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Re: Bush, Dick Cheney and The US Congress Do Not Want You to See This

2008-10-31T15:30:51Z

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RNC Eve: Police Seize Sustainable Living Bus

2008-11-01T09:30:12Z

More at www.theuptake.org. Delyla Wilson tours the country with her family in the "PermiBus," a mobile permaculture demonstration. The group is in the Twin Cities to teach people about sustainable living practices.

On the evening of Saturday, Aug. 30, 2008 the bus was pulled over in what police eventually described as a routine traffic stop. After detaining the bus occupants, the police decided the bus was a commercial vehicle and impounded it for inspection, leaving the family and their guests stranded and homeless.

The police allowed the Wilsons to remove their dogs and chickens, but were not allowed to retrieve their computers or any other belongings, including their daughter's shoes.

This incident ended a day that saw multiple pre-RNC raids, which some legal observers believe is a coordinated pre-emptive effort by local and national law enforcement agencies to chill RNC protest action. Video by Chuck Olsen of The UpTake: theuptake.org Photos by Tony Webster, used with permission: www.tonywebster.com

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ABO DUDE - PART 1

2009-01-09T00:51:58Z

Earth Current TV visits founder and CEO of Aboriginal Living Skills School. On part 1 we visit Cody and his alternative house.

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ABO DUDE - PART 2

2009-01-09T00:51:58Z

Earth Current TV visits founder and CEO of Aboriginal Living Skills School. On part 2 we visit Cody and interview him on his views of sustainability and life as he sees it.

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From The Ashes

2009-01-09T00:51:58Z

Catastrophe As Opportunity: from the Ashes at Lama The world in which we live spins wildly out-of-balanced. From natural resources being near exhaustion, industrial poisons indiscriminately dumped into waterways, chemical pesticides once used as weapons of war, now dumped by the gallons on our food sources and injected into our soils, while global warming gives rise to temperatures significant enough to cause catastrophic fires, hurricanes and the melt of the Polar Ice Cap. With warning signs like these, still most refuse to see the edge of collapse to which we all live perilously close. There are those however, who see this edge in clear view. Travel with us as we visit one such community of seers. Among Americas oldest

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What Is Permaculture

2009-01-09T00:51:58Z

a future of possibility
Lama Foundation, located in the Mountains of New Mexico is host to Grow Here Now and Build Here Now. Annual workshops which bring together teachers as well as students of sustainability. Join us as we examine "what is permaculture" as we attend the Grow Here Now - Convergence at Lama.

Permaculture is a word originally coined by Bill Mollison and David Holmgren in the mid 1970's to describe an "integrated, evolving system of perennial or self-perpetuating plant and animal species useful to man" 'Consciously designed landscapes which mimic the patterns and relationships found in nature, while yielding an abundance of food, fibre and energy for provision of local needs. People, their buildings and the ways in which they organize themselves are central to permaculture. Thus the permaculture vision of permanent or sustainable agriculture has evolved to one of permanent or sustainable culture.

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Intro to Rico Zook

2009-01-09T00:51:57Z

Brief intro to Rico Zook permaculture teacher

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Seeds of Change

2009-01-09T00:51:57Z

SEEDS OF CHANGE
You need to spread this video around the net. Its a very important message

Bruce Weaver an independent filmmaker journeys into the dream world to paint a picture of our future. "Seeds Of Change" is a message and a warning from those who have a vision of tomorrow. While seemingly bleek with honesty and truth of what we face it is time to face the reality of the situation. We are facing more than just a Global Warming crisis we are facing a crisis in consciousness. We are truly on the brink and the fruit of our seed is something that is needed more than ever from each and every one of us. We must rise to this occasion now. Our guest speakers include Dr. John Todd, Dr. Brian Natrrass and Dr. Peter Russell who help explain the situation we are in and some solutions to our problems. This tapestry of a visual graffatti art from the dreamworld intertwined with our speakers and a situmlating meditative audio track by reknowned shaman musician Byron Metcalf take us on a complelling journey that looks at our situation from many perspeictives including visionaries such as Chief Arvol Looking Horse and Jesse Wolf Hardin.

