Independence Day At Nathan’s Famous By Brant Lyon

By Brant Lyon
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July 2, 2009
Hot dogs agog     hot dogs a-gag
godblessamerica how you love to eat!
Except  the Japs’ rising son’s
been  whipping us into shape
and taking the belt    a WWF cinch
girding an impossibly thin waist
for all that conveyor belt abundance.
Don’t let the sun set on Empire
don’t choke!
We’ve wriggled out of toy Toyotas
and climbed back into the [...]

Permaculture for Humanity

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peakmoment
June 07, 2009
Peak Moment 146: The future is abundant, asserts permaculture designer Larry Santoyo. His vision of living in the present provides a wonderful antidote to fear about uncertain futures. People need to rediscover that we’re part of the ecosystem, and apply permaculture design principles to the many problems we face. Larry teaches sustainable [...]

Jane Poynter: Life in Biosphere 2

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TEDtalksDirector
June 16, 2009
http://www.ted.com Jane Poynter tells her story of living two years and 20 minutes in Biosphere 2 — an experience that provoked her to explore how we might sustain life in the harshest of environments. This is the first TED talk drawn from an independently organized TEDx event, held at the University of [...]

Chiquita: Between life and law

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This video may contain images depicting the reality and horror of war/violence and should only be viewed by a mature audience.
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Fined $25m by the US federal court for funding a terrorist organisation, Chiquita, the US-based banana distribution company, is now facing a number of new lawsuits.

more about “People and Power – Chiquita: [...]

Jonathan Drori: Why we’re storing billions of seeds

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TEDtalksDirector
May 28, 2009

Eggplant from my garden
http://www.ted.com In this brief talk from TED U 2009, Jonathan Drori encourages us to save biodiversity — one seed at a time. Reminding us that plants support human life, he shares the vision of the Millennium Seed Bank, which has stored over 3 billion seeds to date from [...]

What if the Bible’s Ruth came to America today? by Rabbi Arthur Waskow

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Reposted with permission from Rabbi Arthur Waskow from the Shalom Center
by Rabbi Arthur Waskow
www.shalomctr.org
May 26, 2009
Celebrating Shavuot & Pentecost: Can We Share Our Food? Can We Share Our Talk & Tongues?
Can We Relearn how to Share our Work & Rest?
This coming Thursday evening, May 28, there begins the [...]

To save planet, end capitalism, Morales says

Posted with permission from Green Left Weekly
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by Simon Butler
Green Left
9 May 2009
Bolivian President Evo Morales called a special press conference in New York on April 22. The UN general assembly had passed a motion put by Bolivia’s radical, pro-poor government to make that day “International Mother Earth Day”.
Morales said the 21st century must be [...]

A Moratorium on Genetically Manipulated (GMO) Foods by F. William Engdahl

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by F. William Engdahl
Global Research, May 22, 2009

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US Association of Physicians calls for Moratorium on GMO Foods
The American Academy of Environmental Medicine (AAEM) has just issued a call for an immediate moratorium on Genetically Manipulated (GMO) Foods.
In a just-released position paper on GMO foods, the [...]