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A PRAYER TO BEGIN THE WEEK
Mysteries, YesTruly, we live with mysteries too marvelousto be understood.How grass can be nourishing in themouths of the lambs.How rivers and stones are foreverin allegiance with gravitywhile we...
View ArticleSAD... BUT VERY BEAUTIFUL
This music came to me as a lucky late-night find at YouTube. Unfortunately, no information is given about the artist.
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A DREAM OF TREES
El tiempo ayuda a perdonar (Time helps to forgive) - image by el silencioA DREAM OF TREES There is a thing in me that dreamed of trees,A quiet house, some green and modest acresA little way from every...
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TOMORROW IS D-DAY FOR THE AMAZON
"D" is for Dilma's Decision, Deforestation, Development, Dams and Drought Dilma Rousseff, President of BrazilTomorrow, 25 May 2012, is the deadline for Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff to decide...
View ArticleTRUST HER AND GIVE LOVE
Here in Brazil (and many places), May is the month of the Mother, of the great feminine force.Now, at the end of May, seems like a perfect time to share Robert Happé celebrating the love She offers....
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GREENPEACE DECIDES TO KISS BRAZIL'S NEW FOREST CODE
Yup, you read right. After the recent series of line-item vetoes by President Dilma Rousseff, no one knows what Brazil's latest Codigo Florestal text means, only that there will be another period of...
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IT'S ALL ABOUT WATER (con't)
Auroville, the South Indian visionary community flowing from the legacy of Sri Auribindo has a video about making spiritual works (sadhana) and earth works one-and-the-same. Returning to the garden...
View ArticleA PILLOW, A ROCK AND MEMORIES OF A FRIEND
Late last night I was contemplating the up-coming RIO+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development. I was, realistically (I believe), not feeling hopeful about what might emerge from this global theater...
View ArticleAYAHUASCA RESEARCH
EXCELLENT! Thanks to the production efforts of David Suzuki, who can be counted on to cut through the confusion and sensationalism to find a meeting ground between modern science and ancient...
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UNDERSTANDING
The word "understanding" literally means to "stand under" or to be at the root of things.
View Article"DEFEAT OBAMA" IS THE LATEST PRONOUNCEMENT FROM THE PRINCIPLED POMPOUS PROFESSOR
I am no fan of Obama but the principled pronouncements of the pompous professor Roberto Mangabeira Unger fall clearly into my major "GIMME A BREAK" department.Who is this guy? Gary Wills begins his...
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AIR CONDITIONING FOR ALL
Air-conditioning in Mumbai, India -- Photo: Kuni Takahashi for The New York Times [UPDATE 22 June -- There's a follow-up debate today at the NY Times -- "Is it a good goal for everyone in the world to...
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RIO 1492 + 520
I didn't expect much from RIO +20 but it was hard to see the world leaders so unable to come up with anything but words that attempt to mask their inaction. photo -- stage set for Verdi's opera, "A...
View ArticleVIVA! SÃO JOÃO
All across Brazil, tonight belongs to São João. Here is some (sorry that it's incomplete) of Gilberto Gil's documentary about the traditions of the Nordeste.
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