I was getting ready for bed last night after an eventful evening with the hubby and I came across 'the passionate eye' on newsworld. This episode was about plastic and it's history, but more so the effects plastic has on the earth and how we can change the way we create & use this product. I was inspired to change my ways completely.Honestly, it's eye opening. It really is. If you have a minute at least watch the trailer for the documentary.
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Saturday June 6, 2009 at 10 pm ET/PT on CBC Newsworld
Addicted to Plastic is a shocking and global journey to investigate what we really know about the material of a thousand uses and why there's so darn much of it. On the way we discover a worldwide waste and toxic legacy, but also we meet the men and women dedicated to cleaning it up.
Addicted to Plastic is a documentary about solutions to plastic pollution and encompasses three years of filming in 12 countries on 5 continents, including two trips to the middle of the Pacific Ocean where plastic debris accumulates.
The film details plastic's path over the last 100 years and provides a wealth of expert interviews on practical and cutting edge solutions to recycling, toxicity and biodegradability. These solutions will provide viewers with a hopeful perspective about our future with plastic.Addicted to Plastic was directed by Canadian filmmaker Ian Connacher.
Check out the trailer...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daSFXZT-HYk&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fvideo%2Egoogle%2Ecom%2Fvideosearch%3Fhl%3Den%26q%3DAddicted%2520to%2520Plastic%2520the%2520passionate%2520eye%26um%3D1%26ie%3DUTF%2D8%26sa%3DN%26tab%3Dwv&feature=player_embedded
6.07.2009
6.06.2009
Thinking, Feeling, Willing
people always ask & to be honest i'm not sure anyone has an answer lol. i mean how can today feel different from yesterday simply because my age counter has moved up a notch. BUT, when i came across this article written by Mark Finser (in RSF Social Finance's Annual Report) i was like, yes!, this is what it feels like as I turn 28 years old. so i kinda copped out, i'm not actually telling you how it feels but this is what a 28 year old allana relates to. for me this encompasses what my 28th year on this earth should accomplish & what the last 27 have been preparing me for.
much love..
happy birthday to me!
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In these difficult times, my great hope is that we can move to a culture that balances our needs and wants with our actions and insights. Insights come from our capacity to think in ways that are creative and relevant to the present time; needs and wants come from our feelings and desires; actions and deeds in the world come out of our will. These three soul forces in every human being -- thinking, feeling and willing -- need to come back into balance. Each of these soul forces and qualities is reflected in society at large as well.
So we cannot just focus on the economy. The economy is but one leg of a three legged stool. Culture and human rights are the other two. We need to focus our creative capacity on developing a culture that has an emphasis on education, the arts and our connection with spirit. This needs to be in tandem with a society where fundamental human rights are honored and differences are celebrated.
Each of us has different abilities and gifts. However, when it comes to feeling, we need to recognize that this makes us equal; we are all the same when it comes to our basic human needs and emotions. Keeping this perspective in mind, we can effect great change in ourselves and in our world. We can truly take up our role as fellow citizens and reconnect with our local and regional communities with fresh ideas and action plans.
Clearly, we have become disconnected from the soul force of "feeling". How can it be that some executives believe that their contributions to society deserve compensation 400 times or more than that of their lowest paid employees? When the company cannot contribute to retirement or health care for its employees, how can this be perceived as progress? Times like this provide an opportunity for all of us to be re-educated. We need to "educate" our conscience as well. Imagine if we took the time to really listen to our conscience. What would an education of conscience look like?
-- Mark Finser
much love..
happy birthday to me!
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In these difficult times, my great hope is that we can move to a culture that balances our needs and wants with our actions and insights. Insights come from our capacity to think in ways that are creative and relevant to the present time; needs and wants come from our feelings and desires; actions and deeds in the world come out of our will. These three soul forces in every human being -- thinking, feeling and willing -- need to come back into balance. Each of these soul forces and qualities is reflected in society at large as well.
So we cannot just focus on the economy. The economy is but one leg of a three legged stool. Culture and human rights are the other two. We need to focus our creative capacity on developing a culture that has an emphasis on education, the arts and our connection with spirit. This needs to be in tandem with a society where fundamental human rights are honored and differences are celebrated.
Each of us has different abilities and gifts. However, when it comes to feeling, we need to recognize that this makes us equal; we are all the same when it comes to our basic human needs and emotions. Keeping this perspective in mind, we can effect great change in ourselves and in our world. We can truly take up our role as fellow citizens and reconnect with our local and regional communities with fresh ideas and action plans.
Clearly, we have become disconnected from the soul force of "feeling". How can it be that some executives believe that their contributions to society deserve compensation 400 times or more than that of their lowest paid employees? When the company cannot contribute to retirement or health care for its employees, how can this be perceived as progress? Times like this provide an opportunity for all of us to be re-educated. We need to "educate" our conscience as well. Imagine if we took the time to really listen to our conscience. What would an education of conscience look like?
-- Mark Finser
What if the world embodied its highest potential?
The most meaningful activity in which a human can be engaged is one that is directly related to human evolution. This is true because human beings now play an active and critical role not only in the process of their own evolution but in the survival and evolution of all living beings. Awareness of this places upon human beings a responsibility for their participation in and contribution to the process of evolution.
--Jonas Salk
What Would It Look Like?
What if the world embodied its highest potential? What would it look like? As the structures of modern society crumble, this video contemplates a set of unexamined assumptions that form the very basis of our civilization. In a beautifully shot 25-minute retrospective, it asks us to reflect on the state of the world and ourselves--and to listen more closely to what is being asked of us at this time of unprecedented global transformation.
http://www.karmatube.org/v
Check this out..
--Jonas Salk
What Would It Look Like?
What if the world embodied its highest potential? What would it look like? As the structures of modern society crumble, this video contemplates a set of unexamined assumptions that form the very basis of our civilization. In a beautifully shot 25-minute retrospective, it asks us to reflect on the state of the world and ourselves--and to listen more closely to what is being asked of us at this time of unprecedented global transformation.
http://www.karmatube.org/v
Check this out..
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