Based on replies from over 3,300 young people in 65 countries, I have good news about our future. This is for a book-in-process tentatively titled A Brighter Future: How Global Youth Will Transform The World. The Millennial Generation wants to do good, values family, is spiritual rather than religious, and understands that money and things [...]
I’m writing a book that gives you and other young people around the world an opportunity to say what’s on your mind. This is your chance to be heard. Many of you have wonderful suggestions for how to make our world a better to live in, so I’m asking people age 19 and under to respond [...]
The focus on healthy food is a way to organize youth, as in the Boston where “The Food Project has built a national model of engaging young people in personal and social change through sustainable agriculture.”[i] They’re encouraging a national movement to organize students to lobby for “real food” in their schools and universities, as [...]
Rita King and Joshua Fouts created a virtual world on the Internet’s international Second Life (only 30% of users are in the US) to help viewers understand Islam, as well as a graphic novel and report. The project is called “Digital Diplomacy: Understanding Islam through Virtual Worlds.” King and Fouts point out that new ideas [...]
*For a cold, Jeanette recommends: homeopathy: Coldcalm; Nux Vomica, etc.; Sambucos (black elderberry) which stops viruses; and New Chapter’s Sinus and Respitory which clears the head/nose. I’d add hot herb tea and herbed vinegar.
*Temple Grandin spoke yesterday at CSUC. She believes Tesla was autistic and that Einstein had many autistic traits. She said the HBO movie about her is accurate. She explained that there are different ways of thinking: photo realistic visual (her type), verbal, auditory, etc. She has found most SSRI anti-depressant drugs (Prozac, Zoloft, Celexa, Lexapro, [...]
*From CA NOW: The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics first broke the story about lead in lipstick back in 2007 when they released a report labeled “A Poison Kiss.” Now, over years later, a new report by the FDA indicates that the problem of poison kisses is worse than first thought. FDA’s new study found lead [...]
What’s the difference between romantic love and real love? We start with adrenalin-like excitement and then endorphins kick in for comfortable bonding. Scientists discovered we’re attracted to individuals who are like our parents and ourselves, but whose pheromones are least like our own. Different immune systems ensure healthy babies. Love based on deep caring, interest, [...]
I’d like to include your observations and experiences about how to solve global problems like climate warming, extremes of riches and poverty, inequality between men and women, and so on. I’ll include your ideas in my next book. Thank you!
Hodges nursery workshop notes on caring for fruit trees and vines Mr. Hodges. Notes by Gayle Kimball. Pruning: For large cuts, don’t use the black goop, can use whitewash like you see on walnut trees. It keeps sunburn and bores out. To prune, cut straight, as an angle is a bigger wound. It will die [...]
