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Serving the System – How Free Are You, Really?
Alen Mischael Vukelić, Contributor Waking Times The system teaches us that we are dumb creatures who just don’t get it. Somehow we are always too late, too slow, too uneducated to fulfill the guidelines that are put there in front of us. It teaches us that we are incapable of observing the world in which …
3 Reasons To Stay Away From Any Kind of Palm Fruit Oil And Why Coconut Oil Will Always Be Superior
Natasha Longo, Prevent Disease Waking Times Palm oil of any kind, whether it be from the fruit or kernel is not beneficial to the Earth or human health. The marketing gurus behind the largest palm oil manufacturers in the world will never give you the whole story. In fact, they are attempting to deceive international …
Making a Living Out of Living (Off-Grid in the Wilderness)
Brad Waters, L.C.S.W., Contributor Waking Times A glimpse into two households living off the grid in the American wilderness. When the sun sets on Charlie Larson’s cabin, he does not flip a light switch- his cabin doesn’t have electricity. It takes several moments longer to reach for his kerosene lamp, strike a match, and adjust …
Sustainability is Mainly a Spiritual Crisis, Not a Material One
Caroline Savery, Sust Enable Waking Times The more godlike he becomes, the less godly Homo economicus behaves.” – Andrew Nikiforuk When I started out as a sustainability activist, I firmly believed that “sustainability” meant finding better, more efficient ways for humans to live within the means of our resources. I considered the problem of sustainability as a problem …
Industrial Hemp for a Prosperous Future
Industrial hemp could mean an opportunity for the farming community to renew itself and play a role in the new economy.
Five Steps Toward Decolonizing Gaia and Rewilding Mankind
Z, Contributing Writer Waking Times The cosmos will always be greater than our microcosmic perspectives can possibly allow, but allow it we must. “It’s easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.” –Mark Twain “It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent… It is …
Hemp Habitats – Homes of the Future?
Becca Wolford, Contributing Writer Waking Times Hemp homes, while not mainstream yet, are the cutting edge of green building and living. Hemp, one of the strongest and most durable fibers on the planet, is being used for foundations, walls, roofing, insulation, and indoor textiles and installations. Hemcrete is made with hemp hurds and lime, and is …
Don’t Mess with Texas’ Tar Sands Blockade
Will Wooten, Waging Nonviolence Contributor Waking Times One year after more than 1,200 people were arrested in front of the White House during two weeks of sit-ins against the Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline, a coalition of Texas landowners and activists will attempt to physically halt its construction. Led by veteran climate justice organizers, …
Hemp – A Cash Crop For Medicine, Food, And Shelter
Becca Wolford, Contributing Writer Waking Times The 1938 Edition of Popular Mechanics called hemp The New Billion Dollar Crop. Unfortunately, the Billion Dollar Crop was not meant to be. Randolph Hearst’s newspapers depended on wood (he owned several sawmills) and his investments in timber would be threatened. DuPont’s chemicals were also a factor, in that they …
Balancing Act: Sustainable Morality for a Better World
Adam Lanka, Contributing Writer Waking Times “The most important human endeavor is the striving for morality in our actions. Our inner balance and even our very existence depend on it. Only morality in our actions can give beauty and dignity to life.” – Albert Einstein A balance always exists. Our world lives and labors under …
Cultural Values Have Far-Reaching Implications For A Sustainable Global Society
Prevent Disease Differences in attitudes and cultural values could have far-reaching implications for the development of a sustainable global society, according to an analysis to be published in the International Journal of the Sustainable Economy. Rune Ellemose Gulev of the University of Applied Sciences Kiel, Germany, has explored the cultural values associated with sustainability that makes …
Hemp – The Answer To Sustainable Living
Becca Wolford, Contributing Writer Waking Times “We are using up the resources of 1.5 planets. That is a long way from sustainability. Every product made takes something from the planet that we can’t give back. So think twice before you buy anything. Think about what went into making that product. Buy better quality, but buy …
Monsanto’s Mass ‘Super Weeds’ Force Sustainable Farming
Anthony Gucciardi Waking Times What happens when Monsanto’s modified creations get out of hand and threaten the biosphere with mutated ‘super weeds’ that continue to suffocate farmland across the entire planet? Experts call upon farmers and government officials to return to traditional sustainable farming practices — the kind without Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide. It was recently …