Moving to a 'Garden of Eden' EcoVillage

Go it alone as a single-family Robinson Crusoe situation or go communal with other likeminded individuals wishing to thrive in community? Both have their appeal, but which is more likely to be sustainable and prosper? It's cold in North America (Canada). How is it in the South?

The EcoVillage solution

Is this tree included? - I don't see why not.

Is it time to begin stepping into our vision? It's simple when we follow...the 4-steps to make our dream of living in a "Garden of Eden" style EcoVillage a reality!

This 2-hour virtual event is happening soon. The cost has already been covered for us. We can register for free. It's in 9 days, 19 hours, and a few minutes. Am I ready to live my off-grid dream life?

• On October 19, 2024 @ noon (Central)

Hey, there are still politics to deal with out here

Ever look out at the world and think, "There has to be a better way!" Ever feel like maybe we got dropped off on the wrong planet? Well, actually this is the right planet, but there's a better way. We were meant to live in community and in harmony.

If we resonate with this picture, then we need to stop and notice this. Yes, I'm ready to go off grid and live the dream life. Plus, we'll leave a legacy our great grandchildren can be proud of: offgriddreamlife.com/eventregistration

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Four years alone and off grid in the Canadian wilderness | Self-built garden, yurt, and prepping

(Off Grid w/ Jake & Nicolle) Ep. 159: In the next episode we welcome a new family member, and EVERYTHING changes again!

• VIDEO: 4 years alone off grid in Canadian wilderness

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► MUSIC 1.  Josh Amarante: Dancing in the Dying Light (YouTube amarantemusic/Soundcloud  amarantemusic)

#alone #prepping #OffGrid #Yurt #freediving #Firewood #boat #Bushcraft

• Offgriddreamlife.com; Off Grid with Jake and Nicolle, Sept. 26, 2022; Ananda (Dharma Buddhist Meditation), Jen B., Dhr. Seven, Ashley Wells (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Eco-Womanism and Animals on Zoom (2/26)

Rev. William Melton (Vegan Spirituality Meetup), Candace Laughinghouse, Chicago Theological Seminary; Ananda (Dharma Buddhist Meditation), Ashley Wells (ed.), Wisdom Quarterly

CompassionConsortium.org welcomes Professor Candace Laughinghouse

Eco-Womanism and Animal Rights

This service includes immersive spiritual practices — musical reflection, meditation, prayer, loving-kindness — as well as a spiritual conversation with special guest (compassionconsortium.org).

• Compassion Consortium w/ Candace Laughinghouse, ONLINE, Sunday, Feb. 26, 2023, 1:00 PM | Meetup
• FREE ONLINE ZOOM EVENT: us02web.zoom.us/j/83640596466?pwd=Yjc4YW5CcVduRThuYkhHRE5hU2FrQT09

If God demands a sacrifice, behead them?

On Feb. 26, 2023, at 4:00 pm ET, the Compassion Consortium will present its special spiritual guest Professor of Theology Candace Laughinghouse, a doctoral (Ph.D.) candidate in theology and ethics at the Chicago Theological Seminary, in the forefront of eco-womanism theology, changing the conversation about animal rights in theological and religious circles.

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Prof. Laughinghouse is the mother of three young girls. Growing up in Oakland, California, Prof. Laughinghouse was raised in the folds of the Pentecostal tradition, in a church started by her great-grandfather. Her grandfather and father were both pastors, her stepfather a preacher, and one of her passions is challenging patriarchy within the Protestant church.

In her first theology class at Emory University, she began to study women in Black Pentecostal churches and womanism. Soon after, an advisor suggested she look at the religious concept of the “breath of life” (animus, prana) in animals. She realized that a womanist theology could be used to challenge all forms of oppression, including that of animals.

She decided to switch her focus. Finding that the majority of scholars writing about animal rights from a theological perspective were white men, she decided to chart her own path, bringing her unique voice as an African American woman to the subject of animals in religious theory.

“Womanism is about using your own experience to bring a voice to the voiceless,” she explains.