What kind of world are we creating?
We as a civilization and a race of human beings are teetering on the edge of the prespice. We must examine our lack of tolerance for others as well as what we are no longer willing to tolerate from those who do not wish to create a truly awakened world that all can live in harmony and peace. Are we so asleep that we do not see the writing on the wall. Just as human beings of differing race, color, and religious belief deserve each other's respect, which at times requires "tolerance," or the act of voluntarily choosing to regard others as ourselves, so-to the earth then, deserves the respect of human beings toward her. At the core of the disharmony we now see on the planet, evidenced by toxic waste being dumped in our water sources, a cocktail of chemical poisons in every breath of air we breath, chemical pesticides sprayed on our food sources, and global warming threatening the balance of the natural world; our home, is the fundamental error in thinking we human beings are separate from earth: Independent, and not interdependent. Its abundantly clear if one is paying attention at all, human beings have "missed the mark." In our hubris we have forgotten the earth is our home, and even our mother, as most tribal cultures consider earth to be, and as such, we must repay our mothers with gratitude, respect, and honor for her gift of life

Tolerance as it is defined, tacitly implies the act of voluntarily choosing to accommodating, or "make room for," the behavior, and/or actions of another which may be different, or in seeming opposition to our own. With this understanding of tolerance, we must also begin to ask ourselves what these images of our planet suffering, at war, and in ill health, reflect to us about ourselves? At what point will we no longer "tolerate" our actions that believe the truth of our interdependence with earth, one another, and all other organisms within our environment. How long will earth bear the burden of our actions, and how long will we go on acting as if we bear no burden?

We must be the change we want to see in the world.

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Permaculture With Scott Pittman

2009-01-09T00:51:57Z

If we saw and approached earth changes and future environmental catastrophes as we do with the urgency of a war we'd be mobilizing a new army, a new air force a redefining what it means to be a warrior and a global citizen.

an eco -- force to be implemented with the utmost speed and vision is needed. We have to take a serious look at the possibility that it just maybe to late, but if we strive to put this best foot forward we may be more prepared to help save life, and to provide a more humane world for all.

Scott Pittman is a renowned permaculturist who does not shy away from addressing the issues facing humanity, the urgency it calls for and an introduction to permaculture, what it is and what it isn't. Permaculture may hold the key to our future.

Brought to you by Dharma Dog Pictures and the Ecohood www.ecohood.info

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What Is Permaculture

2009-01-08T14:51:44Z

Recorded live at the Lama Foundation an model for our future. Permaculture is introduced to you in this video by Rico Zook.

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Catastrophe As Opportunity

2009-01-09T00:51:55Z

Catastrophe As Opportunity: from the Ashes at Lama
The world in which we live spins wildly out-of-balanced. From natural resources being near exhaustion, industrial poisons indiscriminately dumped into waterways, chemical pesticides once used as weapons of war, now dumped by the gallons on our food sources and injected into our soils, while global warming gives rise to temperatures significant enough to cause catastrophic fires, hurricanes and the melt of the Polar Ice Cap. With warning signs like these, still most refuse to see the edge of collapse to which we all live perilously close. There are those however, who see this edge in clear view. Travel with us as we visit one such community of seers. Among Americas oldest

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Heaven On Earth (Short Version)

2009-01-09T00:51:55Z

Heaven On Earth
Is a Environmental Travel Video Blog shot this past
winter in Sikkim and India. It offers insight into the work of Rico
Zook and what he feels is a revelation into heaven,hell and purgatory
with-in the context of permaculture design.

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HEAVEN ON EARTH

2009-01-09T00:51:55Z

HEAVEN ON EARTH
Permaculture with Rico Zook
a 25minute film by Bruce Weaver

SYNOPSIS
What images do we hold in mind for the future of humankind, and the planet? At present, we are bombarded with images of global climate change, worldwide food and water shortages and catastrophic wars. Heaven On Earth is a video travelogue documenting the work of permaculturist Rico Zook. Join us as we travel with Rico to the Northern most part of India in the shade of the towering Himalayas, to glimpse the future through Rico's eyes and learn what permaculture is, and what it has to offer both humanity and the planet. Is it possible we might find heaven on earth here, and now? Watch and see.

This film is available for purchase!
20$ Donation Get a copy for your permaculture event or get a copy for your school.

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family

2009-01-09T00:24:08Z

A song, from a fireside, in a field in kent, with beautiful voices, children and adults, riddims and some gong, all jamming perfectly in........you can almost smell the woodsmoke!

ps. the photo of me at the end was taken by John Moore, he of Radio Avalon....a great folk collector and contemporary historian....

Other Images from Fellow Festvaleers, Small World, Big Green Gathering, thank you all!

Family!

'wot festiis is awl abaht! nowotaaameen!'

(Disclaimer: Views and opinions presented here are for informational and educational purposes only and may not necessarily be those of the makers of this video. or they might!)

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