Change comes from within —we find a better way as we learn to live wisely…
Mitakuye Oyasin!
Change comes from within —we find a better way as we learn to live wisely…
Mitakuye Oyasin!
Feb 222013
Mitakuye Oyasin!
Dec 142012
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Oct 212012
I’m not here to slow the rise of the oceans or to heal the planet… —Mitt Romney
The economy? The most momentous issue we face today is climate change. Here’s a fuzzy video that speaks clear truth:
Change comes from within —we find a better way as we learn to live wisely.
Mitakuye Oyasin!
Sep 122012
Mitt Romney says, “Corporations are people.”
In a recent interview by David Gregory of Meet the Press, he also said, “I’m not here to slow the rise of the oceans or to heal the planet —I’m in this race to help the American people.”
Wouldn’t a commitment to environmental repair and preservation indeed help human people in America… and everywhere? So I ask this question: Which American “people” did he mean?
Change comes from within —we find a better way as we learn to live wisely.
Mitakuye Oyasin!
Aug 162012
Yesterday it was revealed that the biotech industry and Big Ag have already dumped $25 million – $4.2 million from chemical and seed giant Monsanto alone – into the campaign to defeat Proposition 37 in California, the November 6 citizens ballot initiative that will require genetically engineered foods to be labeled and put an end to the deceptive industry practice of marketing GMO-tainted foods as “natural” or “all natural.”
The California Secretary of State just released the latest Who’s Who of donors to the NO on 37 and YES on 37 campaigns. Topping the list of donors to the NO on 37 anti-labeling campaign is Monsanto and the rest of the Biotech agri-toxics gang, aided and abetted by processed food manufacturers and supermarket chains. As of Aug. 15, they’ve raised more than $25 million to keep you from knowing what’s in your food. And of course the November 6 election is still more than two months away. On our side, YES on 37, we’ve raised $2.7 million with several million more in pledges.
Who are the top donors on our side, calling for truthful labels on GMOs? The top two donors are Mercola.com, the nation’s largest network of natural health consumers, and the Organic Consumers Fund (OCF), the allied grassroots lobbying arm of the Organic Consumers Association. Mercola.com has already donated $800,000 to the cause, while the OCF has donated approximately $700,000 so far, almost all of which has come in the form of small donations from organic food consumers. Other large donors to the YES on 37 campaign so far include Nature’s Path, Dr. Bronner’s, Lundberg Family Farms, Eden Foods, and Organic Valley, leading brands in the organic industry.
It’s clear that the NO on 37 folks have a lot at stake – namely, grotesque profits. After Monsanto, the top donor is DuPont Pioneer, at more than $2.4 million. Pepsi/Frito Lay has moved into the no. 3 spot, at more than $1.7 million. In all, nine companies have pitched in more than $1 million each – most of them biotech and pesticide companies, along with Pepsi, Nestle and Coca-Cola.
Total number of major donors so far to the NO on Prop 37 campaign? 45 – all with ties to the biotech, pesticide and Big Food industries. Total number of major donors to the YES campaign? 18 – none with ties to biotech, pesticides or Big Food.
Goliath has indeed roared, but the food fight of our lives has just begun. Goliath has more money, but David, our champion on the battlefield, has truth and grassroots power backing him up. How much more will the Biotech Bullies and Big Ag spend to keep voters in the dark about chemical and energy intensive GMO food? Please stay tuned from now until Nov. 6. We’ll keep you informed and motivated to join OCA, OCF, and our allies in this historic battle that will determine the future of food and farming, not only in North America, but across the world.
Find list of itemized contributions HERE.
Change comes from within —we find a better way as we learn to live wisely.
Mitakuye Oyasin!
Jul 142012
Think pot is harmless? —think again.
Rat poison from illegal cultivation of marijuana on public lands is threatening fisher populations throughout California, according to a new study from UC Davis researchers —and think of all the other mammals and birds who die along with the fishers for the sake of a smoke.
Change comes from within —we find a better way as we learn to live wisely.
Mitakuye Oyasin!
Jul 102012
“There is no guide, no teacher, no authority. There is only you…”
—Jiddu Krishnamurti
—Jiddu Krishnamurti
This week, NASA released incredible, as-if-you-were-there images of Mars. The landscape above titled, “Greeley Panorama,” is from NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover, Opportunity, during its fifth Martian winter. It consists of 817 images taken by the panoramic camera (Pancam) on board Opportunity.
Also, this week, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced that the first half of 2012 was the warmest of any year on record for the contiguous United States. National temperatures averaged 52.9 degrees, which is 4.5 degrees above the long-term average.
Looking at the Mars panorama and considering the spectacle of climate change, I can’t help but wonder if earth might soon take a similar form if humanity continues its frenzy of growth, insatiable consumption, environmental degradation, nuclear inventions and war, which, when you think about it, simply boils down to selfishness, greed and anger —psychological conditions of the mind.
There lived a man of Indian descent, a gifted spiritual philosopher, who spoke often of bringing about positive change in society through a change, a revolution, in the individual psyche —change from within. His name was Jiddu Krishnamurti, and he walked among us from 1895 until 1986. He held that each one of us is accountable for the state of this world because the actions formed of beauty or ugliness are rooted in and demonstrated by each of us.
Krishnamurti’s revelation provides a simple, yet profound message that if we wish positive change, it must take place within the core of each of us —from the inside out —as within, so without. There is only you, and only you can bring about change within yourself —which is the change that will change the world.
Mitakuye Oyasin!
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