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How Can Communities Defend Themselves From Corporate Interests?

February 21, 2012

“Today, it is our communities and natural systems that are treated as property under the law – just as slaves once were – because people living in communities can’t control their own futures, and what’s in our communities is routinely bought, sold, and traded without a whisker of local control,” says Linzey. “In many ways, this work is about walking in the footsteps of those prior movements to transform ourselves from being property under the law to becoming people who harness the power of government to defend and enforce our rights.”

The True Cost of Oil (Video)

February 20, 2012

Photographer Garth Lenz shares saddening photos of the Alberta Tar Sands mining project in Canada and discusses the near term plans for massive expansion of the destruction of the ecological jewels of North America. Without regard for food systems, ecosystems, indigenous peoples, migratory birds, or common sense, this project will soon dwarf all current possibilities for eco-disasters as it threatens some of the world’s largest and most magnificent rainforests and wetlands.

The Answer to Existential Questions – Merging Science and Spirituality

February 20, 2012

Everything is inherently made of light in different frequencies, and this does not exclude solidity. Just as light can manifest itself in a frequency range that is visible to our senses, it can also manifest itself in a frequency range that is touchable to our senses. It doesn’t mean that the objects we experience are solid by nature; it only means that our brain interprets them as solid.

The Future of Food (Video)

February 20, 2012

Our food is being taken over. Genes and living things are being patented—the greatest theft of the commons in history. Industrialized food is unsustainable. Organic food cannot be industrialized. Don’t try to fool yourself. If you buy food labeled as organic, but have no idea where it comes from, then you’re eating ersatz organic.

Could ‘Artificial Leaf’ Technology Power the Cars of the Future?

February 19, 2012

Scientists have applied a new twist to the process of photosynthesis – the method plants use to harness the energy of sunlight. Instead of producing organic material from carbon dioxide, as plants do, they plan to manufacture a hydrocarbon ‘fuel’ which could be used instead of oil, using photosynthesising bacteria.

Monsanto Shareholder Meeting Infiltrated by Activist (Video)

February 19, 2012

In an exciting act of grassroots resistance to Monsanto and their GMOs that are ravaging the planet, activist Adam Eidinger has infiltrated a Monsanto shareholder meeting and posted the video up on Youtube. Eidinger discusses the negative impact of GMO crops, Roundup, and other Monsanto creations on human health and the environment.

Pharmacist Ben Fuchs on Nutritional Health and Supplements (Video)

February 18, 2012

Pharmacist Ben Fuchs talks with passion about the wonders of preventative nutrition and the stupidity of the modern pharmaceutical approach to healthcare. Assisting the body’s natural growth with proper nutrition, supplements, and food combining. These simple, common sense ideas can bring about dramatic changes in health, and also make one less of a ward to the medical establishment.

The Truth Behind the Free Energy Lie (Video)

February 18, 2012

Another volley in the campaign to inform the public that free energy is a possibility right now in today’s world. Moving into the era of free, clean energy is a must for the advancement of the human race, and ending our dependence on resource extraction is a must to reverse the damage being done to our natural environment. But in the world of money, politics religion and power, some ideas may be just too revolutionary to entertain. A must watch!

Earth’s Magnetic Flux Changes

February 16, 2012

It’s clear the Earth’s magnetic flux is now changing. Science concurs and we can read the general affects happening all across the planet. There’s much speculation as to where that’s going and the wider affects it’s likely to have. I don’t want to get into speculation hearsay, but what I certainly feel, is that the affects (whatever they are) will be large and wide ranging. They’re highly likely to affect EVERYONE on the planet.

You Are What You Grow

February 16, 2012

Today the problem is overnutrition, but a school lunch lady trying to prepare healthful fresh food is apt to get dinged by U.S.D.A. inspectors for failing to serve enough calories; if she dishes up a lunch that includes chicken nuggets and Tater Tots, however, the inspector smiles and the reimbursements flow. The farm bill essentially treats our children as a human Disposall for all the unhealthful calories that the farm bill has encouraged American farmers to overproduce.

We Are Star Stuff (Video)

February 15, 2012

The imminent Carl Sagan reminds us just how incredible it is to be human, and how magnificent it is to ponder the idea that we are all created from particles that once were the substance of stars. And the chances of the cosmos creating you in this moment were remarkably vast. Chance or a gift? Either way, life is incredibly beautiful. Carl Sagan’s warning about the crossroads of our planet and civilization is more timely than ever.

Out of Sight, Out of Mind – Investigation Into Georgia Chicken Farming (Video)

February 14, 2012

For the urban Georgian, it’s not obvious that Georgia is home to this massive industry, but hit the road to the north of the state, gaze at the rolling landscape and you might just glimpse the top of a shed or a feed bin, which more often than not will be the start of a mega farm, with countless sheds, housing as many as 300,000 chickens.

Raw Milk in Poland — Interview With a Polish Raw Milk Vending Machine Maker

February 13, 2012

Polish raw milk vending machine manufacturer Konrad Pszowski came to our attention through comments he posted on the Bovine. We thought, as a maker of raw milk automats, he could fill us in a little on the under-reported raw milk scene in Europe. So we contacted him. He wrote back, and we sent him some questions. And now we are pleased to present his answers in the form of this exclusive interview…

Reincarnation

February 13, 2012

It is only fear that holds us back now. We have already entered the age of Aquarius. The time for change has arrived. Once we are able to accept that the universe is far more beautiful and complex than we could ever imagine, we will begin to understand why we would want to keep incarnating again and again in this world of apparent suffering.

The Era of Entanglement: Humanity Is ‘Back to the Jungle’ (Video)

February 11, 2012

Danny Hillis, co-chairman of the technology and design firm Applied Minds, characterizes the present day as a “post-Enlightenment” point in time in which people no longer understand the technology that surrounds them. Branding it “the Entanglement Era,” Hillis compares humanity’s current relationship to the technological environment to its relationship to the natural environment, such as a jungle.

Water (Video)

February 11, 2012

This was filmed during August 2011. This is my interpretation of the fjord landscape in western Norway. Having spent countless days here, I really enjoy even the smallest parts of this landscape. Like hidden streams or dwarfish waterfalls outside of the beaten track that offer a great deal of solitude.

The Higher Health: A New Map for Prevention

February 11, 2012

Yet in a different way the human genome has opened the door for the higher health. We now realize that our genes are far more flexible, changeable, and easily influenced by lifestyle choices. This post is too short for me to detail how such a revolutionary change occurred in genetic thinking, so I will only point to the findings of Dr. Dean Ornish, the country’s most respected advocate for heart prevention, which indicate that improving your diet, exercise, and stress levels leads to improved genetic output from 400 to 500 genes.

Mindful Eating as Food for Thought

February 10, 2012

Today’s experiment in eating, however, involves becoming aware of that reflexive urge to plow through your meal like Cookie Monster on a shortbread bender. Resist it. Leave the fork on the table. Chew slowly. Stop talking. Tune in to the texture of the pasta, the flavor of the cheese, the bright color of the sauce in the bowl, the aroma of the rising steam.

The Tools of Disconnection

February 9, 2012

The measure of social status, of social acceptance, or prestige, is now to be found in our consumption patterns. The very meaning and significance of our lives is today expressed in consumption terms. The greater the pressures upon the individual to conform to safe and accepted social standards, the more does he tend to express his aspirations and his individuality in terms of what he wears, drives, eats . . . these commodities and services must be offered to the consumer with a special urgency. We require not only ‘forced draft’ consumption, but ‘expensive’ consumption as well. We need things consumed, burned up, worn out, replaced and discarded at an ever-increasing pace.


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