Drawing on her ancestry, Laughinghouse looks at animal rights from a framework of African and indigenous worldviews, incorporating principles of ecology founded in the interconnection of humanity, nature, and spirit.

Her unique approach sees caring for the earth and for animals as both a religious and feminist activity. By fighting against the oppression of animals, she says, we are fighting all forms of oppression. And by caring for animals, we are caring for all of creation, including ourselves.

For Laughinghouse, this includes keeping a vegan diet: “If I’m going to be connected with nature, that involves the food that I eat.”

Standing at the intersection of so many schools of thought, Laughinghouse often finds herself an outlying voice in her communities: a womanist and vegan in theology circles, a woman of color in animal circles, and an animal advocate in Pentecostal and African American circles.

ABOUT ECO-WOMANISM THEOLOGY

From Ecowomanism: African American Women and Earth-Honoring Faiths by Melanie L. Harris

Ecowomanism (Ecology and Justice Series)

Eco-womanism is a manifesto, an ‘overt naming of earth justice as a primary component of womanist concern and analysis [which] is something new.’

Ecology has sometimes been dismissed as a white issue and ecofeminism as a white feminist concern. Author Melanie Harris disagrees.

While social justice issues are at the forefront in communities of color that have suffered historical and ongoing racism enforced by violence, Black people live in a world sustained by nature: If nature is destroyed, there will be no world in which to create justice.

Communities of color are more likely to suffer the effects of ecological degradation, living and working near toxic dumps and toxic chemical plants, drinking poisoned water, and breathing poisoned air.

Black people have an agriculturally based relationship to the land that dates back to slavery and continues up to the present day.

Africans and the African diaspora [those who left Africa into the rest of the world] have inherited worldviews that celebrate the interconnection and interdependence of Spirit, nature, and people.

Finally, Black women have felt and theorized the connection between the degradation of Black women’s bodies and the degradation of the earth by dominant white men and their cultures. More

• COMPASSION CONSORTIUM
• CANDACE LAUGHINGHOUSE:
• ECO-WOMANISM AND ANIMAL RIGHTS
• Sunday, Feb. 26, 2023, 1:00 PM | Meetup

Alan Watts: Eco Zen (audio)

Alan Watts (alanwatts.org); Seth Auberon, CC Liu (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

(The Zen of Alan Watts, June 15, 2021) What are the core teachings of India's Vedic Hinduism and Mahayana Buddhism, particularly as it finds expression Japanese Zen blended with Chinese Taoism?

"Buddhist Radio" in Los Angeles is the Sunday morning (8:00 am Pacific) edition of "Something's Happening" with Roy of Hollywood Tuckman on KPFK.org, 90.7 FM.

VegFest Los Angeles (May 6th)

Vegfestla.org; Ananda M. (D.M.I.), Crystal Quintero, CC Liu, Wisdom Quarterly

VegFest Los Angeles is a magnificent day filled with food, fun, and inspiration. The combination of a delicious vegan international food court, live music, empowering health speakers, environmental, humanitarian, and animal topics, kids’ activities, animal adoptions, an eco-marketplace with over 150 vendors, and more make for an an unforgettable earth-friendly experience sure to be enjoyable. More

Dharma Meditation Initiative - UCLA - Dharma Punx - Disclosure - PasaDharma

Lettuce eat with Taryn (vegetaryn.com)

Hippies who time travel: Damanhur (video)

Night Terrors; Dhr. Seven, Amber Larson (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Live like an "ascetic" and you'll understand.

May 11, 2017: The Damanhur cult [of Italy] reveals they have unlocked the secret of time travel. The "Time Project" leader warns travel to the recent past is not safe, because it might adversely change current events. It is safer to travel deep into history.

Thirty miles from the home of the Shroud of Turin, the tiny, sleepy Italian village of Baldissero Canavese was able to keep secret for 15 years the underground location of the commune of Damanhur. At the foothills of the Alps underneath an innocent-looking suburban home in Northern Italy, hundreds of hippies are living in a paradise under the earth.

