By Meleni Aldridge & Melissa Smith “We abuse land because we see it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect.” — Aldo Leopold Have you…
Natural Blaze As we saw in Bjorn’s last video, the rate of deforestation is rapidly increasing in his area of Norway, as well as many other areas globally. In this video, Bjorn issues a new call to action to help document the destruction of nature…
By Patricia Burke, Images Courtesy Flo Freshman It’s a common practice in many circles to conduct a review of past, as the year turns. In this case, as the year supposedly turns. Looking a little bit further into the past, we can recognize how ironic…
By Patricia Burke Technology, and Lack of Quietude, Lack of Community, and Lack of Reverence for Nature; “Time” for a Re-set When I was a child growing up in Southeast Asia, we visited Bali several times. Each day at sunset, islanders would stream down to…
December 21 Solstice Event: An Ocean of Consciousness. Information and Registration here. “Our Healing Relationship with Nature” by Dr. Marsha Green Reprinted with permission, Ocean Mammal Institute “Certainly the rapid degradation of our environment is forcing us to look within ourselves to find the root…
By Patricia Burke Whales Warned Us About Radar–Years Ago In 2014, the NRDC published, “U.S. Navy Implicated in New Mass Stranding of Whales.” Yesterday afternoon, while the U.S. and other navies played war games somewhere offshore, Cuvier’s beaked whales began stranding along the southern coast…
By Patricia Burke Whale Trust reports, “The humpback whale song is one of the most complex, non-human, acoustic displays in the animal kingdom. But why males sing is still a mystery. [ ] Whale Trust Maui researchers have been following, recording, and tracking humpback whales…
By Patricia Burke See part 1 here on colonialism persisting in the modern day, in great part due to the U.S. military’s planetary footprint. “Here’s the awful truth: even if every person, every automobile, and every factory suddenly emitted zero emissions, the Earth would still…
By Neenah Payne David Milarch is the founder of the Archangel Ancient Tree Archive, a non-profit organization that collects, propagates, archives, and replants the genetics of ancient and iconic trees to restore the natural filter system for our water and air. The ancient Redwoods have…
By Neenah Payne November is Native American Heritage Month, an opportunity to learn from the many rich traditions of Native Americans. Native American Day: Learning The Way of Earth explains that Dr. Zach Bush warns we are in the Sixth Great Extinction and human survival…
By Katie Singer Originally published by Wall Street International Magazine Katie Singer’s reports about technology’s impacts on nature are available at https://www.ourweb.tech/letters/ “Who decides whether or not 5G is safe to deploy? A protocol for ensuring safer infrastructure,” Katie Singer’s newest piece, recently published at Wall…
By Neenah Payne Some calendars still call this holiday “Columbus Day” which teaches us to celebrate conquest. It does not teach us how to collaborate with other cultures or to survive on this planet. Fortunately, over 50 cities and states have adopted “Indigenous Peoples Day”. That encourages us…
Compiled by Kate Kheel and Stop 5G International “Humanity’s current story is one of separation.” Amber Yang, Moderator Symphony of Minds: Feeling Our Way into a Vibrant Future is a webinar co-sponsored by Stop 5G International and the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power…
By Neenah Payne Americans flock to the Amazon to drink ayahuasca with shamans. However, for most Americans, Native America is the ignored Big Pink Elephant in the living room. Although many of our states, cities, and rivers carry Native names, most Americans ignore the existence…
Compiled by Patricia Burke The Global Action Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space reports, “In 1999 the United Nations General Assembly declared that October 4-10 every year would be designated as ‘World Space Week’ to “celebrate the contributions of space science and tchnology…
By Patricia Burke “We can’t use technology to clean up the mess technology has created. The solution must come from a deeper source. Years ago Rachel Carson said, ‘We have to love nature before we can protect it.’ We can begin to reconnect our minds…
Compiled by Patricia Burke In 2010, ABC news covered a story, “What Kids Know: McDonald’s, Toyota, Disney, Study finds kids too young to read recognize and understand corporate logos.” “The study, which involved 38 Australian preschool children ages 3 to nearly 5 years old, found…
By Patricia Burke I am picking cucumbers in the hoop house. I am smiling as I scan up and down the vines for the little snacking cukes. I can feel the cascade of reward chemicals in my physiology that kept our ancestors alive, as they…
By Patricia Burke Wouldn’t it be incredible if we could stop and catch our breath? And at the same time, maybe catch where we are in our collective consciousness? Do it. When and Why Wisdom Schools Disappear Today, in many communities, you can go to…
By GreenMedInfo Research Group Probiotics, green tea and honey are examples of “ancientbiotics” — natural compounds that have been used for centuries to address the overgrowth of opportunistic bacteria, and that have scientifically validated antibacterial (i.e. microbiome improving) properties that are valued to this day….
