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13.06.2016REPORT: Eco-Gathering: "Call of the Calafate," April 7-10, 2016 in Coyhaique in Patagonia, Chile Honoring Mother Earth, Remembering Our Ancestors... More
10.06.2016By Coyote Alberto Ruz, Ecoaldea Huehuecoyotl, Mexico House From November 21-28, 2015 took place the 14th Vision Council, "Call of the Salvia," in... More
10.06.2016Through a round of introductions among participants and potential collaborators in the network, we started the activities planned for the Third... More
10.06.2016If you want to be a co-creator of a better world ¨EL LLAMADO DE LA MONTAÑA" / "THE CALL OF THE MOUNTAIN¨ is the gathering you have been waiting for!... More
01.02.201619 representatives from nine European National Ecovillage Networks met in Park Istra in Slovenia, from January 18 to 22, to continue their work on... More
21.01.2016Two major crises of our time - climate change and the refugee crisis – are intertwining to reach historical dimensions. People the world over - and... More
17.01.2016RefuGEN is a GEN (Global Ecovillage Network) initiative bringing a minimum of 5 volunteers at any time from end of December to end of June to Lesvos... More
17.01.2016You can be part of making sustainable dreams come alive in 2016! All around the world there are communities and people doing amazing work to take... More
15.01.2016Representatives from the GEN Africa Council, Advisory Board and from the national networks from different countries came together in Sekem, Egypt,... More
12.01.2016Many ecovillage communities have been experimenting with different means of carbon farming and have gone well beyond carbon neutral to become net... More
12.01.2016A delegation of more than 15 members and leaders of the Global Ecovillage Network (GEN) participated in the COP21 Climate Summit Conference in Paris... More
12.01.2016In November, the first Ecovillage Design Education (EDE) in Palestine took place: two weeks of learning, sharing, and community empowerment. In spite... More
12.01.2016The TOGETHER network has launched the CO-ACT project to counterbalance the power of economic lobbies by using radically different methods.... More
07.01.2016The Power of Grandmothers can create and maintain healthy communities - just like this one from Mexico, collected and translated by Tracy Barnett.... More
07.01.2016"Peace at home and peace in the world" was a motto of Turkey´s founder Atatürk. The present situation in the country is full of aggression and... More
07.01.2016Auroville, a growing international township near Puducherry on the Coromandel Coast in India, is an inspiring model for sustainable practices and... More
07.01.2016The first Sunshine Ecovillage Network Forum in China was held at Anji near Huangzhou from 28-30 October. It was beautifully situated near a bamboo... More
07.01.2016Chasing 'Economic growth' has brought material wealth to Japan but also caused social problems and serious environmental challenges such as Climate... More
07.01.2016A part of the solution to fossil fuel consumption is found in eating locally sourced organic foods. For communities, this means growing our own food... More
07.01.2016Ina Meyer-Stoll and Achim Ecker are founding members of ZEGG and have lived in community for more than 30 years. For about 20 years they are deeply... More
07.01.2016"We are all refugees, migrating from one Earth to a new Earth" said someone during the harvesting of a silent meditative walk in the rich and magical... More
06.01.2016A crisis can turn into a chance. Skala Ecovillage takes the economical crisis in Greece as a chance to learn more and practise alternative economoy... More
06.01.2016Ecovillages in Tanzania have the potential to lead the way in adopting an integrated approach to climate mitigation and adaptation while adding to... More
06.01.2016Many ecovillages and communities have started to support refugees - to give language classes, help with integration, or simply give them space to... More
06.01.2016How can we communicate with people from a different culture who have lost everything? Dolores Richter, a member of the ZEGG community, is part of a... More
04.01.2016Could Earthaven Ecovillage, in the Southern Appalachian mountains in the US, become, as GEN advocates, "Fossil-Free by 2020"? With its new "off-grid... More
17.11.2015Sustainability: The Unfinished Business 21 representatives from nine European National Ecovillage Networks met in Torri Superiore, Italy, from... More
17.11.2015In early October Serena Aurora visited Findhorn Foundation community in Scotland and the GEN International office located there in order to make a... More
17.09.2015by Kosha Joubert Everyone suddenly burst out singing; And I was filled with such delight As prisoned birds must find in freedom, Winging wildly... More
17.09.2015Maddy Harland, publisher of the Permaculture Magazine (UK) tells the story of the Shona African community who healed their damaged ecosystems. They... More
