Bolivia passes “Law of Mother Earth” which gives rights to our planet as a living system

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The Law of Mother Earth (“Ley de Derechos de La Madre Tierra”) holds the land as sacred and holds it as a living system with rights to be protected from exploitation, and creates 11 distinguished rights for the environment. It was passed by Bolivia’s Plurinational Legislative Assembly. This 10 article law is derived from the first part of a longer draft bill, drafted and released by the Pact of Unity by November 2010. Can we please spread this law? There has to be a way for the free market to interoperate with reverence for this planet. 
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In accordance with the philosophy of Pachamama, it states, “She is sacred, fertile and the source of life that feeds and cares for all living beings in her womb. She is in permanent balance, harmony and communication with the cosmos. She is comprised of all ecosystems and living beings, and their self-organisation.”
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“It makes world history. Earth is the mother of all,” said Vice-President Alvaro García Linera. “It establishes a new relationship between man and nature, the harmony of which must be preserved as a guarantee of its regeneration.”
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The law enumerates seven specific rights to which Mother Earth and her constituent life systems, including human communities, are entitled to:
  • To life: It is the right to the maintenance of the integrity of life systems and natural processes which sustain them, as well as the capacities and conditions for their renewal
  • To the Diversity of Life: It is the right to the preservation of the differentiation and variety of the beings that comprise Mother Earth, without being genetically altered, nor artificially modified in their structure, in such a manner that threatens their existence, functioning and future potential
  • To water: It is the right of the preservation of the quality and composition of water to sustain life systems and their protection with regards to contamination, for renewal of the life of Mother Earth and all its components
  • To clean air: It is the right of the preservation of the quality and composition of air to sustain life systems and their protection with regards to contamination, for renewal of the life of Mother Earth and all its components
  • To equilibrium: It is the right to maintenance or restoration of the inter-relation, interdependence, ability to complement and functionality of the components of Mother Earth, in a balanced manner for the continuation of its cycles and the renewal of its vital processes
  • To restoration: It is the right to the effective and opportune restoration of life systems affected by direct or indirect human activities
  • To live free of contamination: It is the right for preservation of Mother Earth and any of its components with regards to toxic and radioactive waste generated by human activities
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Organic Food Anyone? My Organic Garden … INES RADMAN




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INES RADMAN

FROM CROATIA WITH LOVE

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A few of you have asked me to post some photos of my Organic Garden. I know it’s really out of the themes written here, but then it’s not really. If you’re a truth seeker, you are also a realist and know that our food is poisoned from top of the food chain to the bottom.

I use a Raised Bed/Square Foot Garden method but consider my garden perma culture even though it’s not yet totally sustainable, there are not enough foliage and trees to collect enough material for composting, but I have planted trees in front of the house and we have 8 olive trees. Ideally I would have liked to have a few chickens as well, but I don’t have the time to take on more responsibilities and my neighbors have eggs so I have an abundance of them when I need them.

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READ MORE HERE

http://inesradman.wordpress.com/2014/10/06/organic-food-anyone-my-organic-garden/

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We Are All One - An Inspiring Short Film To Watch

 




This incredible short film shares an Indigenous Native American Prophecy that links all of life and the future of our planet.

Visit the website… Upload the file and spread the word!

http://www.weareallone-support.org/

Our purpose
We want to change the global markets to protect the future of our beautiful world. Every single person should make aware choices to contribute to help our environment.

We want to encourage everyone!
Spread the understanding that everyone has an individual power to make a difference, we are the consumers in this world, what we don’t buy, doesn’t sell.





Rosa Koire - Behind the Green Mask: UN Agenda 21

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Although the United Nations, largely with the help of an interloper named Maurice Strong, had been discussing the bogus but communistic notion of "sustainable development" since the late 1970s, it wasn't until 1992 and 1993 when Presidents George Herbert Walker Bush and William Clinton, respectively, hoisted this foreign and insidious entity onto the backs of the American people by executive order, particularly President Bill Clinton's biodiversity treaty and his President's Council on Sustainable Development.

Almost twenty years later now, nearly every county across all the States in the United States of America has been infiltrated, particularly on the local level, by the lynx-like activities of the United Nation's Agenda 21-link to a One World Government through the International Council of Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI), a usurpatious, parasitic non-government organization (NGO) that floats and slinks between federal and local government control in your city in order to maintain a base of control of its own -- over your lives as well as your money and land.

UN Agenda 21/Sustainable Development is the action plan implemented worldwide to inventory and control all land, all water, all minerals, all plants, all animals, all construction, all means of production, all energy, all education, all information, and all human beings in the world. Inventory and control.





