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"One does not sell the land people walk on." - Crazy Horse, Sept. 23, 1875
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"We do not have a money problem in America. We have a values and priorities problem."
- Marian Wright Edelman
"Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds."
- George Eliot
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"Only when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned and the last fish been caught will we realise we cannot eat money."
- Cree Indian Proverb
"Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair but manifestations of strength and resolution." - Kahil Gibran
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In case your inquiring mind wants to know:
LEFT BIOCENTRISM
1. Left biocentrism is a left focus or theoretical tendency within the deep ecology movement, which is subversive of the existing industrial society. It accepts and promotes the eight-point Deep Ecology Platform drawn up by Arne Naess and George Sessions. Left biocentrism holds up as an ideal, identification, solidarity, and compassion with all life. "Left" as used in left biocentrism, means anti-industrial and anti-capitalist, but not necessarily socialist. The expressions 'left biocentrism' or 'left ecocentrism' are used interchangeably.
2. Left biocentrism accepts the view that the Earth belongs to no one. Left biocentrism is meant to strengthen, not undermine, the deep ecology movement which identifies with all life.
3. Left biocentrism says that individuals must take responsibility for their actions and be socially accountable.
4. Left biocentrists are concerned with social justice and class issues, but within a context of ecology. Left biocentrism is for the redistribution of wealth, nationally and internationally.
5. Left biocentrism opposes economic growth and consumerism. Human societies must live within ecological limits so that all other species may continue to flourish. We believe that bioregionalism, not globalism, is necessary for sustainability.
6. Left biocentrism holds that individual and collective spiritual transformation is important to bring about major social change, and to break with industrial society. We need inward transformation, so that the interests of all species override the short-term self-interest of the individual, the family, the community, and the nation.
7. Left biocentrism believes that deep ecology must be applied to actual environmental issues and struggles, no matter how socially sensitive, e.g. population reduction, aboriginal issues, workers' struggles, etc.
8. Social ecology, eco-feminism and eco-marxism, while raising important questions, are all human-centered and consider human-to-human relations within society to be more important and, in the final analysis, determine society's relationship to the natural world. Left biocentrists believe that an egalitarian, non-sexist, non-discriminating society, a highly desirable goal, can still be exploitive towards the Earth.
9. Left biocentrists are "movement greens" in basic orientation. They are critical of existing Green political parties, which have come to an accommodation with industrial society and have no accountability to the deep ecology movement.
10. To be politically relevant, deep ecology needs to incorporate the perspective advanced by left biocentrism.
RECENT THINGS ON MY MIND:
1. Why is the value of an animal's life determined upon its intelligence? It's okay to kil and eat cows, but not people who have the mental capacity of a chicken.
2. Spiders are really neat.
3. Birth control pills should be called population control pills.
4. Aren't we all hypocrites?
5. I'm thankful that it doesn't bother me a bit what people think or say about me as long as I'm not around to hear it. I have enough to worry about.
6. Am I gaining control of my preachy-self-righteousness or is it gaining control of me?
7. I would rather fail in my own efforts than achieve success and status by marrying solely for money.
8. I am 32.5 years old and still as confused about life as I was at 22.5. Thankfully, I know more, now. And, I have a better grasp of how much I don't know!
9. Mean people really do seem to live longer than nice people.
10. Mrs. Bew, my third grade teacher, was endlessly exasperated over my constant daydreaming. I am still a compulsive daydreamer with a vivid imagination, and thankful Mrs. Bew did not break me of my "habit."
11. And, speaking of teachers, I like to sing. Others may hear my singing as glass-cracking screeching or shouting, as my fourth grade music teacher gently tried to put it. However, I see it as an amazing release of my soul and a free-falling nose-thumbing toward that music teacher.
12. I am the only one to say I can't do something. As soon as YOU say I can't do something, rest assured, I will suddenly be able to it!
13. It's okay to swim like a drowning bug as long as your wings keep you afloat.
14. Learning to listen to your gut is a good thing even if it's wrong once in a while.
15. I am a unique and special person .... as unique and special as the 6.5 billion other people on the planet.
16. I bite my nails and I am okay with that. It's not an expensive habit and I don't plan to break it.
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LOVE YOUR FELLOW EARTHLINGS ~ peace love kindness ~
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Rest In Peace
"You may succeed in silencing me but that silence comes at a price. You have shown yourself to be as barbaric and ruthless as your most hostile critics have claimed. You have shown yourself to have no respect for life, liberty or any civilised value."
- Col. Alexander Litvinenko, 1962-2006
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(CSG) is a citizen group that formed in February of 2006 in response to the outrageous development that is devouring open land around Reno/Sparks. CSG members believe that growth is important for our community and economy, but it should be done in a managed way that doesn't destroy our open spaces. br/>
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My goal in life is to right the wrongs of social, environmental, animal and human rights injustices. Although this may be too much to accomplish in one lifetime and for one person alone, I feel we ought to give it our best shot at putting as much good into this world as we can. If you are not putting anything good into the world and all you are doing is taking and destroying, please don't contact me. I won't like you.
My favorite place to be is outdoors, spending time with my dogs and hiking in the mountains. I love helping people and animals. I do a lot of volunteer work. I work in marketing and public relations. I have lots of pets and I'm a vegetarian.
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