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 […]
1. Pictures of the world’s largest cities followed by pictures of crowded beaches, subways and intensive housing. Be patient; it takes a couple of minutes to download and then start. Over_Population – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 2. See also 2012-02-27 YouTube: Arithmetic, Population and Energy (over-population)
Important video / film: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LSUyrF3p-s Allison writes on Facebook: pay attention, Canada… this is a sovereignty issue, too. the US has, the US wants & the US has agreed that water ‘is a human right’… which is USian for ‘you’re squatting on what is ours, on our continent’. This shocking investigation into the world’s water […]
(I am sorry, I don’t know why I didn’t record the URL’s from which the following was assembled. Arendt’s ideas about the relationship between freedom and action appear nearer the bottom.) Arendt’s essay On Violence distinguishes between the concepts of violence and power. Arendt maintains that although theorists of both the left and right […]
“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, […]
(The arguments and information remain valuable, in spite of the date.) FROM: Sandra Finley (contact info) June 11, 2004 TO: DEPT OF ENVIRONMENT (1) MINISTER David Forbes, Email: dforbes AT serm.gov.sk.ca (2) DEPUTY MINISTER Lily Stonehouse, Email: lstonehouse AT serm.gov.sk.ca CC: MLA”s Pat Atkinson and Peter Prebble Dear David and Lily, Re: GREAT SAND HILLS The […]
OTHER POSTINGS related to Jeremy Rifkin: 2011-01-18 Jeremy Rifkin: The Empathic Civilization. 11-minute YouTube: Highly recommended!! The YouTube video (11-minutes) at 2011-01-18 (Jeremy Rifkin: The Empathic Civilization) makes the point that nation states are artificial constructions pitting us against each other, when really we are connected. (Excerpt from 2011-03-10 Myths for Profit:) 2011-10-28 Jeremy Rifkin […]
Franke James’ work gives me such a high, I think I must be on drugs! Try this: What is Harper Afraid of? – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – When I read that Harper put a stop to Franke’s European tour last year, I was going […]
Elizabeth May will be in Saskatoon on Sunday June 3rd, as a guest speaker at the Annual Convention of the FCM (Federation of Canadian Municipalities). We are organizing two other opportunities for people to hear her speak. (I never tire of hearing her clarity.) Author Lyanda Haupt’s words (below) and Elizabeth May give me reason to soldier […]
Doug writes: HUGELY important ground-breaking research that we all need to wake up to – Red alert for humanity: Chemical damage can be inherited by offspring through unlimited generations (Sandra: The entire interview is important. I have copied the text from Natural News below in case the link becomes invalid. But I highly recommend you just […]