SOUNDS LIKE SCIENCE FICTION...OR SOME CONSPIRACY THEORY...BUT IT ISN'T.

Have you wondered where these terms 'sustainability' and 'smart growth' and 'high density urban mixed use development' came from?

Doesn't it seem like about 10 years ago you'd never heard of them and now everything seems to include these concepts? Is that just a coincidence? That every town and county and state and nation in the world would be changing their land use/planning codes and government policies to align themselves with...what?



3.6 Billion Gallons of Treated Sewage for Snowmaking on Sacred Mountain




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For Immediate Release
August 9, 2014

Contact:
Klee Benally
indigenousaction@gmail.com
www.protectthepeaks.org

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Flagstaff Commits 3.6 Billion Gallons of Treated Sewage for Snowmaking on Sacred Mountain
City of Administrator Shuts Public Out of Controversial Decision

FLAGSTAFF, AZ — City of Flagstaff Utility Director Brad Hill single-handedly authorized a controversial 20-year contract to extend sale of treated sewage for snowmaking on the San Francisco Peaks in Northern Arizona. He refused to hear public comment preceding his decision.

“This extension amounts to committing 3.6 billion gallons of treated sewage to be sprayed on a sensitive mountain ecosystem. This is where Indigenous People pray and where children will be exposed to harmful contaminants in snow made from this effluent.” said Klee Benally, volunteer with Protect the Peaks, “This is incredibly offensive, unsustainable and ultimately irresponsible considering the escalating water crisis we’re facing in the Southwest.”


“To add insult to injury,” Mary Sojourner, Protect the Peaks volunteer, said, “I find it reprehensible that we, the public who will be affected by this decision, were not allowed to make comments; and that an open review process was not put in place.”The decision to extend the contract was made despite pleas from local residents and Indigenous People. “This type of agreement is short sighted and unsustainable in our continuous drought situation and also shows a total lack of regard for the 13 Indigenous Nations for whom the Peaks are sacred,” said Dawn Dyer, Protect the Peaks volunteer.

On July 22, 2014, when Arizona Snowbowl was 2 years into their original 5 year contract. Snowbowl manager J.R. Murray petitioned for the twenty-year extension. The volume of treated sewage effluent provided to Snowbowl and the duration of time for snowmaking, November to February, has not been changed. The City is required to deliver Class A reclaimed water – though since it has problems at its two reclaimed water treatment plants, it is questionable if the City can consistently deliver effluent at that standard. Flagstaff’s reclaimed water also contains high amounts of selenium and other dangerous contaminants.

City officials acknowledge that reclaimed wastewater may contain antibiotic resistant bacteria and pharmaceuticals, but have no timeline for testing and mitigating these issues. It is illegal to ingest reclaimed wastewater through the eyes, mouth, ears or skin due to its fecal coliform and chemical content. In spite of this, state agencies are turning a blind eye to these facts when considering matters with Snowbowl – thus the City and state agencies are therefore putting thousands of skiers and families at risk.


TAKE ACTION! Email Flagstaff Officials & Voice Your Concerns: kburke@flagstaffaz.gov, bhill@flagstaffaz.gov, soverton@flagstaffaz.gov, kbrewster@flagstaffaz.gov, cevans@flagstaffaz.gov, cbarotz@flagstaffaz.gov, jnabours@flagstaffaz.gov, joravits@flagstaffaz.gov

Over thirteen Indigenous Nations have expressed overwhelming opposition to the use of reclaimed wastewater on the San Francisco Peaks, citing the damage it will do to medicinal plants, animals, culture, and the sanctity of this sacred site. The Forest Service, City of Flagstaff, and Arizona Department of Environmental Quality have all colluded to push snowmaking through and to ignore any voice against such action.

Currently, Flagstaff taxpayers are subsidizing Snowbowl’s reclaimed wastewater use for dirty snow. Arizona Snowbowl receives reclaimed wastewater for a fraction of the cost that city residents would, resulting in millions of dollars of Flagstaff tax payer funds subsidizing this unsustainable business, a business not even within city limits.


A council ordinance adopted in 2002 and reaffirmed by council in 2013, states that all agreements for existing treated sewage effluent customers are reviewed, approved, executed and enforced by the Utilities Director. Snowbowl manager J.R. Murray lobbied city officials to get the extension approved.

