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For the Love of Food

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 12:57:02 -0400

There is a new cookbook out, to raise money for the hungry. I'm happy to say they included one of my "famous" recipes (it's good I only sent them one, right?).

You can view the book announcement at http://eternalpressauthors.blogspot.com/

75% of the sale price will be donated to Action Against Hunger (http://www.actioncontrelafaim.ca ).

Hugs,
Moss

Exercising our franchise

Sun, 05 Oct 2008 23:42:07 -0400

Advanced polling for our federal elections is already underway and it seems, at least by the polls, that the incumbent government might just sneak past with a victory. Without taking sides, I think the victory would probably have more to do with a lack of serious options rather then the governance of the 'defending champions'.

A Canada Election study indicates that almost the entire decline (~10%) in voter turnout over the last 15 years is due to the 18-24 age group. This is unalarming, though, and the trend has been seen in many countries across the gl...

Positively Negative Syndrome

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 01:01:54 -0400

..Is what a lot of us experience on a regular basis, especially when it comes to professional decisions. Personally, it seems to be that the second or third thoughts regarding a particular decision seem to be negatively inclined. It is often a case of one foot in the positive and the other in the negative territory! This slip is called Positively Negative by the author of the article whose link is attached below. I can partially relate to that.

http://www.warchild.ca/

Space is limited so please R.S.V.P. before September 8, 2008 to Mr. John Daniele, (416) 799-2173.

My Footprint

Sat, 02 Aug 2008 02:56:16 -0400

I just thought I'd show you what this "mentally ill" person is doing in the community. This is what I do on a regular basis.

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Real Life (i.e., Not Online) Groups

Asheville Homeless Network - President & co-founder; group leader Needles for the Needy

Asheville-Buncombe Coalition for the Homeless - member representing Asheville Hom...

Easy Ways You Can Help Conserve Rainforests

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 17:54:33 -0400

1Choose foods grown on farms certified by the Rainforest Alliance

Buy coffee, tea, cocoa, chocolate, bananas, orange juice, g...

Ally Request - Alternative Channel TV

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 06:38:04 -0400

Focus the Nation hiring Organizers for FTN 2009

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 14:33:13 -0500

National Organizer, Focus the Nation 2009

Description:

In January 2008, Focus the Nation events reached close to one million people in a day of education and civic engagement on global warming solutions taking place at 1,900 locations in all 50 states. 64 members of Congress and 15 Governors’ offices participated in the events along with hundre...

Clif Mojo Project Slingshot: 3 $10k grants for Global Warming Solutions

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 13:47:03 -0500

Are you an outdoor fanatic? An artist? An innovator?

How will you protect the places you love and play, inspire your community, or challenge our expectations?

Clif Mojo and

Sat, 26 Jan 2008 00:40:25 -0500

Hello Sustainability Symbol Friends around the WORLD (Especially in Beijing) - IT'S A PARTY / CELEBRATION of the ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY of the 3 Finger Sustainability Symbol... and we're having a WEB-CAM World Party connecting YOUR town with Beijing China, site of the 2008 Olympics. You are most welcome to attend our party celebration for the One Year Anniversary of the 3 Finger "Peace Plus One" Sustainability Symbol on February 1st at 7pm - 9pm Friday, Feb 1st The Bookworm Building 4, Nan sanlitun Road Chao Yang District, Beijing Tel: 65869507 www.chinabookworm.com Plea...

Ally Request - Matthew Aquilone

Sun, 20 Jan 2008 18:22:53 -0500

Nonviolence and Food

Sun, 20 Jan 2008 17:09:49 -0500

AN UNPOPULAR VIEW OF NONVIOLENCE

If I were to ask you to define nonviolence, what would you say? The traditional macro-type answer would have something to do with peaceful resistance to a government. And either you believe in passive resistance or you think that sometimes force of some kind is necessary; sometimes violence is necessary.

Now what about nonviolence on a micro level—on an individual level. What does nonviolence mean in your daily life? More specifically, do you ever think of your eating habits as ha...

Thinking Critically About Animal Rights: What you need to know, What you need to question (Part 4)

Wed, 02 Jan 2008 18:06:46 -0500

Thinking Critically About Animal Rights:

What you need to know, what you need to question Part 4

As you know if you’ve read Parts 1-3, I’ve left what is perhaps the most controversial item for last: What to do with your charitable dollars. It’s controversial because most groups that are known for being “animal rights groups” are indeed not. Rather, they are animal welfare groups, meaning they campaign for better treatment of the animals we use for food, clothing, etc… However, unless you’re v...

