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Haudenosaunee Message to
Western World -Akwesasne Notes
Our essential message to the world is a basic call to consciousness. The
destruction of the Native cultures and people is the same process which has
destroyed and is destroying life on this planet. The technologies and social
systems which have destroyed the animal and the plant life are also destroying
the Native people. And the process is Western Civilization....
The Battle of Gothenburg
- by Amos Keppler
As the unrest is temporarily, evidently subsiding in Gothenburg, the site of
the recent EU-summit and the most recent celebration of capitalism, tyranny
and destruction, one is once again struck by how easily most people are
fooled.
The Man Who Planted
Trees - by Jean Giono
Corporate scumbags are trying to stop this important work from being freely
available on the web. This story, of a man who devoted his life to planting
trees, must have inspired many thousands of guerilla tree planters around the
world.
Long Distance, Short Life: Why
Big Business Favours Recycling - by Simon Fairlie
Recycling is a solution industry can live with, since it favours centralized
production and long distance distribution; reuse, on the other hand, gives an
advantage to independent, locally-based producers - an advantage that
corporate business stigmatizes as a “trade barrier”
Realities of Going
Primitive - by Brent Ladd
"I want to be as encouraging as I can be to those of you seeking this way of
life. However, I am also going to tell it straight up, just like it is." "What
is it like to live primitive, the difficulties, the compromises, the
progressions and rewards? I will finish by relating what I feel to be the two
most important aspects of living primitive. They are not found in any
wilderness skills book, but can determine one's success at living in the
wild."
The Personal Carbon Dioxide
Quota
--the maximum quantity of CO2 each of us may emit into the atmosphere every
year without causing the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere to rise above
its present level. The quota is measured in dAubs. With this you can work out
your personal carbon contribution to climate change.
No-one Ever is to Blame
Green People's reaction to the above Quota sheet was very surprising for the
author, and has a lesson for all of us.
Sheet Mulching for Home
Gardens
Sheet mulching saves a great deal of labour and water, whilst redirecting your
waste from the landfill site. It also makes for healthy soil and
disease-resistant plans. It suppresses all weeds and generally makes life
easier.
A Lesson in Earth
Civics - By Chellis Glendinning.
Cultures, past and present, that maintain beliefs and practices based on a
respectful relationship with the natural world share more than a set of common
cosmological qualities; they share a set of common social practices. What
occurs when human beings live in intimacy with the Earth? The kind of society
we formulate is likely to be participatory, democratic, egalitarian,
leisurely, ecological, and sustainable.
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