Gratitude to Trees by Shepherd Bliss

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by Shepherd Bliss
Guest Writer
Dandelion Salad
September 13, 2012

Morning: Listening

Trees transform, shield, shade and provide oxygen, fruit, and beauty. They offer many other gifts. Without trees, humans would not survive. Through the magical process of photosynthesis, tree leaves and other green plants release oxygen by transforming carbon dioxide and water.

As our human learning community walks into the woods here beyond the Dominican University of California, I invite you to experience the plant community.

Arrests of Protesters at Occupy Monsanto + Occupy Monsanto Stops GMO Seed Distribution

Dandelion Salad

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Sent to DS by Derek C. Wallace (guy with the bullhorn; Symbolic “CEO of Monsanto”)

Sep 13, 2012 by OccupyNewsRadio

Monsanto employee confronts protesters at second driveway blockade and tells them they have 10 minutes to leave.

Chris Hedges: The Disease of Empire

with Chris Hedges
Featured Writer
Dandelion Salad
September 15, 2012

Sep 11, 2012 by lauraflanders

What happens when you force communities, families and entire ecosystems to kneel before the dictates of the marketplace? You get what Chris Hedges, co-author with Joe Sacco of Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt, calls “sacrifice zones.” From Appalachia to North Dakota to Camden, New Jersey, these zones, ravaged by the excesses of capitalism, prefigure our collective future.