"Stop police brutality" - for once and all

The Damanhur Federation was founded by Oberto Airaudi and his 24 disciples, named after the Egyptian city that hosted a temple dedicated to Horus the sky god, represented as a man with the head of a falcon. Airaudi also went by the name of "Falco" or the Hawk, based on the tradition of the cult that members adopt animal names. According to Falco this all started when he was a ten year-old child. He had visions of a great Temple filled with people living together harmoniously. As a man he had a successful career as an insurance agent, when in the back yard of his home on a hot August night, Oberto told his believers he was waiting for a sign. A falling star streaked across the sky. He said to his friends, "We start digging now."

They used only hand tools -- hammers and picks. Beginning in 1978 and working around the clock, for the next 15 years these laymen carved out an underground complex with no architectural plan, except for the sketches made by Falco. It now descends five stories into the earth in a giant series of chambers connected by hundreds of yards of tunnels. One room is a four-sided pyramid covered in mirrors with a glass dome. The ceiling of a room called, "The Hall of Spheres" is covered entirely in gold leaf. Other ceilings, walls and floors are done in intricate mosaic murals.

Very early on, the collective of Damanhur also was involved in other new age projects. They believe that plants can sing, and they developed equipment to allow humans to hear the melody. One probe is attached to a leaf. Another probe is inserted in the soil between the roots. Electric conductivity is measured and a converter assigns musical notes to the electrical impulses.

The underground Temples became public knowledge when a former member sued to regain his possessions from the group. Italian police and the public prosecutor came knocking at the front door in 1993, demanding to be shown the subterranean temples -- which were constructed without a single building permit. "Otherwise," they warned, "we will dynamite your hillside." Falco replied, "Your threats are unnecessary," and he led authorities through the secret door to the complex. The officals were dumbstruck by expansive vaults 25 feet in height. Worldwide headlines helped the Damanhur Federation to turn their commune into a tourist attraction. The government declared the sanctuary to be The 8th Wonder of the Modern World.

The cult revealed that in 1997 they unlocked the secret of time travel. "Time Project" leader, Gnomo Orzo, says it is safer to travel deep into history than it is to travel to the recent past, which might adversely change current events. Orzo confirms the device is a machine. Its purpose is to channel and magnify a person's own psychic energy.

The current population of the neo-hippy commune is between seven and eight hundred souls. They have their own schools. They issue their own currency, the Credito, equal to the value of the Euro. They invented their own sacred language. But they no longer hide anything. They welcome visitors, and they welcome new citizens.

Citizenship
There are different classes of citizenship at Damanhur. The "Class C" citizen is not required to live on site. Class B citizens contribute money and must live there at least three days a week. Class A citizens share all personal property with the commune and live on site full-time. Only the Class A citizens are eligible to make use of the time machine.

License links may all be found at creativecommons.org

Left Forum 2013

Wisdom Quarterly; LeftForum.org 

Left Forum is a unique phenomenon; it annually convenes the largest public, broad spectrum conference of left and progressive intellectuals, activists, academics, and organizations. Participants come together to present a wide range of critical perspectives on the world, discussing differences, commonalities, and alternatives to current predicaments the military-industrial complex, media cooperation, and our complacency have gotten us in. It is a place to share ideas for understanding and transforming the world. More

• SUPPORT THE FORUM (with time and support)

 

The Awareness Film Festival (May 3-6)

AwarenessFestival.org; Wisdom Quarterly

"2012: Time for Change" was one of the many progressive films that debuted at the Awareness Festival in past years. See the 2012 selections.

The Awareness Film Festival (May 3-6) is a special annual cinematic event that promotes awareness of today’s issues through the timeless art of filmmaking.

A fusion of filmmakers, artists, environmentalists, educators, alternative health practitioners, and industry professionals, the Awareness Film Festival aims to inspire the public to make the world a better place through this uniquely engaging and entertaining annual event in the film capital of the world, Los Angeles.

