Upland joined The Charter for Compassion, saying it will help others in need and respect cultural, ethnic and religious diversity — A landscaper trimming tall grasses with a weedwhacker near an area that usually attracts wild birds was careful not to disturb any nests, an act noticed by Upland City Councilmember Janice Elliott. Also, the landscaper wasn’t using pesticides. “I said, ‘There was a person being compassionate,’ ” Elliott recalled, pointing…