17.09.2015On the occasion of the GEN+20 Summit held in Findhorn Ecovillage, Scotland from July 5-11th, 2015 the Bafut Ecovillage won the Gaia Trust Award as... More
17.09.2015"How are we responding to crises using a whole systems and regenerative approach?" This was the question that a group of ecovillagers, consultants,... More
16.09.2015Do you often feel overwhelmed by daily news? Do you find yourself shying away from stark information, either by assimilating it on a purely rational... More
16.09.2015The NSW Government is set to abolish a successful planning policy that has seen more than 120 intentional communities established across the state... More
16.09.2015Dear Friends and Members of GEN, Dear change-makers throughout the world, With thousands of refugees and migrants arriving on the shores of Europe... More
16.09.2015The eco-village and community, Schloss Tempelhof, was founded in 2010. As a visionary place and future workshop venue it is going to build the first... More
16.09.2015At Skala Ecovillage, a network meeting of grassroot projects from all over Greece brought ideas, actions for change, community building, and hope as... More
15.09.2015Even academia is changing slowly towards new paradigms. Ecovillages are increasingly approached as "research objects" often because of their exciting... More
14.09.2015The time of the World Trade Centers is over, we will have Village Trade Centers instead! A Village Trade Center (VTC), is the simple idea of... More
14.09.2015Auroville, a community in South India aspiring towards human unity, was among the many communities hit by the December 26th, 2004, Indian Ocean... More
14.09.2015The Syrian refugee, Fayez Karimeh, arrived last year in Europe. With the help of the GEN network he reached Sweden, where he now plans to build an... More
14.09.2015Some of the lessons, energies and experiences of these days begin to settle and find their place in me, so rich and multilayered. I very much... More
14.09.2015On October 20, GEN International will host a 12-week online training in Sociocracy, a governance and decision-making method. The purpose of the... More
14.09.2015The participants of the GEN summit followed with growing indignation the political process around Greece: the European Commission forced new... More
14.09.2015On 25 April 2015, Nepal experienced the first of its devastating earthquakes which left over 9000 dead and hundreds of thousands of homes and... More
14.09.2015Now that mega natural disasters have been occurring on Earth, what are the things we can do? Yoko Oki & Michiyo Furuhashi share the spirit of... More
14.09.2015In 2011, Japan experienced a mega-earthquake with a resulting tsunami in the vast northeastern area of the country. Hiroko Katayama from the urban... More
14.09.2015In the modern world, many people generate music by flicking a switch, pressing a button, turning a dial, or tapping a keypad or touchscreen. And many... More
14.09.2015In May, Gaia Education, together with CIFAL Scotland and Bangladesh Association for Sustainable Development, conducted a 10 day Permaculture Design... More
14.09.2015The purpose of the experimental Learning Village in April was to bring people together who are committed to practices such as facilitation,... More
14.09.2015The initiative, called the EmerGENcies Protocol, is in its third year of ideation continuing to explore its form. These include members from all... More
14.09.2015Our strand was about deep sharing among communities. Elders of three lively, important communities held it: Sabine Lichtenfels from Tamera, Achim... More
14.09.2015The name Aldeafeliz means "happy village." But the Colombian Ecovillage Aldeafeliz, founded in 2006, had not been very happy for quite some time.... More
14.09.2015After the flood in Atacama, the ecovillage helpers came up with a prototype for comprehensive reconstruction, called SRI. Alberto Alfaro Keim and... More
14.09.2015After a flood in the Atacama desert in March 2015, a huge area was covered with poisonous mud produced by the mining industry. The Aldea Domo... More
14.09.2015As Thomas Hübl expressed in his Skype transmitted talk during the GEN conference: Responsibility is the ability to respond. Paulo Mellett was an... More
13.09.2015Join us for the 2nd annual Youth Ecovillage Summit North America! October 8-11, 2015. Communitarians, students, sustainability enthusiasts, and... More
13.09.2015In 1997, more than 1000 farmers and refugees declared themselves as neutral in the conflict between the Guerilla army and the Paramilitary. They... More
13.09.2015From18-27 November and 03-12 December 2015, Global Campus Palestine together with The Holy Land Trust, will be offering a 128 hour EDE Course. The... More
13.09.2015During the GEN summit, GEN International and Global Campus became partners. In this report, Leila Dregger shares about the last Global Campus... More
