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ecological validity / perception

affordance
Phenomenology
gestalt therapy

new language
We can use a compass to orient ourselves, but it is naïve to suppose that birds do no more than carry a compass with them. They must be involved in the world’s magnetic field in a way we cannot imagine, just as squirrels cannot imagine our own involvement in a world of color. Likewise, language gives us a new way of experiencing the world, one that is known only to humans. Language began as a cooperative adaptation to life in a community, and it involves us in the lives and thoughts of our co-linguists to an extent unimaginable to the apes or even to the dogs that live with us.

They say knowledge is power. One of the key ingredients to landing an engagement is asking questions. But are you asking the right ones? Here are seven that you might not have thought of.

comfort eagle

We are building a religion
We are building it bigger
We are widening the corridors
And adding more lanes

We are building a religion
A limited edition
We are now accepting callers
For these pendant key chains

To resist it is useless
It is useless to resist it
His cigarette is burning
But he never seems to ash

He is grooming his poodle
He is living comfort eagle
You can meet at his location
But you'd better come with cash

Now his hat is on backwards
He can show you his tatoos
He is in the music business
He is calling you "DUDE!"

Now today is tomorrow
And tomorrow today
And yesterday is weaving in and out

And the fluffy white lines
That the airplane leaves behind
Are drifting right in front
Of the waning of the moon

He is handling the money
He's serving the food
He knows about your party
He is calling you "DUDE!"

Now do you believe
In the one big sign
The doublewide shine
On the bootheels of your prime

Doesn't matter if you're skinny
Doesn't matter if you're fat
You can dress up like a sultan
In your onion head hat

We are building a religion
We are making a brand
We're the only ones to turn to
When your castles turn to sand

Take a bite of this apple
Mr. corporate events
Take a walk through the jungle
Of cardboard shanties and tents

Some people drink Pepsi
Some people drink Coke
The wacky morning DJ
Says democracy's a joke

He says now do you believe
In the one big song
He's now accepting callers
Who would like to sing along

He says, do you believe
In the one true edge
By fastening your safety belts
And stepping towards the ledge

He is handling the money
He is serving the food
He is now accepting callers
He is calling me "DUDE!"

Do you believe
In the one big sign
The doublewide shine
On the bootheels of your prime

There's no need to ask directions
If you ever lose your mind
We're behind you
We're behind you
And let us please remind you
We can send a car to find you
If you ever lose your way

We are building a religion...
We are building it bigger...
We are building...
A religion...
A limited...
Edition...
We are now accepting callers...
For these beautiful...
Pendant keychains

Bullocks!

"The Bullock brothers up on Orcas Island have always been great, you know, mixed system, marsh and hillside and there are many others, I'm sure. But for every Bullock brother, there are a hundred woo woos spinning around in circles."
- Bill Mollison, Permaculture Founder

"What permaculturists are doing is the most important activity that any group is doing on the planet. We don't know what details of a truly sustainable future are going to be like, but we need options, we need people experimenting in all kinds of ways and permaculturists are one of the critical gangs that are doing that."
- David Suzuki, International Environmental Advocate



Tokyo:
Here's another tremor....3rd or 4th one of the day.
Nowhere really safe i can go.
Breaking news, another hydrogen explosion at the nuclear power plant.

Interesting time to be alive.
I guess I just have to be ready to die at any time,
but that should really be a daily practice.
You never know when you'll die.

I remember a really old Vietnamese monk saying,
"if you don't know how to die, you don't know how to live."

be Change

To All Our Friends,
speak the word of the world,
be well - be loved - Be Change.

School of choice Farm Movement

The future is more than organic
Agriculture is intrinsically unsustainable for the same reason that it takes a toothbrush 500 years to break down in a landfill: because it wasn’t designed not to take 500 years. Likewise, we have the 20,000 square kilometer - and growing - hypoxic zone at the mouth of the Mississippi (USGS, 2009) because N and P retention on corn farms was not a design driver. Export-oriented agriculture is completely incompatible with ecological soundness, because unlike Nature, nutrients flow linearly away from the farm and don’t return - whether exported to Waterloo County or to Germany.


Farm skills checklist

The North American Bio-dynamic farm apprenticeship program, a program of the Biodynamic Association, provides an opportunity for apprentices to pursue their particular agricultural interests within the context of a comprehensive training curriculum and with greater access to networking, support, and educational resources than they would have on their own. A certificate earned through the program assures future employers that program graduates have completed all of the essential elements of apprenticeship training.


current school/farm opportunities


"let's grow mushrooms" with Roger Rabbit

Glaucoma/Cannabis

Cannabis lowers intarocular pressure in Glaucoma

Elvy Musikka, one of the 8 remaining federal Cannabis patients tells her story about Cannabis medicine and Glaucoma

We had the pleasure of hearing Elvy speak at the 2009 Hempfest outside of Portland.

rest for the wicked

I was walkin' down the street
When out the corner of my eye
I saw a pretty little thing approaching me

She said I never seen a man
Who looked so all alone
Oh could you use a little company

And if you pay the right price
Your evening will be nice
You can go and send me on my way

I said you're such a sweet young thing
Why you do this to yourself
She looked at me and this is what she said

There ain't no rest for the wicked
Money don't grow on trees
I got bills to pay
I got mouths to feed
Ain't nothing in this world for free
No I can't slow down
I can't hold back
Though you know I wish I could
No there ain't no rest for the wicked
Until we close our eyes for good

Not even 15 minutes later
still walkin' down the street
saw the shadow of a man creep out of sight
And then swept up from behind
put a gun up to my head
made it clear he wasn't lookin' for a fight

He said give me all you got
I want your money not your life
But if you try to make a move I won't think twice

told him he could have my cash
But first you know I gotta ask
What made you want to live this kind of life

There ain't no rest for the wicked
Money don't grow on trees
I got bills to pay
I got mouths to feed
Ain't nothing in this world for free
No I can't slow down
I can't hold back
Though you know I wish I could
No there ain't no rest for the wicked
Until we close our eyes for good

Well now a couple hours passed
And I was sitting in my house
The day was winding down and coming
To an end

turned on the TV
flipped it over to the news
what I saw I almost couldn't
Comprehend

saw a preacher man in cuffs
taken money from the church
stuffed his bank account
with righteous Dollar bills

But even still I can't say much
Because I know we're all the same
Oh yes we all seek out to satisfy those thrills