hope

"Optimism is a strategy for making a better future. Because unless you

believe that the future can be better, you are unlikely to step up and take

responsibility for making it so. If you assume there is no hope, you
guarantee there will be no hope."
- Noam Chomsky

eat local...

here's a great article by the ever talented Jeff Nield of FarmFolk/CityFolk - click the link for the full article.

Over the past couple of years, the concept of eating locally has taken hold of the public imagination. Thanks to years of on the ground work by a group of dedicated non-profits, activists, farmers, small businesses, and eaters, the benefits of eating food grown as close to home as possible has at least made it to the edge of mainstream society. Buying locally grown food is a positive choice for the environment, the economy, personal health, and our communities. Not to mention that learning where your food comes from is empowering information that will lead to a greater understanding of the food system in general.

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earth hour

Saturday, March 28th
8:30pm local time

Vote for the earth by switching off your lights for one hour.
Take action - engage - and have a bit of fun

http://www.earthhour.org/home/

Vandana Shiva

"The alternative to money is the currency of relationships."

Vandana Shiva

intuition

"The only real valuable thing is intuition."

Albert Einstein

everywhere there is joy & delight

Take hold of your own life.
See that the whole existence is celebrating.
These trees are not serious, these birds are not serious.
The rivers and the oceans are wild,
and everywhere there is fun,
everywhere there is joy and delight.
Watch existence,
listen to the existence and become part of it.

Osho

what we all have in common

"The earth is what we all have in common."

Wendell Barry