Arizona Snowbowl operates their private business on the Peaks under permit from the US Forest Service. The Forest Service approved ski area expansion and treated sewage snowmaking in 2005. The Coconino Forest Service Environmental Impact Statement (page 3-121) stated, “It is unrealistic to think that the Snowbowl would be a significant driver of tourism activity or the economy.”
The Hopi Tribe currently has a lawsuit against the City of Flagstaff to halt the sale of wastewater for snowmaking. The lawsuit asserts that the contract is not in the public’s best interest. In spite of the pending suit, the City of Flagstaff is undermining their concerns and ultimately judicial processes, which if regarded, should have put the City’s contract on hold until the lawsuit was resolved.

After years of legal battles, protests, teach-ins and more than 50 arrests resulting from protests to protect the Peaks, Snowbowl started making snow in 2012. The recent decision extends the contract through 2034.

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SOURCE

http://www.indigenousaction.org/flagstaff-commits-3-6-billion-gallons-of-treated-sewage-for-snowmaking-on-sacred-mountain/


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GAIA’S WISDOM KEEPERS AND SKY SERPENTS : Parallels of Omni Earth




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Of the Omni-Earth, the parallels of Earth, and that termed the Elemental Kingdom. We speak of thyme incredible vortex of Skellig Michael, and of the Firmament anchor of Newgrange. We speak of the land of the Goddess and Fae.

Certain parts of the world have a somewhat differing type of elementals. Only the few vectors on the planet that project what may be termed the ‘full-spectra energy field’ have the full quality & quantity of the entire Fae Kingdom. Fewer still of these have the energetic lens that enables humankind to more tangible ‘see’ and interact with these beings.

Ireland, more than any other area on the planet, has the greatest variety and populace of the Faerie and Elfin Kingdoms, and that those in Ireland are far more interactive with humans. That is precisely why so many rich folklores of the Devic exist in Ireland.

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There are indeed rich & diverse pockets of Devic Beings that timelessly inhabit the green hills and river valleys of Ireland. Although much of Britain and parts of Europe and your planet have similar pockets, the Devic Kingdom in Ireland is more tangible, more lucid, more fully expressed than most areas of your planet… and can thus be more vividly experienced.

Long before mankind entered upon the Earth, the Omni-Planet contained within it the natural forces, that termed the Elemental. These material aspects were full spectrum, not just as dense physical matter but rather the complete spectrum of matter and anti-matter… in which the conscious living aspects were projected & diversified, conscious in all manner of what is termed ‘elemental’ life. That then existing within the the five matrixial formats or elements : Air, Earth, Fire, Water and the fifth – Etherium.

Matter exists in spectrums, as does light.

In the earliest explorations into that termed the Earthplane, the soul of mankind entered into the plane in a nonphysical state, a thoughtform state in which mind had indeed the full capacity to mold & form matter and enter into physical matter in full consciousness.

Many souls found expression in what may be termed the elemental kingdom or better said the elemental matrix in those pre physical eras. That is why so many humans relate so powerfully to these Elemental Beings. For indeed many experienced first life within and without them in projected spectra-state within the elemental matrix.

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There are indeed many humans who found beautiful expression in what may be termed elemental expressions as light beings of what is akin to the Faerie realm. Such life expressions were nonphysical manifestation of Divine Mind. Many associate this as being in LeMuria or Mu, but this is before the planet was in duality. This then in the pre-human earth of the original Firmament.

At his time did many choose expression in the projection of thought form and experience the Gardens of Earth through the elemental forces that define the earth. These expressions as beings of a semi physical, yet non physical nature allowed many to experience consciousness with realms of air, earth, fire and water. This is vaguely recalled in the forgotten lore of Faeries, Mermaids, Sprites, Dragons, Trolls, Gnomes and such.

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Elementals & Divine Intelligence

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That which we term the Devic Kingdom, are essentially projected aspects of the elemental, mineral and plant kingdom that find conscious dynamic expression through vehicles of electro-magnetic and crysto-electric energy.

Some Devic forms are more advanced than others. Those of the Fae possess divine intelligence, whilst others of the Devic realm are more like the lower fields of that termed the bird or winged kingdom, in terms of having awareness within a group-thought pattern as opposed to individual consciousness.

The higher intelligence of the Fae will more willingly interact with certain humans, while the majority are less drawn to close communicative interaction, and keep a certain distance…not unlike a sparrow or thrush in ones garden that will fly away if one gets too close.

