put together multiple care packages which include basic hygiene products, foods, first-aid materials, clothing and water. To be able to accomplish this, I must start off with a budget to know what I can buy, […]
Hey everyone! Welcome to my third action post of the year! For those of you who are new to my project, I’ll provide some backstory. At school, I lead a club named Project HELLO. HELLO stands for Helping Everyone Locate Loved Ones. As a group, our main goal is helping […]
Hi everyone! Welcome to another Action post. To give everybody a background on my project, I lead a club called Miracle Movement at school. The goal of our club is to raise awareness on pediatric health. We do this by initiating campaigns and hosting small fundraisers in support of BC […]
Just a quick recap for those of you that haven’t read my action plan, I am going to be coming up with one things I can change in my day to day life to help the environment each week! I am also going to be logging everything I do into […]
Hello everyone! I am super excited to share what I have accomplished so far for my action, and what I am planning in the next upcoming weeks. In my previous post, my action project plan, I discussed the details of my action and what I will be trying to raise […]
To tackle the global issue of poverty, we have to get rid of the discriminatory separation between classes, and help each other in times of trouble. A quick recap on what my action project is about: People who live in poverty are a large group of people who experience other […]
For my action, I have decided to focus on climate change. I chose climate change because it is a problem that affects everyone, and it is a really urgent matter. In order to make sure I had a proper understanding of the effects of climate change, I did a little […]
Hey everyone! This is my second action post of the year, and I’m so excited to update you all about how it’s going so far. If you look under the tab, “Action Instructions,” it describes how this post should give a step-by-step plan to accomplish my goal and to give […]
Hi everyone! Welcome to my second Action post of the year! To give everybody a background on my project, I lead a club called Miracle Movement at school. The goal of our club is to raise awareness on pediatric health. We do this by initiating campaigns and hosting small fundraisers […]
Sienna Saunders Butterfly Effect 12 Step One: I have multiple goals for my ACTION this semester. There are so many goals that I would like to achieve throughout this semester and there are three actions that I am hoping to take this semester. My first action that I […]
Action Plan Noah Berg My action plan is to help kids who are first starting hockey. I will make sure the have the support they need to help develop skills, love the amazing sport and continuing to play it through their life. I have always been involved in hockey […]
Hello everyone! Returning to Social Responsibility this year, I am super excited to create my own action based project! After looking at all 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, I found 2 main ones that I am really passionate about: “Life on land” and “Gender Equality.” Taking these 2 goals, […]
Hi everyone! Welcome to my first Action post of the year! Last year, I focused my action project on “Personal Growth” where I decided to become a teen tutor for elementary school students in my community. However, this year I’ve decided to switch gears and focus on the goal “Good […]
My action project is based on the global issue of poverty. Poverty is one of the leading causes of many global issues, such as hunger, illness, thirst, bad health and hygiene, lack of housing, lower life expectancy, violence, abuse, discrimination and overall vulnerability. Poverty is also “hereditary”, which means that […]
Hey everyone! For my first project of this year, I decided to go with an action project! I’d say I am someone who is fairly involved in my community, both in and out of school. So, I thought exploring how some of my work affects myself and those around me […]
PA-MOJA Butterfly Effect is taking the challenge encouraging our students to make teams across continents and work together on the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals. This “Be the Change” initiative provides an opportunity for us all to work together. Click the image below to learn more about the challenge! […]
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