Journal Question #7

The winter solstice comes December 21st.  It is the shortest day of the year, but it signals the return of light to the earth, and since ancient times, humans have celebrated it.  The solstice may be the reason Stonehenge (pictured above) was built in England thousands of years ago.  The question is, why is sunlight so important to us?  Today, we have all sorts of artificial light, yet people miss long hours of sunlight; some even suffer from a kind of depression due to lack of daylight.  How about you?  Does the darker time of year bother you?  Why or why not?

Journal Question #6

Thanksgiving is coming soon, and it is a celebration of food.  Millions of people in this country will eat too much on Thanksgiving.  At the same time, millions will go hungry, both in America and throughout the world.  According to the World Food Programme, 1 in 9 people in the world don't have enough food for a healthy life.  Many of them are children.  So, here are some questions: is food a human right?  If it is, how can we ensure that everyone gets enough food to eat?  Hunger is a huge problem.  Is there anything an individual - you or me, for instance - can do to help people who don't have food now eat?