Al Gore is my Jesus, my Ghandi, my Buddah, my Allah, my last hope.

Who would have thought baby making was such a big deal?

Published on Thursday, July 6, 2006 by CommonDreams.org
Written by Jeff Cohen

These are some initial exploratory steps and research inspired by readings about wastes and toxins like bleach – included is a great list of alternative non toxic ways of doing things. Try a few and let me know what you find – I will do the same.

Join OCA and Food and Water Watch June 19-25, to take the Starbucks challenge and protest or leaflet Starbucks cafes in your neighborhood. Let’s educate Starbucks’ patrons about Fair Trade and rBGH. Help us reach our goal of 300 actions!

Why is the hard fought, 35 years of work by the alternative organic community at risk?

Andrisky Church

It takes becoming regular in certain places and along certain routes to recognize the patterns that teach about a place. There is no doubt that even a short visit like this can teach one about one’s self but to really learn a plus you must find a rhythm or a path and stay in it for a time.

Sometimes it is the small efforts in life that add up to something much larger.

and here are those using their powers for good

I was revisiting my 8/05/05 blog on Mindfulness and Chronic Pain today to see who had written, and I was stunned by how many friends – some of you whom I have only just met – experience some kind of chronic pain.

Please check out this blog

When I went in today, there was a barista I do not know too well but seems like a nice person. The owner of Muddy’s was there too (I will not divulge his name as he may wish to remain anonymous) and we exchanged our hellos. I noticed a plate of candy and asked if they were already getting into the spirit of Halloween. I was told that it was a Mongolian tradition to put out candy when someone has passed on, and that Paulabarak had died in a car accident.

Tonight I had a vision.
I’m one who acts out their vision.
I’ve decided that starting next Monday I will walk to work. I will retire my car. I will retire using oil.
I can survive without oil. Can you?
I will contact the LA Times. I will tell them what I’m doing. I [...]

“While magic as I understand it is more a craft than an art or a science, the basic principle holds. The medium of magic is consciousness — one’s own consciousness, that of other people, and (more controversially, at least within the worldview of modern industrial culture) that of other-than-human entities of various kinds. The tools of magic are will, imagination, and the innate structures of consciousness itself, constellated through formal patterns of symbol and ritual. The goals of magic are defined by the individual magician.”

–John Michael Greer

Did you know that about 2/3 of people who have never suffered from serious back pain have the same kinds of ‘abnormal’ back structures that are often blamed for chronic back pain, and that many people continue to have pain after ’successful’ surgery? Fear is a major factor in continuing the pain cycle when there are no structural problems.

Alexander Gorlov’s helical turbine, a device that’s 100 inches long and resembles “an oversize beater from an old handheld mixer,” can harness kinetic energy from any body of water, including canals, open oceans, and rivers.

Do you really know how the things that you see, read, expose yourself to during the course of your day effect you?

If you thought news about the Bush government in action could not get creepier, here are two related updates from the Organic Consumers Association