13.09.2015No one leaves home unless home is the mouth of a shark you only run for the border when you see the whole city running as well your neighbors running... More
13.09.2015Walking Water is a journey of exploration and co-creation from the source of the water in the magnificent Sierra Nevada mountains near Mono Lake, to... More
11.09.2015Wars, climate change, economic and injustice have made millions of people refugees. Thousands of them die, stranded on the borders of Europe or the... More
31.07.2015This year's Global Ecovillage Network Summit at Findhorn Ecovillage in Scotland, marked the organisation's tremendous growth and development since... More
31.07.2015We are the 280 participants of the Global Ecovillage Network GEN+20 Summit. From 5 continents and 50 countries, we are all engaged in building... More
31.07.2015Skala Ecovillage is becoming a place of hope for people who are working on a perspective in the middle of the chaos. Anna Fillipou reports about the... More
01.07.2015Update - GES Reports The Official Reports from the GES Summit are now available - read them here: GES Report - Supporting Documents Transition 2... More
01.07.2015In this 17 min TEDx Findhorn talk Kosha Anja Joubert reminds us of the future we dream of and how people all across the globe are building it now,... More
16.06.2015Led by the vision to promote sustainable development of the individual, the society and the Earth, Dr. Ibrahim Abouleish began to cultivate the hot,... More
16.06.201520 years ago, a group around the Danish couple Hildur and Ross Jackson founded the Global Ecovillage Network, launched at an Ecovillage Conference at... More
15.06.2015La Cité Ecologique started in Canada in 1984 as an alternative school based on holistic education. Today La Cité has two ecovillages - one in Quebec... More
15.06.2015We have now raised over $56,000! Thank you! This campaign has had many inspiring large contributions, and now we are asking for the cascade that... More
15.06.2015Many motives have been put forward for the reason why people go abroad and look for volunteering work. As a volunteer himself, Rolf Grooten, 70, from... More
15.06.2015This phrase of permaculture co-developer Bill Mollison (although he said "falling food"), kept running through Diana Leafe Christian´s head each time... More
15.06.2015Whenever Lucia Battegazzore from Uruguay thought about herself living in a community, she imagined herself in a beautiful place of untouched nature,... More
15.06.2015In its 26 years of activity, the Ecovillage Torri Superiore, in western Liguria, has been committed to building positive relationships with the local... More
15.06.2015On a tour to teach positive psychology and the study of happiness, Christophe Goll from Sweden has visited numerous ecovillages. Loving contrasts, he... More
15.06.2015Max Lindegger, permaculture activist and founder of Crystal Waters in Australia, has been involved in GEN for more than 20 years – indeed he was... More
15.06.2015Nepalese villagers are now faced with massive rebuilding projects following the April 25 earthquake. They could benefit from the lessons learned by... More
15.06.2015Regional food sovereignty needs farmers who have access to health and education. Loubna Sadiki from Morocco, a representative of NextGEN, reports on... More
15.06.2015Japan has been dependent on more than 30% of the country's energy from nuclear power plants. After experiencing Fukushima, many Japanese people... More
15.06.2015A new workshop on climate change and peak oil was organized by THREAD, an ecovillage promoting organisation in Odisha, for all customers at Laxmipur... More
15.06.2015With just a few weeks left until the GEN Europe General Assembly in Findhorn Ecovillage, Scotland, it seems appropriate to Robert Hall, Managing... More
15.06.2015It is with great excitement that Gaia Education announces its new Masters programme: Integrated Systems Design for Sustainability - Master en Diseño... More
15.06.2015The challenge of compressing more than half a century of faith, hope, love and inspiration into a 70-minute documentary is an example of bold co-... More
15.06.2015One of the fundamental ways of regeneration, in an ecovillage, is welcoming in and integrating new members. The longevity and sustainability of any... More
15.06.2015The second intensive workshop on ecovillage strategies in Kinshasa took place from 4 to 16 May 2015, at the Carter Center, the Center and IBI... More
15.06.2015Jaime H. March Fernández, representing Ecochile Network and CASA, reflects on bringing together the ancient wisdom of the land, the cultures, and the... More
15.06.2015For three years now, from early 2010 to late 2012, an urban garden has existed inside a squat called Quilombo das Guerreiras (Women Warriors Quilombo... More
15.06.2015Globalization is affecting the life of Bhutan. About eighty percent of food is imported from India even though the country has the capability of... More
