Recycled Electrons

June 2005    #57  
 

Thanks to:
-Bob Schense
-Sonia Joseph
-Terry Link
-Elise Harvey
- and many others!
  
 

Spark of Genius?

With uncertain gas prices,
why doesn't GM start
plugging the "Spark"
here in the U.S.?
 

GM's new Spark

 

 

Fair Trade

Rwanda Coffee Project
http://shop.msu.edu/SearchResults.asp?Cat=31

 

A man is born gentle and weak. At his death he is hard and stiff. Green plants are tender and filed with sap. At their death they are withered and dry. Therefore the stiff and unbending is the disciple of death. The gentle and yielding is the disciple of life. Thus an army without flexibility never wins a battle. A tree that is unbending is easily broken. The hard and strong will fall. The soft and weak will overcome.

- Tao Te Ching

 

 

The Overprescribing of Pills
http://www.worstpills.org/public/page.cfm?op_id=3

 

"Conventional education, at all levels, largely ignores the broad context and specific skills that define an emerging conservation economy. Fragmented by discipline and disconnected with place, it leaves people ill prepared to direct the enormous transitions that are occurring." 
from http://www.conservationeconomy.net/
 

 

What is your collective I.Q.?
http://www.community-intelligence.com/blogs/public/archives/000290.html

 

"Vision without action is a dream. 
Action without vision is a nightmare."  
Quote by Joel Barker from Ingrid Jeffries

 

10 Characteristics of Leaders of the Knowledge Economy
http://www.entovation.com/backgrnd/leadlag.htm

 

StoreWars

from Bob Schense
http://www.StoreWars.org

Join the adventures of Cuke Skywalker, Obi-Wan Cannoli, Chewbroccoli and the rest of the Organic Rebels fighting against Darth Tader and the Dark Side of the Farm. And if you like the movie, pass it on!

 

Music

Top Ten Ways To Become a Better Musician
http://www.jacktuttle.com/topten.html

 

Bluegrass Songs and Chords
http://jason.hannan.net/bluegrassindex.html

 

History

This date in history...
from http://www.peacebuttons.info

June 3, 1967
Conscientious objection legally recognized in Belgium.
 

June 4, 1983
New Zealand passes legislation declaring itself nuclear-free.

 

Learn more about U.S. History...

 

U.S. Civics Flashcards
http://uscis.gov/graphics/citizenship/flashcards/questionlist.htm

Several new questions are under development...

	How much does the average U.S. citizen spend on WMDs each year?
	If every person consumed/wasted as much resources as the average U.S. citizen, how many more planets would we need?
	How many BTUs does it take to get the average U.S. citizen off the couch and/or out of their car?

 

Fashion

Are you tired of seeing "support our troops" stickers on SUVs?   Consider wearing one of these hot new items...

from www.critical-mass.org

 

Join the "Buy-cott"... buy Citgo gas and support democracy...
from Sonia Joseph
http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0516-25.htm

 

Neighborhood Retailers Aim to
Keep New York Wal-Mart Free
from Terry Link

The Neighborhood Retail Alliance, an advocate for New York City's small businesses for the past twenty years, is working in coalition with unions and community organizations to block the entry of Wal-Mart and other big-box retailers.
http://www.newrules.org/retail/news_slug.php?slugid=298

(from The Hometown Advantage Bulletin, a free email newsletter published by the Institute for Local Self-Reliance. To read back issues or join the mailing list, visit www.newrules.org/retail )

 

True Stories...
from Elise Harvey

I had been teaching my three-year old daughter, Caitlin, the Lord's Prayer for several evenings at bedtime, she would repeat after me the lines from the prayer. Finally, she decided to go solo. I listened with pride as she carefully enunciated each word right up to the end of the prayer: "Lead us not into temptation," she prayed, "but deliver us some E-mail.

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A Sunday school teacher asked her children, as they were on the way to church service, "And why is it necessary to be quiet in church?" One bright little girl replied, "Because people are sleeping."

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A woman invited some people to dinner. At the table, she turned to her six-year-old daughter and said, "Would you like to say the blessing?" "I wouldn't know what to say," the girl replied. "Just say what you hear Mommy say," the woman answered. The daughter bowed her head and said, "Lord, why on earth did I invite all these people to dinner?"

 

Please send me your words of wisdom, thoughts, questions, and suggestions.

Thanks,

LeRoy

leroy@leroyharvey.net
www.leroyharvey.net