October 2011
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September 2011
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Fire Meditation
In the winter I have a morning meditation. It starts in October and ends in April. It is one I have to do in the morning whether I like it or not, more to the case whether I want to be warm or not. Before morning tea or toast with sleep still in my eyes I must create fire.
It’s a simple and essential art to bring flame to hearth, to make the wood stove roar and the house warm. There is...
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WatchFrom the village shores of India to the swirling currents of the North Pacific Central Gyre, Addicted to Plastic follows plastic’s penetration into our lives and planetary eco-system. Shot over a 2 year world tour, Addicted to Plastic breaks down the environmental repercussions and solutions to the unbiodegradable essentials of modern life.
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WatchThis TED talk by neuro-scientist Jill Bolte Taylor is literally mind blowing. The insight she shares here nearly decade after suffering a stroke will shift your perspective on perception.
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WatchEvolution on two wheels. UK’s Monkey Dust tips its hat to the pinnacle of mankind’s inventions.
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Green Canvass
Hugelkultur is an old European technique, which is basically composting woody debris in place. My spiral creation, is the dreamy stuff that humus is born of. The black creme coming from the raked up driveway mush, a compote of garden clippings have given me raised beds on an old lawn. Phase two is the planting with acid friendly, soil-less-hardy, mulch loving potatoes.
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WatchAt TED Women, Tony Porter makes a call to men everywhere: Don’t “act like a man.” Telling powerful stories from his own life, he shows how this mentality, drummed into so many men and boys, can lead men to disrespect, mistreat and abuse women and each other. His solution: Break free of the “man box.”“
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WatchNature I say and my friend points to this video and starts to laugh and goes, “Ya, what he says.”
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WatchVBS TV follows a crew on their journey to the Pacific Ocean’s Northern Gyre. Here currents churn up tons of plastic into a chemical soup filled with bite-sized unbiodegradable bits.
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True Blood Post-Meta
Ok It’s done. The guessing and spoiling is over for another 9 months leaving us with only a serious fangover and an unprecedented post season body count. True Blood Season 4 was bat shit crazy even more than Season 3, the timeline of such memorables as jar of Talbot and spine ripping TV. So now post Season 4 finale whether you were calling for a Scream award or thought the whole thing...
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