• 2012 film selections
  
• Everything you ever wanted to know about the Awareness Festival and Heal One World (PDF)
  

(Livefood5) BACK TO EDEN shows that after years of back breaking toil in ground ravaged by the effects of man-made growing systems, Paul Gautschi discovered a taste of what "God" [the extraterrestrials who terraformed Earth, tilted the planet to give it seasons, set its main artificial satellite in place, and genetically manipulated its creatures as well as saving them from time to time] intended for humankind in the Garden of Eden, [the original ecological paradise the ETs set up]. Modern agricultural issued faced today include soil preparation, fertilization, irrigation, weed control, pest control, crop rotation, and PH issues. None of these issues exist in the unaltered state of nature or in Paul's gardens and orchards. "Back to Eden" invites us to take a walk with Paul as he teaches you sustainable organic growing methods that are capable of being implemented in diverse climates.

The festival is an annual fundraiser that benefits the non-profit organization Heal One World. This LA-based foundation offers alternative treatments to low-income and underserved demographics.

Heal One World seeks to educate people about preventative healthcare, non-traditional/complementary modalities, natural non-invasive treatments and self-help techniques for the body, mind, and soul [the unseen spirit aspects of the self that express motivation and purpose].

EGYPT: THE STORY BEHIND THE REVOLUTION tries to tell the story of how the impossible happened [as if an 18-day citizens' uprising caused the downfall of a despot friendly to the West rather than the West betraying a puppet dictator it propped up, supported, and abandoned when it was convenient to do so]. Filmed primarily in Egypt in March 2011, soon after the January revolution, this film introduces Egyptians who lived under Mubarak and helped to bring him down. Included are interviews with many young revolutionaries fighting for a new Egypt. Activists explain their reasons for taking to the streets to call for freedom and reforms asking for Mubarak's resignation.

Film categories include: green and eco-friendly living, alternative fuels, veterans’ issues, animal awareness, political topics, preserving nature, alternative healing options, stories of hope, healthcare issues, the arts, spirituality, and much more. More

• Regent Showcase Theatre, 614 N. La Brea Ave., LA, CA 90036
• Macha Theatre, 1107 N. Kings Rd., West Hollywood, CA 90069
• Heal One World, 3503 West Pico Blvd., LA, CA 90019
• Awarenessfestival.healoneworld.com
  

Re-Thinking Progress: Circular Economy (video)

Molly X, Wisdom Quarterly

It's better to be circular like the universe than linear like America's disposable culture

LABOR DAY, 2011 - It is better to live in an intentional community like Eco-Village, Los Angeles, than to buy-use-throw away everything in our lives. This mentality is dangerous to our health, the well being of the planet and has destroyed the economy. It is a corporate means of extraction, pulling money out of consumers who are encouraged to go into debt for the attempted satisfaction of desires ad campaigns seed and water. If we wake up to the unsustainability of this hamster wheel (aka "rat race"), we just might be able to pull ourselves and others out of the mire. It is better than holding our collective breathe waiting to exhale in the hopes that Obama is suddenly going to grow a backbone and reject the corporations that (s)elected him. The same holds true for our health and our garden... and the "meditation practice" we call life. Next time try a green job.

(good to be green)

Earth Day festivities 2011

Topanga Earth Day 2011

Earth Fest, California 2011

KPFK is going solar

Earthday 2010: April 16-17, 22

OFFICIAL EARTH DAY 2010 CAMPAIGN
Forty years after the first Earth Day, the world is in greater peril than ever. While climate change is the greatest challenge of our time, it also presents the greatest opportunity -- an opportunity to build a healthy, prosperous, clean-energy economy now for the future.

