September 2, 2013 - ExopermacultureExopermaculture

Robert Reich: “We can have more influence on the rest of the world by showing the rest of the world our resolve to live by our ideals here in America, than by using brute force to prove our resolve elsewhere.”

Syria is a Distraction From Our Moral Choices At Home The use of chemical weapons against Syrian citizens is abominable, but have we learned nothing from our mistakes in the past? September 1, 2013 by Robert Reich alternet Photo Credit: Shutterstock.com/Aleksey Klints We are on the brink of a tragic decision to strike Syria, because, […]

Labor Day and Labor Unions: history, near-demise, and current resurgence

Where Labor Day Came From, and Where It’s Going September 2, 2013 by Jim Hightower Creators.com via commondreams Webster’s dictionary tells us that Labor Day was “set aside for special recognition of working people.”Labor Day March / U.S. Department of Labor That’s nice, but “set aside” by whom? It certainly wasn’t the Wall Street corporate […]

Bill Mollison, on Financial Permaculture: “We can’t run away. We have to become bankers”

And check out Brazil’s bottom-up approach. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2KabGgFgxg]

Brazil’s Solidarity Economy: “large and complex . . . emerges strongly from the grassroots while incorporating elaborate government initiatives.”

As usual, we look to South America for leadership . . . Brazil Blossoms as Solidarity Economy Beacon August 29, 2013 by Mira Luna shareable.net Brazil is recognized as one of the most advanced countries in terms of the development of solidarity economy though it’s received little attention in the media, partly because of the […]

From my hilarious brother John, to his seven sibs . . .

As we wonder how to resolve any of our seemingly intractable differences in perspective, small or large, personal or impersonal, Middle-East or Middle Earth, let us remember: no matter how soulful we sound, or how brilliantly we articulate what seems to be going on: it just might be about the nail. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=-4EDhdAHrOg]

Simon Jenkins, on Syria: “Something-must-be-done wars have a long and wretched history, notably in the Middle East . . . Bombs are the dumbest manifestation of modern politics.”

Though this opinion piece was written prior to Obama’s (temporary?) about-face, it is still relevant. One thing I might add: outside intervention, whether “lite” or heavy, not only massages political egos, but lines the coffers of military industrial contractors. Syria: it takes more courage to say there is nothing outsiders can do The human misery […]

9/11/01 to 9/11/13: twelve years, one Jupiter cycle, our opportunity to spiral out of PTSD.

It occurred to me, while walking with puppy Shadow this morning, that ever since 9/11 as a nation we have been suffering from PTSD, which shuts down the heart. Meanwhile, ever since then, the corporate MSM programming has kicked in big time. Two big wars and a few other little ones later, the phrases “Homeland […]

Re: Syria: Fractured Congress is Fractal for Fractured America

Not only are we “divided in two” as a nation, each of us is divided in two, head and heart. (Left brained) heads argue for or against. Hearts feel the whole — all of us, war wounded and weary. IF (and it’s a big if) our hearts are open. And when they open, we move […]

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