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There
are some men, who, living with one object of enriching themselves,
no matter by what means, and being perfectly conscious of the
baseness and rascality of the means which they will use every day
towards this end, affect nevertheless--even to themselves--a high
tone of moral rectitude, and shake their heads and sigh over the
depravity of the world.
~
Charles Dickens ~
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Points
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Fear
not that your life shall come to an end, but rather fear it shall
never have a beginning.
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Our
growth depends not so much on how many experiences we devour, but
on how many we digest.
A
sufficient commentary on human nature is that a mob never rushes
madly across town to do a needed kindness.
FACT:
By
the age of 18, the average American child has watched
more than 16,000 murders on television.
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Self-Help Tips
Grow
your own food
![[Our Harvest]](images/copy-2-7-16-01-2-veggies_small1.jpg) In our society growing food yourself has become the most
radical of acts. It is truly the only effective protest,
one that can--and will--overturn the corporate powers that be. By the
process of directly working in harmony with
nature, we do the one thing most essential to change the
world--we change ourselves. By showing what we are doing
locally at our home in Pasadena, Ca., we hope to prove that
Living Free is possible one day.
LIVING
FREE: Our Urban 'Homestead'
 AS
THE WORLD TURNS
Imagine
an APPLE
represents the Earth.
Now
cut that apple into quarters.
Put
aside three of the quarters. These three represent that part of our
world that is OCEAN.
The
fraction that is left is 1/4
the LAND.
Slice that in half. Set aside ONE of the halves. This
represents the land that people CAN'T live or work on.
The
poles, deserts, swamps, high mountains, etc.
What's
left? 1/8
This is where the
humans live, but not necessarily where they grow their food.
Slice
your 1/8 piece into FOUR sections. Put aside THREE of
them. What's left? 1/32.
The
three pieces you set aside represents the places where the soil is
too POOR to farm--where it is too rocky, wet, cold or too steep to produce
food. They also represent the cities, houses, highways, shopping
malls, schools, parks, factories, where people live, work and play--but DO
NOT grow any food.
Take
your 1/32 piece
that's left. Carefully peal it. Look at this scrap
of apple peel. It represents the farmable surface topsoil of the
planet, the thin skin of the Earth's crust upon which humankind totally
depends. It is less than 5 feet deep and it is quite a fixed amount of
food-producing land.
You
may now eat the REST
of the apple, but carefully save this tiny piece of apple skin.
Treat
the peel as IF YOUR LIFE DEPENDS ON IT.
From
the KLUTZ books
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Eco-IQ
How many acres are lost
every year in the US to urban sprawl?
A.
100,000
B. 500,000
C :
1,000,000D:
2,000,000
Facts
courtesy of PEN
Test
Your Knowledge
North Americans on
average use a staggering 1,300 gallons of water per person every day. At the
same time, nearly half the world's population doesn't have enough water for
adequate sanitation. How much do you know about reducing water and energy
consumption in the home?
Take
ENN's home energy and water efficiency quiz
Personal
Note
What
has always been the hardest thing for me to do is to start over. Being
settled in a way of life is like lying in bed under heavy blankets on a
frigid winter's morning. Who in their right mind wants to step out
into the cold? And, when you must get going, does not your body so
desperately yearn for the lost warmth?
The
familiar and sure surroundings are what we use to provide
ourselves with
cozy protection. Boy, do I need to be protected from
the awful cold of life! Or do I? What can I really do to
truly guarantee lifelong security? How much money will all that
take? The richer one is, the better able to be insulated
from the hard knocks of life--only for some pain and just for a
while.
Now
this is where I get to choose. I could spend all my days
trying so hard to keep my house centrally heated, or I could just
get used to facing the cold. What reduces that shock is doing it
over, time and again. So, here's to the path of more
beginnings!
Jules Dervaes
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