15.06.2015AuERA Living is a joint initiative to create a visionary path to retired life in a community that provides one with dignity, harmony and health in a... More
26.05.2015*/ A silent revolution is presently occurring on our planet. Outside the major conurbations – in villages, slums, and town neighbourhoods –... More
13.04.2015A select few local projects in the Middle East, Asia, Africa, and South America, made beneficial gains and improvements following a generous donation... More
21.03.2015Yan Golding, a yoga instructor, permaculture teacher, dancer, and community builder, co-founded a pioneering eco-community called Khula Dhamma in... More
21.03.2015Ecovillages are fascinating experiments, Iris Kunze first came across them in 1996. Ever since then, she has been keeping in touch with the... More
21.03.2015A pilgrimage in California called Walking Water will spotlight humanity's relationship to water and invite people to co-create solutions that are... More
21.03.2015Sociocracy — which means "governance by peers or colleagues" (sometimes called "Dynamic Governance") in the US — is an increasingly popular... More
21.03.2015In front of the largest football stadium in Argentina lies an intentionally sustainable community. This is the ecovillage VelaTropa, located in the... More
21.03.2015In January, at the South of Colombia, at the very heart of the country's conflict zone, ecovillagers, indigenous, afrodescendants, peasants and... More
21.03.2015Jyotshna, Gurbari and Meena, three Munda tribal girls never thought that in their adolescence they would be appreciated in their own village for... More
21.03.2015Spring has come. Under the soft and warm sunlight, Mom's Lunch-Box Shop, of As-One Community, becomes very busy with orders for local people's spring... More
21.03.2015Andharmanic village is situated in Khulna district of Bangaldesh, near the Bay of Bengal and beside the biggest mangrove forest 'Sundorbon'. This... More
21.03.2015Sandele Eco-Retreat in Kartong is an example of responsible tourism. The lodges are built with compressed, stabilized earth blocks which use a... More
21.03.2015About 20 km north of Bemenda, Cameroon, is the village of Bafut, where the traditional "fondom" (kingdom) community living structure remains intact.... More
21.03.2015"ORIGIN is developing a sophisticated intelligent ICT (Information and Communication Technology) system for the management of energy in a community... More
21.03.2015A key figure in the Dutch government said: "Ecovillages are like Formula 1 cars" after he saw Ad Vlems´ presentation about Ecovillage Boekel, an... More
21.03.2015In deforested regions with depleted soils farmers are particularly challenged to create and store enough humus to be able to start the reforestation... More
21.03.20157 years ago, on the 8th of February in 2008, a group of sustainably minded people founded an organisation called the Network of Estonian Eco-... More
21.03.2015The following article about ECOLISE and GEN, written by longterm ecovillage activist Nara Petrovič from Slovenia, was published in the Delo Newspaper... More
21.03.2015The ZEGG community in Germany has been a genuine and integral part of the GEN network in Europe. Ina Meyer-Stoll was GEN Europe Executive Secretary... More
21.03.2015For the past several years, a group of empowered young people have been creating an inspiring movement within the existing ecovillage network.... More
21.03.2015A crucial part of the GEN history was the wish to create a global education for resilience and sustainability based on the experience of ecovillage.... More
21.03.2015Ross and Hildur Jackson from Denmark were the driving forces in creating the GEN network twenty years ago. For the first time they share the full... More
21.03.2015The GEN 20+Summit in Findhorn is the occasion that Kosha Joubert, Leila Dregger and Clio Pauly took to write a book about ecovillages worldwide –... More
21.03.2015We stand at a critical moment in Earth's history, a time when humanity must choose its future. To move forward we must recognise that, in the midst... More
07.01.2015In this article, Arturs Polis is interviewing Nadine Koch, in order to explore the importance of a physically active lifestyle in the ecovillage... More
06.01.2015Ecovillage Design Education programmes, commonly referred to as 'EDEs', are a 125 hour courses which have been carried out over 190 times in more... More
06.01.2015Severe droughts in recent years have had negative consequences, including impacts on the socio-economic life of our people. One of the most serious... More
06.01.2015During the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP20) in Lima, Peru, the governments of the world gathered in December, 2014 to discuss their... More
06.01.2015Over the past year, ecovillagers moved into 25 completed townhouse-style homes in TREE, the long-anticipated and award-winning third neighborhood at... More
31.12.2014The first public event of GEN-Israel, an all-day conference, was held on November 23 at Kibbutz Gezer. Participants included Kosha Joubert, president... More
