Sustainablity
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Must Watch Monsanto GMO Documentary: The Future Of Food 2004
The Future Of Food 2004 THE FUTURE OF FOOD offers an in-depth investigation into the disturbing truth behind the unlabeled, patented, genetically engineered foods that have quietly filled grocery store shelves for the past decade. Mostly coming from Monsanto. The film voices opinions of farmers in disagreement with the food industry, and details the impacts on their lives and livelihoods from this new technology, and the market and political forces that are changing what people eat. The farmers state that they are held legally responsible for their crops being invaded by “company-owned” genes. The film generally opposes the patenting of living organisms, and describes the disappearance of traditional cultural practices.
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Must Watch Documentary: A Simpler Way: Crisis as Opportunity
A Simpler Way: Crisis as Opportunity About 3 years back I wrote a blog about a new world in our hearts, a vision of a sustainable future which many around the world including myself has woken up to. I awoke to the illusion on front of me. To see the pit trap that is the government and the systems that have shackled us. There has to be a change in the way we see the world. Here is a great documentary speaking about the vision we share. About the film A feature-length documentary directed by Jordan Osmond and Samuel Alexander, A Simpler Way: Crisis as Opportunity takes us to Gippsland,…
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WATCH: Dirt! The Movie
Dirt The Movie DIRT The Movie–narrated by Jamie Lee Curtis–brings to life the environmental, economic, social and political impact that the soil has. It shares the stories of experts from all over the world who study and are able to harness the beauty and power of a respectful and mutually beneficial relationship with soil. But more than the film and the lessons that it teaches, is a call to action. “When humans arrived 2 million years ago, everything changed for dirt. And from that moment on, the fate of dirt and humans has been intimately linked.” How can you affect that relationship for the better?
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Documentary: We The Tiny House People: Small Homes, Tiny Flats & Wee Shelters
We are often led to believe we need the bigger home as we seek status as we seek to be in competition with one another. I think tiny homes can be efficient. TV producer and Internet-video personality Kirsten Dirksen invites us on her journey into the tiny homes of people searching for simplicity, self-sufficiency, minimalism and happiness by creating shelter in caves, converted garages, trailers, tool sheds, river boats and former pigeon coops.
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Ideas: Local Vegetable Waste Pickup For Composting Initiative Puerto Rico
Ideas: Local Vegetable Waste Pickup For Composting Initiative Puerto Rico T the initiative is simple. We are sending vegetable waste off to the landfill when we could be using it for composting and returning it back to the Earth to create fertile ground as all it’s nutrients are eroding away. I use compost for my garden for my plants. So my proposal is to implement a system locally to gather vegetable waste from those who don’t compost their waste. I will give a bucket for those willing to participate where they can dump their vegetable waste and leave at the entrance to their homes and where I would then pick…
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Liquid Gold: Using Urine To Fertilize Your Garden
Liquid Gold: Using Urine To Fertilize Your Garden Urine to Fertilize your plants? You might be shaking your head , but here I will tell you about how beneficial it is to use urine to fertilize your plants. Now many people would be disgusted by that I use urine to fertilize my plants because we live in a world where we close off our minds to the unknown because we conform to what society considers normal. But we have a wealth of information on this here internet to do the proper research. But I will provide some information as to why I use urine and share tips on how you…
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VIDEO: Agriculture In Puerto Rico in the 1940’s (Democracy at Work USDA)
Here is a video from the 1940’s entitled Democracy at Work in Rural Puerto Rico about agriculture in Puerto Rico, This 40s film, made by the U.S. Department of Agricultures Extension Service, chronicles the services the Extension Service provides to rural Puerto Rican families, including training in better farming methods, help with starting home-based businesses, and starting 4-H clubs for the kids. According to an editorial review on Amazon, “Democracy at work in Rural Puerto Rico, is a propaganda piece to teach the world what democracy offers for places like Puerto Rico and how much they and the United States have gained from the alliance. When it is not reminding…
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PHOTOS: The food I have Grown in Puerto Rico
The food I have grown in Puerto Rico I am currently residing in the sunny tropical island of Puerto Rico (by way of Brooklyn), which for those that don’t know is located in the Caribbean. The great part of living here is the warm sunny weather year round. The climate is great for growing food year round. But there are not many growers. I have challenged people to grow at least one plant, which could be read in this blog. Yet that is too hard for most people. I have inspired a few to grow, but I think it’s time for the people to realize our true potential and in…
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WATCH: First Earth (Earthen Homes Documentary)
I wrote a blog on my vision on a sustainable future which can be seen by clicking here. I think we need to change the way we look at shelter as all we see is the big house with the white picket fences and the giant swimming pool. Living in debt all our lives, paying off our giant homes. Using materials that leave a negative impact on our environment. So many viable options, as I wrote in that post I mentioned before. From cob to hempcrete. So many options, but we limit those options by the limits of our creativity. Here is a documentary on earthen homes which I enjoyed…
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Quarantine Challenge: Grow just one Vegetable plant
My challenge to the world: Grow just one plant! Updated: March 28 2019 Many around the world are quarantined in our homes due to the coronavirus. I am currently in Puerto Rico, where the weather is warm year round and I truly believe Puerto Rico needs to grow more food as 85 percent of the food is imported. If things get worse and that ship never comes, well let’s say things will get ugly quick. I want to propose a challenge to the world and especially to the people of Puerto Rico as food could be grown all year long in this beautiful tropical climate. Here is the food I…