Alliance Accepted! - Technology For People Group Inc.

Tue, 22 Jan 2008 10:18:19 -0500

Safe to be unpopular?

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 00:46:26 -0500

Adlai E. Stevenson Jr, (Speech in Detroit, 7 Oct. 1952 US diplomat & Democratic politician, 1900 – 1965) once said:

“My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.”

What do you think? Is it ‘socially safer’, meaning avoiding criticism and negative attention for the most part, by being unpopular in a developed country as compared to an undeveloped country.

Is it as simple as saying that in a developed society the kind of threats will be more on a social and intellectual level if you say somethi...

Are you looking to get involved in the fight against poverty?

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 13:50:50 -0500

Are you someone whoâ€™s passionate about development? What to get involved in the fight against poverty? Well, this is a message to help you in this quest!!

Iâ€™m sure youâ€™ve encountered multiple messages, similar to this one, that ask you to join the fight against global poverty. But, doesnâ€™t it seem like such a daunting task? In my experience, Iâ€™ve always had a hard time getting involved in poverty reduction and equality without addressing the issues that I see locally, everyday , here in Toronto. So, how can all these considerations be reconciled, and translated i...

URGENT - Please sign Bali Petition, and share the Sustainability sign! - DragonTHINK

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 01:37:31 -0500

Please take a moment RIGHT NOW to sign the new global emergency petition at this link (the server may be overwhelmed tomorrow), then tell all your friends: http://www.avaaz.org/bali_emergency/3.php Take this opportunity to join the virtual climate change march in Bali, and hold your 3 fingers of the Sustainability Symbol high above your head. Sign the global petition, share the Sustainability Symbol (www.SustainabilitySymbol.com) and consider encouraging more allies on Rethos http://www.rethos.com I just joined a virtual climate change march on Bali--one of hundreds of thousands...

GLOBAL ROAR - URGENT: Global Emergency! Sign Petition and Share Sustainability Symbol

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 01:20:11 -0500

Please take a moment right now to sign the new global emergency petition at this link, then tell all your friends:

http://www.avaaz.org/bali_emergency/3.php

Take this opportunity to join the virtual climate change march in Bali, and hold your 3 fingers of the Sustainability Symbol high above your head. Sign the global petition, share the Sustainability Symbol (www.SustainabilitySymbol.com) and consider encouraging more allies on Rethos http://www.rethos.com/?token=8de60be286974a0aa3c4bd22de135f9a9cc29e38

I just joined a virtual climate change march on Bali&#...

My early Holiday gift to the Rethosaria - sharing an opportunity and recognizing your talent! - Philip McMaster

Tue, 11 Dec 2007 18:47:51 -0500

HAPPY HOLIDAYS ! My gift to you this season are some of the valuable Sustainability-related domains I've collected over the years. All I ask in return is that you design a really cool site that gets people involved, spreads the Sustainability Symbol around the world and brings attention to at least one of the Climate Change related projects we're working on (Like "STOP the GLOFs") The rest will be up to you to use and design as you wish. Almost one year ago we introduced the 3 Finger Sustainability Symbol (Peace Plus One) to the HK Environmental Protection Association. http://www.d...

Opportunity for Webmasters and Bloggers! FREE USE OF WEBSITES

Tue, 11 Dec 2007 18:32:14 -0500

King or Queen of your own sustainability domain!

We'd like to offer you some of the valuable Sustainability-related domains collected over the years.

What we ask in return is that you design a really cool site that gets people involved, spreads the Sustainability Symbol (the 3 finger symbol) around the world and brings attention to, and supports at least one of the Climate Change related projects we’re working on (Like “STOP the GLOFs”) The rest will be up to you.

Almost two years ago we introduced the 3 Finger Sustainab...

I'M GIVING AWAY MY DOMAINS (Free) for you to create powerful communication portals

Tue, 11 Dec 2007 18:26:08 -0500

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

My gift to you this season are some of the valuable Sustainability-related domains I’ve collected over the years.