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Not all Devic forms are what you may think of as positive or benevolent in nature. Some are consciousness sourced from electromagnetic fields and as such both positive and negative are required to balance the electrical spectrum you see. Some view mankind as brothers, others do not. Some project the vibratory essence of supreme love, others are somewhat malicious and mischievous, from your perspective. Yet both are electrical l forms of bio-plasmic life, in a manner of speaking.

The Faerie Kingdom is light based elementals generally sourced of air. There are varieties of faeries that are water sourced and plant kingdom sourced. The plant sourced faerie is traditionally referred to in your folklore as pixies and brownies. Both having a very excited positive vibration, often creating a sensation in humans associated with delight and laughter. They are quite real, and exist all over the planet. The Kingdom of Fae tends to mass in areas of higher energy. In those places termed powernodes and sacred sites. But to be clear, such locales are termed sacred and powerful precisely because the dimensional veils are thin in these vectors. All variety of the Fae are particularly drawn to gurgling brooks, small cascades, pools, plants, mushrooms and particularly ferns & flowers.

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The Elfin Kingdom is Devic Beings that are projected from the earth. These include elves, gnomes, and trolls. The Elfin exist in forests and wooded greens, and aspects of the elfin are particularly associated with Greenman. In a true sense all of the elementals are inner related each aspect being somewhat dependent on the other, plants needing earth, water and light for example.

Edgar Cayce, among others spoke of having very real experiences and interactions with faeries, pixies and brownies throughout his childhood. The channel has shared of experiences on Skellig Michael with faeries and pixies, with prolonged visual contact. The visual being an aspect of the energy field at Skellig and other parts of Ireland in which dimensional fields are concentrated and overlapping in more tangible concentricity.

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The Sacred Dragon are benevolent and fully conscious beings. These do indeed exist, and have existed on the planet long before humanity. They possess supreme divine intelligence and are extremely advanced. They are protectors of humanity and of the planet, and are taking a greater role in the Cosmic Trigger. These beings are Masters of what is termed earth-kundalini and as such are involved in engineering aspects of the aptly named dragon line-currents and ley lines which are in fact arteries of life force on your planet. They are now in a greater role, involved in the formation of new energy lines within the crysto-electromagnetic surge of the Cosmic Trigger, or crystallization expansion of the Ascension into and the Earth-Current Leys.

Have not your cultures throughout the ancient world had legends and stories of these beings, even religions in Asia devoted to their worship. These beings are extremely advanced, and fully conscious, and have existed on the Earth since the beginning. We tell you there are benevolent ‘Angelic Dragons’ are among the Ascended Masters.

Do not confuse these with the concepts in myth and lore of evil dragons who kidnap princesses into castles and caverns. Nor with sensational provocative theories of evil reptilian take overs of your planet.

Now, the mythology of your Arthurian stories in regard to fire-breathing dragons as evil beings that capture princesses are indeed myths and the descriptions are distorted and quite obtuse.

We tell you this while in ancient days, pre LeMurian, pre Atlantean phases of the earth, there were dragons that entered the Earthplane from Zeta Reticuli that were not benevolent. These were in fact battled and driven from the earth by the sacred benevolent dragon beings that still reside on your planet. Although much fewer in numbers, they have always existed here, and are great protectors of your planet, and work closely within the energies of the planetary kundalini force.

Now, there are also extra terrestrial beings of a reptilian nature that do indeed exist. Just as humans, some are benevolent and some are warlike. There have been periods in the earth’s unfolding in which reptilian beings have attempted to enter the Earthplane, and not always for benevolent purpose. These are NOT the beings to which we refer.

Even yet the words, dragon, serpent and reptilian cause humans of the western world to shudder in fear and associate them with evil or dismiss them completely as mythological folklore. The metaphors of St George slaying the dragon or variations of this tale are seeded in the Church’s reign to demolish paganism in their crusade to politically reign & dominate. Yet in many other cultures and religions, especially in Asia, the dragon was revered, and considered a source of wisdom, divinity and ‘good-fortune’.

There is a Devic form of ‘dragonesque’ beings that exist in the elemental kingdom, but these are not the Sacred Fully Conscious Dragons of which we speak. Rather are they elementals that are a conscious form of the elemental realm , projections of the Fire element. The indigenous have often used Fire Devics in ceremony, assigning a ‘Fire-Keeper or Fire-Spirit Talker to hold ceremony in vision quests and ritual dances. There are also fire elemental projections considered as etheric salamanders and fire-glyphs.

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The fully conscious divine beings of which we now refer abide both in the inner earth, particularly in volcanic regions and others are drawn to magno-crystalline mountains in high elevations. These beings are not of the elemental electromagnetic kingdom, although they are closely aligned to the earth’s electromagnetic and crystalline energies.

