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The forsaken mental health of the Indigenous Peoples - a moral case of outrageous exclusion in Latin America
Mario Incayawar* and Sioui Maldonado-Bouchard*
Runajambi - Institute for the Study of Quichua Culture and Health, Otavalo, Ecuador
author email corresponding author email* Contributed equally
BMC International Health and Human Rights 2009, 9:27doi:10.1186/1472-698X-9-27
The electronic version [...] Read more »
Would you grow your own grains?
Quinoa flowering, originally uploaded by net_efekt.
Saltspring Seeds is one of my favourite local sources for vegetable seeds, so when I heard about their Zero Mile Diet seed kit, I was immediately intrigued. What would go into a Zero Mile Diet seed kit? What would I want to grow if I were aiming [...] Read more »
This article will give you some very simple ideas on protecting your garden that is environmentally friendly.
Taken from Associatedcontent.com
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Urban Homestead Garden (squarefoot gardening abridged) - More DIY How To Projects Read more »
“I often find it hard to tell people just what an ecovillage is, since ecovillage projects take many forms, and the ecovillage movement keeps on morphing and evolving. However, I had a wonderful overview recently when I got my own personal dream job - taking minutes during the three-day board retreat of the Global Ecovillage [...] Read more »
Entry 5 _ Monday 22nd December 2008
It Is Monday the 22nd of December. Yesterday I returned to Khula Dhamma after completing the 10 day Vipassana course (www.pataka.dhamma.org). I am feeling enriched, blessed and filled with gratitude like never before. I wish the whole world could enroll in this course, as I have found it to [...] Read more »
Entry 4 : Saturday, 6 December 2008
It is Saturday evening, and i’ve returned after a relaxing gathering around the fire. Some visitors have arrived today, and we’re sharing & getting to know each other and contemplating our life experiences.
I have been experiencing a lot of changes during the past few weeks. Physically & mentally. It [...] Read more »
Entry 3 : Saturday, 22 November 2008
It’s Saturday, and I’ve been here almost 2 weeks. This week has gone by particularly fast with everything that’s happening around the community. Everyone is working hard to complete different projects, from building houses to digging in the garden.
It’s 4pm and I’m lying in a hammock overlooking the farm [...] Read more »
Entry 2 : Friday, 14 November, 2008
It is Friday today and I’ve been here for four days. Every day so far has brought the most beautiful learning experiences. I am woofing (willing workers on organic farms) at the Khula Dhamma community, which entails working 5 hours a day on general tasks around the community. I [...] Read more »
Entry 1 : Monday, 10 November 2008
It is 5:30 in the morning and I’ve been on the road for 14 hours. Coming from Cape Town, this is the longest trip I’ve ever taken. My legs are feeling a little numb, though I’m feeling quite content watching a beautiful yellow-red sun rising in front of me…
I’m [...] Read more »
~ The Emergence of a Dream ~
Xhabbo Eco-Village Community
This article takes a look at the birthing of a new community, with the intention of highlighting the uniqueness of any such a process while also hoping to ignite inspiration for more similar developments. Developments which work with Nature instead of against her; which value the [...] Read more »
THE AHIMSA WAY
Heading the other way
USHA JESUDASAN
In these days of intense competition, living simply also means learning to climb down the ladder of success.
Photo: K.K. Mustafah
Creating the space for things other than success…
The number of letters I received in response to “Living A Simple Life” made me realise that there are many who follow [...] Read more »
INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR ECOLOGY AND CULTURE
http://www.isec.org.uk/pages/learningfromladakh.html
Learning from Ladakh
(formerly ‘The Farm Project’)
Immersion in a Traditional Culture
As part of its work in Ladakh, ISEC has organised a month-long experiential education programme which includes a four-week stay with a Ladakhi farming family and five days of group workshops: two at the beginning of the session, one in [...] Read more »
http://kuhttp.cc.ukans.edu/~marc/natlit/natlit.html
http://web.maxwell.syr.edu/nativeweb/natlit.natlit.html
http://198.3.128.46/NATLIT/NATLIT.HTM
Native Net
http://nativenet.uthscsa.edu/archive/nl/
http://nativenet.uthscsa.edu/
http://nativenet.uthscsa.edu/archive/nn-academics/index.html
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Using the Internet to strengthen the Indigenous nations of the Americas
Authors:Susan O’Donnell and Guillermo Delgado-P.
http://nativenet.uthscsa.edu/archive/nl/9512/0187.html
In October 1994, a team from the Oneida Indian Nation of New York
visited Washington to view a new Internet site at the White House. The
press release describing the visit is reproduced below to introduce the
topic: how the Indigenous nations of [...] Read more »
Karnataka - Bangalore
The Hindu 15 Nov 2008 Hyderabad
Get ready for soil-less cultivation
Special Correspondent
The system uses alternatives to soil such as sawdust
BANGALORE: If you think that you cannot grow plants without soil, you are wrong. Soil-less cultivation and gardening has been a success in 21 countries. What is more, it will soon find practitioners in Bangalore.
The [...] Read more »
FARMER’S NOTEBOOK
A practical solution for turning drylands into productive areas
M.J. PRABUThe Hindu 13 Nove 2008, Hyderabad
Kitchen waste, garbage can be converted into compost and vermicompost
— Photo: K. Bhagya Prakash
proper planning: Through initial low investments and guidance drylands can be made productive.Water as a natural resource has been subject to so much misuse and abuse. [...] Read more »
Holiday Season, 08/09
Coming Soon!
Weapons of Mass Instruction
by John Taylor Gatto
Wild Foresting
by Alan Drengson and Duncan Taylor
Best of Blog
A Window of Opportunity
Part One
Part Two
John Michael Greer’s presentation from the Plan C Peak Oil conference
Take Action on Poverty!
“The Matrix” – a spoken word performance by Rodney Paradox
The New American Dollar
The fate of the economy is no laughing [...] Read more »
Subject - WiserEarth Solutions
Hello Wiser Earthlings,
You may have noticed something new at WiserEarth: Introducing WiserEarth ‘Solutions’!
In our recent user survey, 85% of you asked for a way to share and search for best practices. So by popular demand we give you WiserEarth Solutions – a collaboration tool that allows people and organizations to describe and [...] Read more »
Colleagues. Attached (and below) please find a Call For Papers of a special issue that myself and James Michael Thomas are editing for a special issue of Societies Without Borders: Human Rights and the Social Sciences.
Please forgive the duplicate postings – a previous distribution had the wrong deadline. The deadline is March [...] Read more »
http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/global/30754504.html
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Indian Women Changing Bolivia, Miguelina Colque reflects on her position
By Victoria Bomberry, Today correspondent
Story Published: Oct 10, 2008
Story Updated: Oct 10, 2008
[Indian Women Changing Bolivia]
Miguelina Colque, Secretaria Ejecutiva of FENATRAHOB
LA PAZ, Bolivia – For the moment, it is quiet in the modest national
office of FENATRAHOB, the acronym for [...] Read more »
