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Educate Ourselves Department, MONEY: History and Function of the Federal Reserve OR, quitting money altogether.

I read William Greider’s thick tome, Secrets of the Temple, all about the Federal Reserve at least 15 years ago; back then its revelations and conclusions were so shocking that I immediately went into denial. No more. I imagine I’ll be able to swallow James Corbett’s new feature length documentary on this same infernal institution […]

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Revolution as apocalypse or revolution as horizon. Which is real?

The difference matters. So do a lot of nuances along the way. In fact, I’ve always wondered why “lightworkers” and “wayshowers” seem to sit around waiting for their particular brand of savior (usually ET or angelic) from Above all the while ignoring what’s going on right now down here Below — not to mention how […]

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Alan Watts: "Awareness of our own existence is so superficial and so narrow that nothing seems to us more boring than simple being."

Via elephantjournal “As it is, we are merely bolting our lives — gulping down undigested experiences as fast as we can stuff them in —because awareness of our own existence is so superficial and so narrow that nothing seems to us more boring than simple being. If I ask you what you did, saw, heard, […]

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JOIN US! First North American Permaculture Convergence: August 29-31

At the 11th International Permaculture Convergence in Cuba, 2013, a gathering of North Americans proposed putting together the first North American Permaculture Convergence. It’s on. Check it out! And join us. Harmony Park (a 40-acre outdoor events venue with lake) Clarks Grove, Minnesota August 29-31, 2014   In case you’re still wondering “why permaculture”? Why […]

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Consider the State of Our Programmed, Adolescent, "Union": clown swim trunks and sports/military religion

For decades now, I’ve heard the U.S. compared to an adolescent, so short is our nation’s memory, so selfish our individualistic, competitive, materialist goals, and so utterly, blithely unheeding of short and long-term consequences. Meanwhile, the “American Dream” is getting harder to keep propped up. How many people are on anti-depressent meds? How many regularly […]

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