I want to make sure this TED Talk by Ron Finley is widely known. Maybe you’ll experience the same high as I did, watching it?! http://www.ted.com/talks/ron_finley_a_guerilla_gardener_in_south_central_la.html – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Ron Finley’s work is very positive and creative. It is CONSTRUCTION; this is what […]
NOTE: it is better to watch the video of this talk. Please see 2013-04-08 Excellent! TED Talk, Ron Finley, A guerilla gardener in south central L.A. – – – – – – – – – TRANSCRIPT Showing Revision 3, created 03/07/2013 by Morton Bast. Title: Ron Finley: A guerilla gardener in South Central LA Description: Ron […]
Don’t miss appended quotes from Audre Lord. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = RE SALLY ARMSTRONG I highly recommend click & listen: http://www.cbc.ca/player/Radio/ID/2340427936/ Thanks to Janet for sending the link; she writes: Holy shit! (if I may be so bold) I have written & just […]
I am greatly concerned about this issue. It is happening not only in Canada. (Reference 2011-12-12 Here is the real reason behind the demise of the CWB …) = = = = = = = = = = = = = Western Producer Are our pensions retiring the family farm? by Matt Gehl […]
PAUL EHRLICH is controversial. He wrote The Population Bomb in 1968. Some of his dire predictions have not come to pass. Others argue that it is because of his warnings that the global community made adjustments and delayed the day of reckoning. Ehrlich (below) is joined with other scientists. “More than 3,000 experts concluded humanity […]
With thanks to Janet Eaton: http://beyondcollapse.wordpress.com/ CBC Radio, Sunday Edition program, Michael Enright interviews founder of `People Who Share` movement & co-founder of `buynothingchristmas.org` Enright notes that emerging alternatives to consumerism such as `people sharing` networks and `buy nothing Christmas` campaigns challenge our way of life and restructure our economy and he questions whether this […]
Kim writes: Here’s an interesting perspective on drone warfare from TomDispatch that may assist your efforts to expose prospective cyberwar research by Lockheed Martin at U of S. (BELOW) REPLY: Thanks! I also watched the interview between Engelhardt and Bill Moyers that was linked in. Good stuff. (At the end of the article: You can […]
Climbing back into the saddle after an amazing trip to Bhutan. ‘Twas that delightful serendipity, whooping cranes and family support that got me there, will tell you more later. Why Bhutan? .. . . For years I have been troubled by our economic indicators (Gross Domestic Product (GDP)). We are delusional. We use “growth rates” to […]
“The preoccupation with the GDP, which has become the all-encompassing surrogate for everything with respect to well-being, is wrong,” he (Romanow) said. http://www.thestarphoenix.com/health/Romanow+says+medicare+needs+vision+from+federal+government/6792491/story.html By Betty Ann Adam The unifying force medicare has played in Canada is being eroded by Ottawa’s decision to make health care transfer payments to the provinces without overall national goals attached, […]
I offer PROBLEM and REMEDY in this posting. When NATO does this in Tampa / WE do this in our community. I am sorry you may find it lengthy. I feel I have to make a water-tight case. ON “THE REMEDY” SIDE: Do not fall for the propaganda that what is happening in Quebec is […]