Some of these are massive in size up to 50 meters in length , and radiate a golden light . They exist primarily in higher parallel dimension, but do also bodily exist in your physical world. These are beings of golden light, and are actively involved in the energetics of your planet. They are guardians of certain of your interdimensional gates. They are indeed of divine intelligence, both etheric and physical.

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In “Isis Unveiled” H.P. Blavatsky writes:


“Spheres unknown below our feet; spheres still more unknown and more unexplored above us, between the two a handful of moles blind to God’s great lights and deaf to whispers of the invisible world…”

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Skellig Michael is a Natural Temple, a power-node of terrestrial construct, one created by nature, by the Divinity of Earth. The structure of Skellig Michael is pyramidal in geometry and is particularly aligned with celestial energies.

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Atlanteans were very aware of all such nodes on the planet, in collaboration with the Sirian-Pleiadean Alliance. Just as Staffa Island is a generator of the Hebrides, (Iona as well as eastern Ireland), so does Skellig perform a similar energy generation and distribution in western Ireland. These ‘feed’ the earth currents of the area not only with telluric energies, but Cosmic or Celestial energies as well. These play a more important role than is currently recognized, though these were fully recognized in the Golden Era of Atlantis. (A time in which the Earth was in full dimensional aspect and those termed the Star Races inhabited the earth.)

Within Skellig is a Master Crystal of Violet Hue. It has been there since the Golden Age of Atlantis.

It has never been de-activated, for it was originally and specifically placed where it remains, and will remain.

It is a key point of refracting that energy you term the Ley, and it up-shifts into the sacred frequency of both the Mary and Michael Leylines.

It energizes all of the Leys in Ireland and in Britain, France and Europe.

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KINGDOM OF HAWAII : “Regarding the United States Navy and the destruction of Hawaii’s marine environment”



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This letter (decree/edict) was written today by Ali’i Nui Mō`ī Edmund K. Silva, Jr.

Selected highlights are below (bolding is the King’s).


“…the U.S. government has no spiritual or ancestral ties to these islands, as myself and my people do, they have raped and pillaged these lands and our oceans with absolutely no regard for the effect such heinous actions will have on our future generations. This abhorrent behavior will no longer be tolerated, as the Kingdom cares deeply for the land, the oceans, and all walks of life, both human and animal, which inhabit this archipelago.

“The governments of the world continue to operate within 2nd and 3rd dimensional thinking, and continue to destroy our world with stupid conflicts created by man… It is difficult to find words to adequately characterize the the behavior of the United States foreign military forces now using Hawaiian waters for their war games, with little to no regard for the destruction such behavior is causing to our delicate ecosystem and marine life. A dead whale washing up on the beach, turtles with their legs blown off, and coral reefs reduced to rubble, – the horror continues.

“We have known about the effects of high energy sonar on Whales and other marine life for years. It was fifteen years ago that whale watch boat captains and shore observers documented that the Whales had fled from the U.S. Navy low frequency sonar testing area off the Island of Hawai’i. The Navy has been killing or injuring Whales and other marine life for decades while issuing one denial after another.

“These are not respectful people. They have no respect for the creatures living in the ocean. They have no respect for the future of the oceans. They have no respect for life. They only worship their imperial goals and the death that accompanies pursuit of those goals.

As Sovereign of this Nation, I therefore issue the following edict: ‘RIMPAC 2014 is the last time foreign armies will be allowed to abuse the Hawaiian environment.‘

“Of particular concern is the use of high-powered sonar at low, middle, and high frequencies. The history of such sonars killing or harming marine life, especially Whales, is sufficient to conclude they cannot be used safely…. Such sonars are now banned from all Hawaiian waters.

Therefore, in conclusion, I am not directing but ordering you to cease and desist in your war games, for it is my kuleana and sacred duty to protect this Sovereign Nation and all its resources. The ocean is our source of life and your activities are not welcomed. The Kingdom of Hawai’i is a non-aligned nation and has no use for your Military campaigns and war games. You are to cease and desist in your activities immediately.

“I am sending this letter to Governor Abercrombie and the Trustees of OHA because they have failed miserably in their duties to protect the Hawaiian ‘aina from the destructive actions of the occupying nation.”
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Kingdom of Hawai’i Ali’i nui mo’i (King) Edmund K. Silva, Jr.
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What Is Sustainable?




