November 2012
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October 2012
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“The human interest, and the natural interest, and the spiritual interest of this planet need to begin to take a priority over the corporate interest, the military interest, and the materialistic interests.”
—Michael Franti (via divinalion)
Your Period and the Environment →
southcoastenergychallenge.org
For the ladies…
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It reminds me of the “bike to work” movement. That is also portrayed as white, but in my city more than half of the people on bike are not white. I was once talking to a white activist who was photographing “bike commuters” and had only pictures of white people with the occasional “black professional” I asked her why she didn’t photograph the delivery people, construction workers etc. … ie. the black and Hispanic and Asian people… and she mumbled something about trying to “improve the image of biking” then admitted that she didn’t really see them as part of the “green movement” since they “probably have no choice” –
I was so mad I wanted to quit working on the project she and I were collaborating on.
So, in the same way when people in a poor neighborhood grow food in their yards … it’s just being poor– but when white people do it they are saving the earth or something.
” —comment left on the Racialious blog post “Sustainable Food & Priviledge: Why is Green always White (and Male and Upper-Class)” (via ouiominy)September 2012
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Trash Backwards
Trash Backwards is a neat DIY cradle-to cradle blog I stumbled upon. Frustrated with the accumulation of plastic in the environment, the Trash Backwards Team offers tons of ideas for repurposing and minimizing waste. They are currently working on an app that allows you get ideas for new purposes for things you want throw away. In a sense this is like environmental alchemy.
Hmmm…I wonder if the app will give me a good idea for what to do with my murder victims…….uhhh I mean old shoes.
Done with your chap-stick? Then turn the case into a salt and pepper shaker!
I love the craftiness of these guys. MacGyver would approve.
“Except man … no trees have any habits, nor birds, nor fish. The whole nature is spontaneous. It simply functions when it is needed, it stops functioning and remains simply silent when it is not needed. In fact, according to me this is sanity: to do only that much as is needed. Even to go a single inch further and you have moved beyond sanity, you have become insane. And there is no end to insanity.”
—Osho
“When you plant seeds in the garden, you don’t dig them up every day to see if they have sprouted yet. You simply water them and clear away the weeds; you know that the seeds will grow in time. Similarly, just do your daily practice and cultivate a kind heart. Abandon impatience and instead be content creating the causes for goodness; the results will come when they’re ready.”
— Bhikshuni Thubten Chodron (via pill0whead)