31.12.2014In September, a group of specialists, entrepreneurs and representatives of aid organizations came together in Tamera to discuss the possibility of... More
29.12.2014Ecovillage Design Education programmes, commonly referred to as 'EDEs', are a 125 hour courses which have been carried out over 190 times in more... More
29.12.2014Hakoritna Farm, one of the winners of the GEN Excellency Award 2014, co-hosted a meeting of GEN and Global Campus Palestine with the Palestine... More
29.12.2014Severe droughts in recent years have had negative consequences, including impacts on the socio-economic life of our people. One of the most serious... More
29.12.2014Wars, climate change, economic and social injustices, have made millions of people refugees, with thousands dying, stranded on the borders of Europe... More
29.12.2014By Robert Hall, Managing Director of Global Ecovillage Network - Europe. During the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP20) in Lima, Peru... More
29.12.2014Maia Earth Village, in the Philippines, is giving birth to the Wholeness Center, a whole-systems model in the 'Asia of Transformation Medicine'... More
29.12.2014"Why spend time chopping down a tree that is rotting from the inside out when instead you could be focusing on making sure the young trees grow... More
29.12.2014In order to support societal transition, and the scaling up of 'grassroots' solutions to climate change, we need to couple 'bottom-up' with 'top-down... More
29.12.2014In 2001, some volunteers gathered in Suzuka, Japan, aiming to realize a happy society free from fighting and opposition, in harmony with nature. A... More
29.12.2014GEN could become the place to conceive a new paradigm of money. Jamie Brown (agent of Biomimicry in Switzerland), and Matthew Slater (an economy... More
29.12.2014In Damanhur, the community region of Tentyris has a special relationship with water, honoring it as a natural force and enjoying an abundance of it... More
26.12.2014Nara Nalinii Pais recently visited Piracanga, an ecovillage, community and human development centre in Bahia, Brazil, where she spoke with co-founder... More
13.09.2014In 2012, Thomas Culhane - who prefers to be called TH - was invited to Tamera to teach the building of small scale biogas digesters to participants... More
19.06.2014The programme draws on the experience and expertise developed in a network of some of the most successful ecovillages and community projects across... More
16.06.2014Come together locally, cultivate abundance, grow your own food without chemicals, share and exchange with your neighbors, generate income with the... More
16.06.2014On May 8th, something historic happened. The government of Colombia finally acknowledged that a black community owns the Caribbean islands it... More
16.06.201417 projects took the time to answer the questions on food sovereignty. The answers came from the USA, from Africa, from Asia and Europe. Thank you... More
16.06.2014In the summer of 2013 Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage in Missouri made their own dramatic change in governance — shifting from whole-community business... More
16.06.2014Two North American ecovillages — Earthaven in North Carolina and Dancing Rabbit in Missouri — have recently implemented new governance and decision-... More
15.06.2014Only 20 months have passed since the "Federation of Damanhur" in Northern Italy started the latest pioneering self-sufficiency project of its... More
15.06.2014The German community ZEGG wants to establish a circular economy, which they consider to be a sustainable model for the future. In this regard, they... More
15.06.2014The Agro-ecological farm, El Peregrino (The Pilgrim), is a project whose economic base is food production for residents consumption as well as for... More
15.06.2014Northern Namibia produces food abundantly for their families, communities close by, and also the Namibian community at large; their food can be found... More
15.06.2014Welcome to the GEN Newsletter on Food Sovereignty! The agro-industry, coupled with rising food prices and food speculation, directly contributes to... More
15.06.2014Kartong in The Gambia is a special place, with a wealth of, hitherto, unrecognised assets including unspoilt, deserted beaches, and great tourism... More
15.06.2014One of the biggest contributors to the global use of fossil fuels is food production. Each calorie of processed food requires an average of 10... More
11.06.2014At the coming GEN-Europe Conference from July 9 - 13, a new initiative of GEN will be launched: The Friends of GEN/Supportive Membership-Campaign!... More
11.06.2014To have peace in Israel-Palestine, the mentality of scarcity needs to be replaced with an awareness of abundance, because the conflict is based on... More
11.06.2014Public parks, abandoned lots, pavements and even churches: in São Paulo every piece of land has the potential of turning into a community garden.... More