"We're a mining society. We mine the soils, the groundwater, the forest, the minerals, the fish... We're destroying non-renewable resources. There's no future in it." Richard Reese, author of What is Sustainable? and Sustainable or Bust, examines past cultures in search of patterns for a sustainable future. Earlier cultures lived slower and simpler. They limited their populations; many prohibited over-hunting. He concludes that ours is a story of tools: "We're really clever on the tool-making side of the game, and very undeveloped on the foresight side of the game." As resource bubbles pop and industrial civilization collapses, can we use wisdom from sustainable cultures, and not just repeat the same mistakes in the next civilization?


LADA RAY : EarthShift TV Video 3: Russia’s Moves: GMO Ban & Russia-China Holy Grail Deal


 

 LADA RAY

My name is Lada Ray. I am a linguist, financial consultant, Feng Shui Master, shaman, futurist and author of several books. I’ve been making successful and accurate predictions about politics, economy and investments since the early 2000s, and  it’s time to share them with my fellow citizens of planet Earth.

FUTURIST TRENDCAST




Russian President Vladimir #Putin announced that Russia will criminalize #Monsanto and any other bio-tech companies who attempt to plant, or lie/conceal that they have planted #GMO seeds on Russian territory. Lying, or concealing GMO-related activity, as well as mislabelling GMO products, will bear jail sentence and will be equated to terrorism.

Meanwhile, Russia and China sign a mega deal to supply Russian gas and discuss building the ambitious high-speed railroad connecting Eurasia and America. How does all this effect the future of China, Russia, as well as the US and EU? And more.

http://futuristrendcast.wordpress.com/2014/06/03/earthshift-tv-video-3-russias-moves-gmo-ban-russia-china-holy-grail-deal/




Nature Was My Teacher : LIVING WATER – The Vision Of Viktor Schauberger

 


Water, vortex, implosion, free energy.

Viktor Schauberger (30 June1885 25 September1958) was an Austrian forester/forest warden, naturalist, philosopher, inventor and Biomimicry experimenter.

The inventor of what he called “implosion technology”, Schauberger developed his own theories based on fluidic vortices and movement in nature. He built actuators for airplanes, ships, silent turbines, self-cleaning pipes and equipment for cleaning and so-called “refinement” of water to create spring water, which he used as a remedy.

Schauberger’s theories appear not to have received acceptance in the mainstream western scientific community, as replication proves either too difficult or results vary from previously published data. However, Schauberger’s work remains an inspiration to many people in the Green Movement for his own observations of nature.




After The March Against Monsanto : Momentum Favors The People

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It is clear that we have just witnessed the largest single worldwide protest against a company and their products. What is also clear is the major public disgust for anything bearing the words ‘GMO.’

Monsanto’s only refuge lies in massively funded mouthpieces in the forms of news clips and certain public figures, combined with a legal stranglehold on scientific research and medical inquiries. Yet in the age of information, their propaganda is laughable. Meanwhile the townspeople gather, having replaced their torches and pitchforks with signs and banners. We see this time the battle being fought from a place of higher consciousness. Our weapons of choice are the devastating methods of non-compliance, civil disobedience and free enterprise. It appears while the smoke is still clearing from what may be the final March Against Monsanto, momentum favors the people.

Tipping points are historically difficult to pinpoint or predict. They often manifest in the form of some event or consciousness action that ignites the minds of the public in a “now I can see” moment. During that exact second, and no sooner, a mass movement locks into a single idea that once cemented in stone, will never die. We are at such a point. The once obscured battle lines in the sand have now been illuminated with neon signs, doused with gasoline and set ablaze in our collective DNA. Into the future we march knowing only one thing clearly, genetically modified food will not be a part of it.

Years of brave activism and mobilized populations of unhappy mothers, disenfranchised farmers and educated consumers have brought us to this point. Surging forward comes the real work with instant rewards. Led by the recent examples of Mike Adam’s Forensic Food Lab and the continuous work of the Food Babe’s army going mainstream, it is clear that companies fear our voice and will instantly comply to the people’s wishes. How do we keep the heat on Monsanto? The company’s actions have shown us that their plan will move forward at all costs. So it is up to us to take the reigns and destroy their market share by voting with our dollars.

The Battle Plan

You money is your megaphone, your soapbox and your most important vote. This is a fact cemented in the pages of history’s empty political promises and arrogant corporate attitudes. We have always been taught throughout life that change would require a struggle. Yet, regaining your right to be healthy, eat healthy and live absent from the constant assault of weaponizied food is perhaps the most energizing ‘struggle’ you could engage in. Plus it’s a real community builder!

