Tagged with 'deep ecology; permaculture; tribal community; earth'

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Occupy and Engage

Occupy Wall Street has been going on for nearly 5 weeks. It has broken the relevancy barrier - the point at which a movement is no longer mocked by serious people, but engenders debate about how to either capture that energy, figure out where it is going or how to stop it.

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MOVING THROUGH 2012

Earthquakes, a disruption of Earth’s rotation, being hit by an errant planet, and magnetic pole shift have all been forecast for December 21, 2012. These scenarios have been inspired by the ending of the Mayan calendar on that date, by indigenous predictions, religious fears and various scientific sources.

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Photosynthesis

The branches of trees are the neuronal pathways of a giant vegetal brain. The leaves are like eyes operating a kind of hormonal sight whereby the information is stored in cells as it grows. So we really should pay more attention to the oldest of trees.

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a Buddhist approach to a sustainable future

His Holiness Dalai Lama said some years ago, "All Buddhists should be planting trees". His meaning was layered, from the most practical interpretation to a deeper understanding conveyed through this simple statement.

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Jinkum's Jar

6 Lovely Books (handy in the event of civilization collapse):

Gaia's Garden
by Toby Hemenway

The Hand-Sculpted House
by Ianto Evans, Michael G. Smith and Linda Smiley

The Zero-Mile Diet
by Carolyn Herriot

The Backyard Homestead
edited by Carleen Madigan

Alcohol Fuel
by Richard Freudenberger

Perennial Vegetables
by Eric Toensmeier

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Connect to Global Permaculture Community from Your home, Appeal to Evolution?

Dear Friends, This is a survey to better understand our connections as a permaculture community.

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Roadrunner Speaks

A natural consciousness evolutionary living cultural movement encampment in central/northern Arizona

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Reading your Garden, when is Harvest!

First of all, The Farmer's Almanac is a great tool to begin to learn your weather patterns. Weather patterns vary from year to year, and even within the same year. Some of the basics...long winters mean late HARVESTS. Also, temperature is a major factor, both day time HIGHS, and night time lows.

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Save Our Skills - Imagine This...

Many of us have wonderful skills, I see it all the time on youtube... I'd like to see us more and more, valuing those skills and the people who have them, and learning from one another, whether or not we are credentialed by some third party.

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The Kindred Spirits Meet - May 30

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A World at Peace is going to require Eco-Logical Integration.

Our very survival is at stake here.

This Whole Ecosystem could go crashing down.

We must now begin to wake up, to this new responsibility, to carry this life,
that may have once landed on this planet, quite by accident, or that may have
been planted here on purpose, on into the Next Phase, and this is our Natural

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"Banish the word 'struggle' from your attitude and your vocabulary. All that we do now must be done in a sacred manner and in celebration. We are the ones we have been waiting for." — Hopi elders

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