“The (Brazilian) President is backtracking on Brazil’s environmental commitments, and will use any means necessary to push through an agenda of expensive mega-infrastructure projects in the Amazon, reminiscent of the military dictatorship in the 1970s,” Millikan says. “It begs the question, who will protect the Amazon…if not the government?”
The absence of fear is love. I believe the collective reality in the world would change overnight if love replaced fear in the forefront of our thoughts. And I think love is the secret ingredient to solve all of the seemingly complex issues of our time. I may be wrong about all this, but experience tells me there is definitely something to it.
“If we keep doing what we have been when the results today are worse than 10 years ago, we’ll never get anywhere and could wind up like Mexico or Colombia,” Chinchilla said in San Jose Wednesday in remarks reported by Bloomberg Business News. There needs to be a “serious” discussion of legalization even if the US disagrees, because Central American nations are “paying a very high price” and “we have the right to discuss it,” she added.
“Your continued attack on the worlds food supply, as well as the health of those who eat it, has earned you our full attention,” wrote AntiSec. “Your crimes against humanity are too many to name on one page.”
We know the system is broken. And we know that you are trying, however desperately, to stitch a portion of democracy and justice back together again, with us. So, really, this is our case—sane America’s lawsuit. We are writing today to let you know that we feel the pain of today’s decision.
We all want to believe we are tough to fool. The problem is, even if you are not so gullible, your brain still works a certain way, making associations that create vulnerability to being easily fooled, or fooling yourself. It takes work to release yourself from these natural assumptions that are presumed to originate from a mix of hard wiring and cultural conditioning.
Local Italian activist peacefully and honorably chides local riot police for protecting corporations and the mafia, poisoning themselves and their neighbors with carcinogenic tear gas, attacking and beating the elderly, and serving corrupt masters who lie to all. When local government systems fail to protect the land or it’s people from plunder, what choices do local families have nowadays, other than to confront riot police fronting for the corporate takeover?
Taking a bigger picture view, the Web is moving away from just curating content, to actually performing artificial intelligence operations on that content. Legendary venture capitalist Vinod Khosla recently referred to these utility apps as one of the last great unhyped areas of the Internet. In short, we are experiencing a move away from curatorial tools to algorithmic tools. We are, indeed, creating a type of second brain made possible by basic programming skills.
We cannot solve this simply by going vegetarian or vegan, or buying organic and fair trade. The very market that has created this Big Food disaster — the market that creates monopolies and monocultures — cannot solve these deep systemic crises. To truly “occupy the food system” we will need nothing less than a fundamental restructuring of the economics and policies that currently enable our corporate food system.
Converting to veg allows you to contribute to softening a global crisis and improves your personal bottom line significantly over the long term. The first time you flip that switch and you’re running on straight veg, the headaches and expense of converting blow right out the tailpipe!
Peter Proctor teaches Biodynamic agriculture in India, demonstrating how healthy soil creates healthy plants, which creates healthy food for healthy people. And throughout this cycle, every additive needed to produce natural and bountiful results is naturally produced and supplied by the farm. Biodynamic farming brings together the forces of nature in a unique way that can heal, land, livestock and people.
“For thousands of years, indigenous people have been responsible for developing agricultural biodiversity,” Narciso Barrera, a researcher at the public Autonomous University of Tlaxcala in southern Mexico, told IPS. “However, these efforts remain basically invisible, and they should be highlighted and linked with other local movements.”
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.
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.
Everyone has a skill — some might surprise you. An elderly shut-in who doesn’t drive can make beautiful wedding cakes. A woman in a wheelchair who needs her house painted used to train police dogs and now provides puppy training. The retired school-teacher who needs her leaves raked has a kiln and is teaching ceramics. A common question when we meet each other is, “What do you do?” “What do you need?” or “What can I do for you?”
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 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.
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!
Acknowledging these downfalls of our current monetary system, some alternatives arise. These so-called complementary currencies are designed to encourage investing in productive assets rather than hoarding. On top of that, they encourage (local) trade and cooperation and are less susceptible to inflation because they are backed by an external reference such as a commodity or service rather than the fiat of a central authority. They come in various colours and flavours, some of which we’ll explore below.
“You don’t get to be a hero by being a coward and sitting back and accepting the status quo. Evolution is calling you to task.” – Thomas Sheridan
An excellent and thorough explanation of the psychopath and the reasons the world is in chaos. Why is there a war on human consciousness and how do we live up to our high human potential for living peacefully and fruitfully on this beautiful planet? The solution lies in disassociation with psychopaths and turning our energies to the elevation of our consciousness. A must watch!