Know Your Farmer

Most independent farmers these days struggle to make a living unless the are subsidized by Monsanto, Dow, et al. That is why supporting those farmers that choose to ‘go it alone’ and use organic methods and non-gm seed is now vital. Learn who those individuals/families are and support them. Now is the time. Evey dollar in their pocket is one taken directly from the ‘GMO machine.’

Grow Your Own

This is the best option and truly gives a win-win. By growing your own you will know where your food is coming from, that it’s organic, non-gmo and free. All are luxuries that are slipping through the hands of everyone on this planet. For the non-gardeners, gather neighbors and utilize the monocropping technique. This is accomplished by having each participant grow one crop. You can see in a neighborhood of ten participants there would be greater variety and more yield than any one individual could do alone. In addition, you only have to specialize in learning to grow and harvest one type of plant.

Keep The Social Media Heat

We have won the hearts and minds of the people. While plowing through this tipping point, it’s important to keep circulating information via all social media platforms. When petitions become large enough, the right people listen. Since our wishes have continually fallen upon the deaf, unempathetic ears of Monsanto and the man who calls himself president, it’s time to start focusing on smaller targets. Individual companies and suppliers can be effected. Subway, Whole Foods, McDonald’s, Jell-O etc have all recently witnessed this first hand. Pressure put on them via social media, petitions and emails to remove GMO in large numbers will serve to disrupt profit margins, take over board meetings and steer internal policy. In a beautiful twist of fate, those companies then join our sounding board pointed at Monsanto et al. Do you think Monsanto could ignore scores of large corporations terminating business with it because they find themselves no longer profitable from a simple social media campaign or collective movement to boycott GMO’s? Game over!

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THE RESET : Resetting the UK GOVERNMENT : A constitutional re-set community led governance and ethics

 


Mission statement

A constitutional re-set to re-store fair principles, accountability, community led governance and ethics. Ensuring peoplecare, earthcare and fairshare for the benefit of all.

Governing principles

Our existing constitution is an established set of governing principles that are used to administer the British Isles. These principles are there to protect and entrench fairness, the right of free speech, the right to a fair trial and the right to be governed by consent. Over the last few hundred years, but more so recently, these principles have been eroded. 
The re-set will restore these principles.  

Accountablity

The British Isles are set up as a trust. A trust is run by administrators who work for the good of its beneficiaries. This is the framework of our existing constitution. You are the beneficiaries of the British Isles. Our political system is meant to be run for our benefit, but it is currently dysfunctional, unfair and increasingly irrelevant.
The re-set will restore accountability and due process.

Local community led governance

For hundreds of years in our constitutional history, communities governed themselves and participated in a national decision making process. The re-set will bring back constitutional conventions, across the four nations, at regional and then national level.  We don’t need the government’s permission to convene. It will be like the shareholders of a company getting together to decide on policy and implement it. This has been done many times before. Local representatives will discuss and decide on long running problems that the party political systems have not solved.
The re-set will restore the role of local communities enabling them to govern themselves. 

The re-set ethics

The re-set is a solutionary approach with three ethics at its core:
  • peoplecare
  • earthcare
  • fairshare
These are well established ethics, which are guidelines on how we should behave towards each other and the earth, common to many cultures and beliefs.
The re-set will introduce a new fair way of raising revenue. It will re-store economic and social prosperity for all, and allow our constitutional framework to grow, revitalising all communities.





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Ray Savage talks about the re-set on "Health Revolution" with Clive de Carle 26th March 2014

Clive de Carle discusses the re-set with Ray Savage. This interview was originally broadcast on "The Health Revolution" and was produced by The UK Column.






The re-set


THE SCHOOL THAT SAYS 'I CAN' : Bisa school is a free school for slum kids in Jakarta in Indonesia



 

This article comes from:

http://aanirfan.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/the-school-that-says-i-can.html

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Bisa school is a free school for slum kids in Jakarta in Indonesia.

Bisa school was set up by the British International School in Jakarta.

"Conceived, designed and managed" by kids at The British International School, Sekolah Bisa is a school for 25 shanty-dwelling primary children who formerly did not get any school education.



Mayang

Mayang was a beggar on the streets.

Now she attends the Bisa school.

She’s one of the three female members of the Bintang Bisa! soccer team entered into the Jakarta Schools Football League. 

She wants to become a doctor.



Sekolah BISA, in Jakarta Indonesia, is on  Facebook

"We took on something that Sisyphus might have shied away from in envisioning a school:

"The mindsets of parent and child long habituated to exclusion.