All I ask in return is that you design a really cool site that gets people involved, spreads the Sustainability Symbol around the world and brings attention to at least one of the Climate Change related projects we’re working on (Like “STOP the GLOFs”) The rest will be up to you.

Almost one year ago we introduced the 3 Finger Sustainability Symbol (Peace Plus One) to the HK Environ...

Be a Solution Pioneer - the Sustainability Symbol Anniversary February 1, 2008

Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:49:16 -0500

Almost one year ago we introduced the 3 Finger Sustainability Symbol (Peace Plus One) to the HK Environmental Protection Association. http://www.dragonpreneur.com/images/3fingerPhotos/EPA_0228.jpg http://www.dragonpreneur.com/images/3fingerPhotos/EPAgrp_0256.jpg

Since that time, the Peace Plus One Sustainability Symbol, representing a balanced THINKING considering SOCIETY, ENVIRONMENT and ECONOMY has been shared by hundreds (maybe thousands) of people around the world.

DragonTHINK – h...

Alliance Accepted! - Adeel A. Khan

Mon, 19 Nov 2007 18:59:30 -0500

Alliance Accepted! - DragonTHINK

Wed, 28 Nov 2007 05:51:39 -0500

Alliance Accepted! - DanRose

Mon, 19 Nov 2007 20:49:41 -0500

Alliance Accepted! - Kryss

Mon, 19 Nov 2007 20:01:21 -0500

New comment - Thinking Critically About Animal Rights: What you need to know, What you need to question (Part 1)

Tue, 30 Oct 2007 07:13:00 -0400

C. Collins,

The cat and dog overpopulation crisis is at an all-time high here in Palm Beach County, and we are actually soon to have a mandatory spay/neuter law. But it won’t include breeders, who are part of the problem. Also, the county thinks it “has to” kill dozens of cats and dogs each day and isn’t considering a transition to no-kill. But this isn’t a problem we can kill our way out of.

Furthermore, we must end the language of “euthanasia,” when many cats and dogs who are killed in our shelter were perfectly healthy but ...

New comment - Thinking Critically About Animal Rights: What you need to know, What you need to question (Part 1)

Mon, 29 Oct 2007 15:47:35 -0400

Good article.

I just wish that all those who did not believe in euthanasia would step up and assist all the over-populated animal shelters in this country and their over-whelmed staffs. It’s easy to point fingers and condemn but I don’t see a lot of people showing up at the shelter where I work offering to foster animals that, for one reason or another, are not great candidates for adoption. Believe me, I wish someone would show up and save all the ones I can’t.

Alliance Accepted! - Ryan

Sun, 28 Oct 2007 17:06:48 -0400

Alliance Accepted! - Steve Collins

Thu, 25 Oct 2007 13:49:38 -0400

Write for Celsias - Climate Change Site

Tue, 23 Oct 2007 22:35:25 -0400

Celsias is rapidly becoming the â€œgo toâ€ online destination for emerging and seasoned writers to showcase their passion for the environment, sustainability and global warming.

Get published alongside world’s climate change thought leaders
Develop an online following
Become a recognized authority online
Be read in over 120 nations
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Save the world

Alliance Accepted! - Philip McMaster

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 11:37:06 -0400

New comment - Thinking Critically About Animal Rights: What you need to know, What you need to question (Part 1)

Fri, 19 Oct 2007 20:44:56 -0400

I watched a program called ‘back to the tribe’ and it was set on a small island in the pacific ocean. If these people did not eat fish they would all die! Veganism is not possible in some parts of the world. If a memeber of the tribe became vegan they would have to leave their family and live abroad!

New comment - Thinking Critically About Animal Rights: What you need to know, What you need to question (Part 1)

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:55:45 -0400

Hannah,

For the people who say veganism isn’t natural, I go all out and deconstruct what natural is and why, and that if we’re supposed to eat meat we should be able to kill the animal with our hands and mouths, tear her open and eat her raw like the rest of the animal kingdom (or maybe stash her someplace to quietly decompose and consume her later, as some animals do. Or maybe just eat carrion.). Of course it sounds ridiculous, but so is the “it’s natural and what is natural is always best” argument.

As for Emily, my kitty, I don’t...

