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it seems as if a wake up call is needed in order for humanity to take mother nature seriously.

sunset at la push

with the massive shifting of the earths land masses mother nature has alters the size and shape of our planet making the days shorter. it’s only a fraction of a second but alas [...]

i think i may have solved my holiday blahs

see i LOVE presents!

I like they way they look all pretty and shiny and i love it when they have my name on them. but i hate contributing to materialism in america and destroying the environment by buying crap. and about half the time i don’t really love what is under that pretty paper.

plus i [...]

i had to repost this just look at that picture!

It’s for the International Vegetarian Union

Credits:
Advertising Agency: JWT Kuwait
Creative Directors: Alessandro Antonini, Mark Makhoul
Photographer: Tommy Morris
Retoucher: Nabil Kamara
Published: August 2009

Found via Andrew Sullivan, who says “The cauliflower clinches it”

home sweet home

i got to play with my new circle this week and wanted to do a quick update and do resource list so everyone can take advantage of what happened in group

we played with some questions:*how do you currently use your home? would you like to change this in any way?*use descriptive words to [...]

people just keep saving the planet

thankfully we don’t stop when met with resistance, we just go underground or utilize the amazing power of the internet to change things.

get smarter and feed someone or save a rain foresthttp://www.onesquarefoot.org/http://www.freerice.com/

local shopping program that helps local peoplehttp://www.interraproject.org/

a 20 minute video to educate you of the life and death cycle of all your possessionshttp://www.storyofstuff.com/

beauty with [...]

Tips for a Healthier Home

Since it’s Breast Cancer awareness month I thought I’d share some healthful tips to reduce your exposure to toxins. These tips are modified from ones that printed in Body and Soul magazine.

1) Inspect all products you put on your skin. Shampoo, lotion, cleaners, dish soap, bath, cosmetics, etc. Your skin is your most absorbent [...]

politics, population, and planting

This is not the happiest of posts, some political stuff in front and more inspiring things below.

The axis of evil might lie closer to home:Gas increases and the Bush AdministrationOne girl documents “What I learned from Bush”

Now how to fix our citiesCarl Sagan on Population and Poverty

The lighter, happier stuff:Planting trees, start young21 things you [...]

Bottled Water

Lots of new information coming out on this. I find it funny that people think tap water is not very healthy when it is monitored several times a day and the bottled stuff from coke and pepsi has lower standards and testing results are kept classified. Unfortunately good bottled water is often shipped from far [...]

Upcoming retreat

Linked here is a description of the upcoming retreat I am co-facilitating June 8th-10th on Whidbey Island. It will be a wonderful weekend of giving to the Earth and receiving for yourself. I will post more as details make themselves more known.

Right now there will be work around our current environmental chaos and easy, small [...]

new climate change group

http://www.2people.org/

Their goal seems to be to get politicians to commit to making global warming, climate change, and carbon emissions are on the ticket in the 2008 elections. They have some simple tips for everyday life; small changes that can create great positive change when done by many. Check it out, join if you feel so [...]