"The shanty's communal lack of self belief.

"Our deep unfamiliarities with the culture.



Bisa

"The shanty itself hidden, seemingly impenetrable, overwhelming.

"The huge societal forces that had determined in advance a child should not go to school.

"Our own fears and ignorance.

"The lack of any precedent."

Sekolah BISA - Jakarta, Indonesia - Education | Facebook




Sekolah Bisa (The School That Can) is on YouTube


Mudi

"Overall, Mudi is the most committed member of the school."

A well and washroom at his home is being funded by the British International School's 'Spreading Smiles' charity.

Asked if he was happy at Sekolah Bisa, he said, 'Lebih dari pada senang' - 'More than happy.'

He likes reading and football.


Bisa School


Akbar

Akbar lives in a home that is 3 metres by 3 metres.

He used to pull a cart.


Andik

Andik never fails to thank his teachers at the end of the class. 

Andik was once a beggar and in was once hit by a bus. 


Ahmad 

Ahmad is a remarkably able child. 


Indra

Indra asked if he could become a student at Sekolah Bisa, and he is now enrolled.


Jefri

Jefri used to beg at the railway station. 


Ella 

Ella now has a birth certificate.

Many shanty-dwelling children do not have birth certificates and are not officially recognised as citizens of their own country. 


Yoga

Yoga is 'a precocious and wonderfully aspirational child'.

He is 'a great goalkeeper'.


Cici

Cici's mother works as a maid.


Agung

Agung wants to be a footballer.


Lalita

Lalita want to become a policewoman.


Fini

Fini wants to become a doctor or teacher.


Lipah

Lipah wants to become a doctor or nurse.


Andrie

"Andri is a very frail student - but impeccably polite and attentive to his studies." 


Jihan

Jihan used to pull a garbage cart.

Jihan is a delightfully mannered girl and likes writing.


Ikki

Ikki is often unwell 'but is a lovely child'. He lives with his family in a wood hut.


Heni

Heni is 'highly creative and talented'.


Rendy

Rendy is 'remarkably witty and supportive of other’s learning. 


Rohmat and Rahmat

Rohmat and rahmat are twins.

"They belong to a very cooperative and functioning family."


Anik

Adrian Thirkell, of the British International School, came across Anik filthy and crying at Bintaro railway station.

Now she is at Bisa, and is described as being quick thinking, alert and creative.


Arie

Arie and his family were forced out of their shanty.

The new 'land owner' bulldozed the area.

Arie struggles to get to Sekolah Bisa because he has to go on a public bus first in order to reach the pick-up point for the Sekolah Bisa funded bus. 

He is 'a delightfully good humoured child who has missed almost no school at all since starting in May 2011.'


Siska

Siska loves Maths and problem solving


Lina

Lina wants to become a dentist.


Maman

There is very high death rate among children in some of the Jakarta slums.

Children die regularly from typhoid, typhus, tetanus, TB and a host of other ailments.

Medical care is not free and some of the doctors have only passed their exams through bribery.

A child can appear healthy on a Monday and be dead by Friday.

Maman, 13 years of age, died suddenly.

Maman's father died some time ago and his mother is a maid.

Maman used to chew uncooked noodles.

SEKOLAH BISA!



These Bisa students (above) were discovered on a garbage dump in Jakarta. They were collecting waste materials and selling them. The Street Kids of Jakarta

Strangely, the Bisa school appears to have only two corporate sponsors:

The Body Shop Indonesia and

Giant Hypermarket Jakarta.




One would hope that BP, Jardine Matheson, Unilever, Shell, Standard Chartered Bank, HSBC, Rio Tinto, Premier Oil, BAT, Prudential, Shell, Rolls Royce, GlaxoSmithKline and a number of others will lend their support in future.


 
Lessons given to children in a slum area of Jakarta

1.5 million children live in the slums of Jakarta.


Most of the slum dwellers try to make ends meet by working as 'rag pickers'.

The children often have to start helping their families earn money early on.

Nearly half the population lives on under $2 a day.

Education is not free in Indonesia.

Various projects are "helping the children climb out of poverty through education."

For example, the British International School in Jakarta has set up its little school for slum children.


And Josef Fuchs, an Austrian businessman, has set up a foundation to make it possible for 2,500 children to attend school in 29 slums in Jakarta, Surabaya and Medan.

Education gives hope to Indonesian slum kids 

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Jakarta Kid blog

Jakarta street children kids Archives | The Jakarta Globe




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