Earth Day 2010 can be a turning point to advance climate policy, energy efficiency, renewable energy, and green jobs. Earth Day Network is galvanizing millions who make personal commitments to sustainability. Earth Day 2010 is a pivotal opportunity for individuals, corporations and governments to join together and create a global green economy. Join the more than one billion people in 190 countries that are taking action for Earth Day. More>>

Los Angeles Events April 16-17, 2010

• Topanga Earth Day
  Annual Los Angeles festival promoting ecological awareness
• Earthday Los Angeles
• Santa Monica Promenade
• Venice (Beach) Eco Fest

The Marvel of Science
PHYSICS 21: Science from Superheroes to Global Warming
Putting free courses online was the first step in reimagining education. For those who find ideas in Physics for Future Presidents overwhelming, Science From Superheroes to Global Warming may be a better fit. Not that there aren’t plenty of ideas in this course... Syllabus Sampler

An Open Mind - What They’re Watching - Economics Yale: My Teacher Is an Index - French Carnegie Mellon: Voilà! A Better e-Course - Music Connexions: The Music Lesson - Psychology Yale: Why We Go Cuckoo for… - History M.I.T.: Asian Culture Through a Lens - Psychology Yale: Smiles, Sex and Object Permanence - Genetics U.C.L.A.: Decoding DNA - Physics U.C. Berkeley: Atoms and Antimatter - Linear Algebra M.I.T.: The Matrix - Computer Science Stanford: They Have a Class for That - Anatomy U.C. Berkeley: The Inner Body

"Consciousness is the Key" (hip hop)

(Postmoderntimes) This episode features four underground hip-hop artists -- Naada, Propaganda Anonymous, 2HL, and iLL SpoKKinN with producer euphAmism -- in an animated music video that packs real lyrical and graphical punch. It's a call for global awakening. Directed by Joao Amorim. See iclips.net/2012 for more episodes.

World News
Burma frees top opposition figure after 7 years
Can't miss if you seek a kiss at Rio Carnival
Bomb kills 9, wounds 57 at western Indian bakery
How to type hearts on your keyboard
Booby-traps slow US aggression in Afghan town
Olympic protesters smash department store windows
How credit card justifies a 79.9% interest rate
Getting on a cash-only diet
Homeless Haiti quake victims get tarps, want tents
That Guy's gone in search of Bigfoot
Best moves for a strong back, flat stomach
Detained Christian kidnappers seek distance from adviser
Shortage of rare earth elements could thwart tech innovation

(AssociatedPress, 1/6/10) A violent clash between a conservation boat and a Japanese whaler has left the smaller boat badly damaged. Both sides are trading blame for the collision, which took place in Antarctic waters.

How Severn Suzuki Saved the World

(Severn Suzuki) In 1992, at the age of 12, Severn Suzuki raised money with members of ECO, to attend the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. Along with fellow ECO (Environmental Children's Organization) group members Michelle Quigg, Vanessa Suttie, and Morgan Geisler, Suzuki presented environmental issues from a youth perspective at the summit, where she delivered an impassioned and articulate speech to delegates.

• Where is Severn and what is she doing today?
• Severn Cullis Suzuki on parenting with a passion

(Teens' Speech) Severn's video has nearly two million views on YouTube and is popularly known as "The Girl Who Silenced the World for 5 Minutes." I'd never seen the video before -- clearly coming to it rather late. It's not like the Teens' Speech film, which is a visual poem, documentary in style, but artistic at heart. It's also serious, because it's time we took young people seriously.

Venice Beach Eco-Fest

How to Reduce Garbage

How to reduce garbage
The average American generates four pounds of garbage a day. Here's how to whittle down your waste. » 5 easy ways

• How to recycle trash into a lamp
• Obama touts green jobs
• Malaria: goal of eliminating it in sight, experts say (Reuters)

Science Wonders

• Oldest English Words Revealed? LiveScience.com
• Odd Life Found in Great Lakes LiveScience.com
• "Eye of God" seen staring down from space! ANI - Thu, Feb 26
  London, Feb 26 (ANI): A stunning new photo taken by astronomers shows a Big Brother-style cosmic eye, nicknamed the "Eye of God", staring down from space.
• Sex is 380 million years old ANI - Thu, Feb 26
  Melbourne, Feb 26 (ANI): Sex has been around for much longer than many scientists had previously believed - 380 million years to be exact. That's the conclusion of new study which discovered a fossilised pregnant fish and her embryo.
• Brand aid for India HT - Thu, Feb 26
  In the days to come, there will be widespread discussion on Slumdog Millionaire and whether it reflects the true worth of India and is indeed a representation of life in India. There will be many who will suddenly change their stance, now that the film has won eight Oscars.
• Silent Valley India Today - Wed, Feb 25
  A unique preserve of natural rainforests, this national park retains its glory, thanks to a challenging terrain and location.

