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Greetings from Brushwood by Pride S. Wright Ripples Step away from the snooze button! It’s time to embrace our common myth and better know how we’re bound together. By Trathen Heckman Vision Quest Colleen Gavan surrenders to a modern version of an age old Native American ritual in hopes of losing her mind. An Epidemic of Busyness Some practical suggestions from Dr. Johanna Atman on turning down the volume of modern life. Taking it Slow From garden to kitchen to table, a truly pleasurable approach to one of the most basic of human needs is becoming an exercise in virtuous globalization. By Colleen Gavan Genetically engineered food and the right to choose By Colleen Gavan Enriched Peace Corps Volunteer Tiffany Martindale lives in conditions most Americans would find intolerable, but the experience has blessed her beyond measure. A story of true abundance. Martin's Room An excellent short story by Beth Pratt Web Only! A
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and its In Search of the True America There has never been a better time to think about the true obligations of citizenship so easily taken for granted in less troubling times. By Dr. Jonathan M. Nielson (Harbinger35 2002) Loves Me, Loves Me Not We often enter into the most important experience of our lives--the life-long relationship--with little conscious focus or even an idea of what we want it to be. By Johanna Atman Asleep at the Wheel on the Metaphysical Highway A meditative little story by Pride S. Wright For Love of the Land Tricks of Free Trade Such a deal! We give up our jobs and environmental safeguards for the greater glory of transnational corporations. By Mark Weisbrot The Miracle of Simplicity We live in a world bursting with new and often brilliantly conceived technology and yet populated by a contentious, often paranoid, and increasingly soulless populace. Are these two conditions related? By Pride S. Wright Straw Bale Construction
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for emissions, on the grounds that it would hurt the economy. It is not so
clear that this has to be so, provided that actions are implemented in the
right way and, in particular, in the right time. However, none of the
arguments take into account the very real costs of not doing anything. Doing
nothing is a sure path to disaster. By Kevin Trenberth. ( Study
says Sierra will be hit hard by global warming In one of the most comprehensive studies to date on
the effects of global warming in California, scientists predict the winter snowpack in the Sierra will diminish by as much as 82
percent. By
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