Alliance Accepted! - Mary Martin

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 14:56:06 -0400

Alliance Accepted! - Frank Miller

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 09:43:14 -0400

Alliance Accepted! - Mark Moroknek

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 11:16:26 -0400

Alliance Accepted! - Shawn Johnston

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 16:32:48 -0400

Alliance Accepted! - Sarah Byrnes

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 20:00:08 -0400

Alliance Accepted! - Hannah

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 20:07:40 -0400

Alliance Accepted! - Travis

Tue, 30 Oct 2007 18:47:19 -0400

Ally Request - Jenny

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 16:29:36 -0400

Ally Request - Mary

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 16:29:10 -0400

Ally Request - Wavehunter

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 16:28:51 -0400

Alliance Accepted! - Ings

Fri, 07 Dec 2007 10:08:47 -0500

New comment - Thinking Critically About Animal Rights: What you need to know, What you need to question (Part 1)

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 08:50:23 -0400

Hi Eric.

I’ve read both sides of the biology/physiology argument, and I wouldn’t say that “proof” is what I found. It appears we are omnivores. However, to the vegan, as long as we’re not obligate carnivores, like cats are-~~if it is not necessary for us to kill and eat other animals~~-it is not morally justifiable. (And by the way, some people have had great success transitioning their cats to veganism, but I choose to feed my cat animals. Meanwhile, my greyhounds-~~secondary carnivores~~-are in spectacular shape according to their e...

New comment - Thinking Critically About Animal Rights: What you need to know, What you need to question (Part 1)

Sun, 14 Oct 2007 23:42:29 -0400

Some interesting points you raise and I appreciate the educational aspect of your post. I cannot say that I agree with everything, but I do look forward to additional information you might share. Suffice it to say that my mind is not closed and that I do recognize many of the points you raise as being valid. I am curious as to whether you condemn outright the eating of meat of any kind under any circumstances and if there is any biological/physiological evidence that unequivocally proves that man was not intended to eat meat.

New comment - Thinking Critically About Animal Rights: What you need to know, What you need to question (Part 1)

Sun, 14 Oct 2007 12:04:56 -0400

Mary – what a powerful, informative and hard-hitting article. Definitely ‘food for thought’ for all of us. Mary, I would like to tell people about the CHIP program, a non-profit organization formed to end coronary heart disease, much of which stems from our consumption of animal products (CHIP stands for Coronary Health Improvement Project). The optimum CHIP diet is 100% vegan (the organization at least asks people to limit their use of animal products)and the program even had one evening devoted to providing informati...

Alliance Accepted! - Moss Bliss

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 16:32:02 -0400

Alliance Accepted! - Christopher

Sat, 13 Oct 2007 00:54:19 -0400

Are you a great designer, or translator?

Sun, 30 Sep 2007 17:15:45 -0400

We are in the process of translating the word/concepts/phrase of

1. SOCIETY

2. ENVIRONMENT

3. ECONOMY

... into the languages of the world, and adapting the different ways of writing to the three fingered hand symbol.

You can see a sample of the Sustainability Symbol in Chinese script on this message.

Your name will be forever associated with the chosen modification of the symbol that represents “Society, Environment, Economy” in your linguistic communi...

Convert website into something attractive

Sun, 30 Sep 2007 16:51:00 -0400

The three finger Sustainability Symbol is beginning to attract attention on and off the internet. This is a double-edged sword.

On one hand, more and more people are learning about the campaign (personally passing it along from one individual to another),

on the other hand, our website stinks.

It’s homemade, and as you will see, I’m no web designer!

If there are any talented web designers out there in the Rethosarian community, please have a look at www.DragonTHINK.com and make a suggestion of how we could use some of the existing conte...

Alliance Accepted! - sandra

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 15:12:56 -0400

Open Architecture Network

Thu, 20 Sep 2007 14:00:31 -0400

Inhabitat

March 12, 2007 INTERVIEW: Cameron Sinclair, Open Architecture Network by Emily

A few weeks ago, I sat down with Cameron Sinclair to talk about his recently-launched Open Architecture Network. He describes it as a â€œgift to the design communityâ€ with a simple mission: â€œto generate design opportunities that will improve living standards for allâ€ by providing an open-source platform through which ANYone can view, post, share, and adapt sustainable, humanitarian-based, scalable solutions. The idea that designs and all associated...

Alliance Accepted! - Dustin Feider

Thu, 20 Sep 2007 13:39:15 -0400