Neal Adams animation about his theory the Earth is growing, which collides with the Pangea theory.

• The Shoe Fits! 1.5 Million-Year-Old Human Footprints Found LiveScience.com
• Engineers probe why Mars orbiter entered safe mode AP

NPR: Expert: 10-Minute Workouts Can Have Big Payoff
Reuters: China launches campaign to break sex taboos

• Video: Eco-Friendly Beauty Products (KMOV Ch. 4 St. Louis)
• Australian fish clue to origin of sex BBC News

TOP SCIENCE STORIES
Engineers probe why Mars orbiter entered safe mode AP - Thu Feb 26, 7:05 PM ET
PASADENA, Calif. - NASA engineers are trying to figure out why an orbiting Mars spacecraft went into safe mode this week.
Winter storm brewing for Midwest weather.com - Thu Feb 26, 6:06 AM ET
Weather around the U.S.A. AP - Thu Feb 26, 8:50 AM ET
Weather around the U.S.A.
Moon and Venus Converge Friday Night SPACE.com - Thu Feb 26, 5:22 PM ET
It has been a superb winter for viewing the queen of the planets, Venus. February marks the pinnacle of its evening visibility as it stands like a sequined showgirl nearly halfway up in the western sky at sunset.
Doodling Is Good For Your Noodle LiveScience.com - Thu Feb 26, 10:03 PM ET
Doodling is often frowned upon in meetings and classrooms, but now scientist say it might help you remember details in an otherwise boring presentation. The back-of-the-envelope speculation as to why? Doodlers don't daydream as much.
Missing Asteroids Reveal Planet-Sized Mystery SPACE.com - Thu Feb 26, 10:22 AM ET
Missing asteroids in our solar system may be the handiwork of rampaging giant planets as they migrated to their current positions, according to a new computer simulation.
Rare Jaguars Spotted in Arizona and Mexico LiveScience.com - Sun Feb 22, 11:05 AM ET
The once-common jaguar has become a rare sight in North America, thanks to hunting and habitat fragmentation.
China's environment problems serious: minister AFP - Wed Feb 25, 1:24 AM ET
SHANGHAI (AFP) - China's environmental problems remain serious with local governments not putting enough pressure on businesses to control pollution, the nation's environment protection minister has said.
NASA rocket failure blow to Earth watching network AP - Tue Feb 24, 6:39 PM ET
WASHINGTON - A new satellite to track the chief culprit in global warming crashed into the ocean near Antarctica after launch Tuesday, dealing a major setback to NASA's already weak network for monitoring Earth and its environment from above.
The Ethical and Legal Implications of Octuplets LiveScience.com - Wed Feb 25, 9:19 AM ET
We all know about the old woman who lived in a shoe, the one with all those kids and who didn't know what to do. Well, one thing she didn't do was have eight more kids. And this wasn't because nothing rhymes with octuplets.
Research reveals some of Alzheimer's secrets Reuters - Thu Feb 26, 2:18 PM ET
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Scientists are unraveling some of the mechanisms behind the plaques in the brain that are a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease, offering new leads for drugs to treat the fatal brain-wasting disease.
China opens bidding on moon probe technology Reuters - Wed Feb 25, 1:19 AM ET
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will open competitive bidding so that domestic schools and institutions can help build crucial parts of the country's moon exploration craft, an official newspaper said on Wednesday.
A Sliver of Chance for Life on Mars SPACE.com - Thu Feb 26, 12:30 PM ET
The Phoenix Mars Lander ended its mission last November, but scientists are still pondering the data. One intriguing discovery was a nightly cycle in which water vapor in the atmosphere collapsed into the Martian soil. One researcher thinks this may hint of dew-like films that could have supported life in a previous Martian climate.