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September 2011 Blog Posts (7)

Transition States of Consciousness





Transition

States of Consciousness





A Hathor Planetary Message

Through Tom Kenyon





Definitions





Chaotic Nodes are

clusters of chaotic events. According to the Hathors, Earth has…

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Added by Kathie Wallace on September 23, 2011 at 7:03pm — No Comments

Park(ing) day

PARK(ing) Day: Reclaiming Our Streets from Our Cars

by Yves Engler and Bianca Mugyenyi



On Friday activists and artists will be celebrating PARK(ing) Day in hundreds of cities around the world.



Begun in San Francisco six years ago the aim of the annual event is “to temporarily transform metered parking spaces into “‘PARK(ing)’ spaces: temporary public places.” Organizers generally add benches or fake grass to pieces of public property usually taken up by a private car.… Continue

Added by David Allan on September 15, 2011 at 6:57pm — No Comments

What we've been up to this summer...

Summer is coming to an end (even though it doesn't feel like it) and we're taking a look back at what we've been up to the past few months at The World In A Garden. We've kept ourselves busy (and we still are) with farmers markets, workshops, volunteer events and of course, lots of weeding! Here are some highlights from the summer:…

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Added by The World In A Garden on September 12, 2011 at 2:02pm — 1 Comment

August 29 Tomato Harvest and Taste Test September 4

This picture shows all the varieties and quantities I harvested August 29 (and there's still more). If you're wondering about the brown tip tomatoes, those are Ardwynna Paste tomatoes with blossom end rot. It is a deficiency in the soil and the cure is to dissolve epsom salts and water, and give the…

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Added by Cylia on September 8, 2011 at 10:00pm — 3 Comments

Georgia Straight - TransLink's 2012 Draft Plan Misrepresents Climate Impacts of Road Spending

TransLink's 2012 Supplemental Plan and Outlook imparts intentional inaccuracy



By Eric Doherty, September 8, 2011



TransLink claims that wider roads will reduce harmful emissions.



TransLink’s recently released draft 2012 Supplemental Plan and Outlook includes a startling misrepresentation: the claim that building more and wider roads will reduce greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions. The document states: “Analysis indicates that restored funding levels for the Major Road… Continue

Added by Eric Doherty on September 8, 2011 at 3:27pm — No Comments

quote of the day

We are privileged to live at the most exciting moment of creative opportunity in the whole of the human experience. Now is the hour. We have the power to turn this world around for the sake of ourselves and our children for generations to come. We are the ones we have been waiting for.
--David Korten

Added by David Allan on September 8, 2011 at 10:48am — No Comments

blog of note

"What we need to build is a new economy, Economy B, underneath the old one." 

 

http://greateconomictransition.blogspot.com/

 

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Added by David Allan on September 2, 2011 at 1:09pm — No Comments

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