Category Archives: Life Rules: The Blog

Tourism Encourages a Faux & Freak-Show Africa

Posted on January 2, 2012 by ellen2010

by Jim Heck Jim Heck observes events in Africa from his position as owner/manager of Explorers World Travel, a Free Trading travel agency and consultancy. His blog, “Africa Answer Man” from which this was taken (under the title “Vicious Village Visits”) variously celebrates, describes, … Continue reading →

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A Sisterhood of Traveling Gardeners

Posted on December 18, 2011 by ellen2010

by Sally Sandler My sister, Sally Sandler, is a docent at San Diego Botanic Gardens and a member of the board of the San Diego Horticultural Society, for whose magazine she writes this article. Twenty-first century travel definitely takes its … Continue reading →

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Solstice Thoughts

Posted on December 7, 2011 by ellen2010

by Kathy Mills This came from Kathy Mills, (kmills1827@hotmail.com), a Maine poet, activist, gardener, from a deep place in her heart-mind meant for a deep place in ours. The dark days are advancing. They sweep us indoors early, like the screen door … Continue reading →

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How to Be A Person

Posted on November 10, 2011 by ellen2010

by Robert Jensen, a journalism professor at the University of Texas at Austin and board member of the Third Coast Activist Resource Center [This is an edited version of a sermon delivered July 17, 2011, at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church … Continue reading →

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Greeks Baring Gifts

Posted on November 7, 2011 by ellen2010

Since my posts about both the problem with the present money system and viable alternatives, I have received a score of inqueries about those alternatives. I’m not an expert, but what I can do, along with the occasional post is offer … Continue reading →

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Twelve Essential Understandings About How the World Works

Posted on October 24, 2011 by ellen2010

by Herman Greene, Founding Director of the Center for Ecozoic Societies, publisher of The Ecozoic, and past-president of the International Process Association. As general systems theory, integral studies and theory, ecology and process philosophy inform each other, we benefit from what their … Continue reading →

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