11.06.2014Food sovereignty is a critical alternative to food security that asserts that not all ways of realizing food security are equal, says Victor Odula –... More
11.06.2014"LAND AWAKENING" (http://widgets.distrify.com/widget.html#3457) is an independent feature documentary film about our connection with food and land.... More
11.06.2014Solar Mama Astride Kapinga, and the women of her rural community, explain how they feel about the Solar Mama Project, stressing their struggle and... More
11.06.2014Japanese people believe that the land is a gift from the Ancestors. This is why they do not want to sell it. Therefore, local elders often ask the... More
11.06.2014Modern mechanised agriculture is already the most fossil fuel intensive industry. This feature will increase when, in order to feed a growing world... More
11.06.2014Last year, GEN started a campaign to protect the largest ecovillage in China, Lifechanyuan. But the authorities were stronger still. On April 1st... More
16.03.2014"Imagine a revolutionary group would spread a message around Maidan Square and over the Internet calling out to the youth and students, workers and... More
15.03.2014The project "Ecovillages for Sustainable Rural Development" financed by the EU's Baltic Sea Region Programme, 2007–2013, which started in February... More
15.03.2014The annual GEN Europe Conference is more than a meeting place for GEN Europe members. As the ecovillage movement is merging with other movements for... More
15.03.2014The region Alentejo, Portugal, is in an economical and ecological crisis. Alternatives are needed to create a way for people to return to the... More
15.03.2014Many ecovillages overstep regulations with the hope of not being caught out. However, when ecovillages obtain official permission for ecological... More
15.03.2014When the city of Eugene broke up the Occupy camp in December of 2011, they promised to give the homeless another piece of land. Dan Bryant, a... More
15.03.2014Crystal Waters Permaculture Village in Queensland, Australia, was established in 1988, following Permaculture principles and practices. Robin... More
15.03.2014Om Sunisa Jamwiset, 34, from Thailand speaks about her path in developing her full potential as a woman and an activist. I was born in a small... More
15.03.2014Shiram – is a community in Russia, united by the idea of deep self-exploration. 'Shi', which means in Russian "Game Master's School", reflects its... More
15.03.2014Emma Sham-Ba Ayalon, Israel, is part of a group that holds the vision for building a Peace Research Village in the Middle East. She felt that peace... More
15.03.2014Women in Palestine are under two types of occupation: occupation by Israel, and occupation by the patriarchal society. Aida Shibli, longterm... More
15.03.2014Visolela is a participant of the River of Life project, that was started in the first women's EDE course in South Africa in 2012. Women support each... More
15.03.2014"Africa will become independent when the intellectuals of the continent connect to their roots. When academics, instead of taking a white collar job... More
15.03.2014In 2013, Margarita O. Zethelius was elected in Colombia to be one the representatives of CASA on the the Global Ecovillage Network board. Michael... More
15.03.2014Daira Elsa Quiñones is a beautiful Afro-Columbian woman who has experienced great bereavement in her life. She is a great singer, a dreamer, and a... More
15.03.2014Asociación Mujer y Medio Ambiente, or the Women and the Environment Association, is a group of women who produce 'cabuya' handicrafts as a way of... More
15.03.2014Margrit Kennedy, German architect and ecovillage pioneer, ecologist, writer, financial expert, and a visionary of an interest free economy system,... More
15.03.2014Words and actions between people of different colour, gender, or religion are often charged with unconscious racism or sexism. GEN is creating... More
15.03.2014Together with sociologist and feminist Nina Kovoets, we sent out a little questionnaire to the general GEN Europe list to get some data about the... More
15.03.2014In this article, Nina Koevots shares with us what she has been learning about ecofeminism in order to raise a discussion amongst people who are... More
15.03.2014Worldwide women are struggling for power and emancipation. For a world in which women can take their place without positioning themselves either... More
14.03.2014After returning from a trip to the American continent, Irene Goikolea reconnected with the need to awaken to the sacred feminine aspect as an... More
14.03.2014The first meeting of the national GEN networks in Europe was successfully held last January, with the participation of more than twelve networks. The... More
14.03.2014Normally, the voice of the poor and extremely impoverished - in particular indigenous people - is not being heard by government departments, and... More
14.12.2013How many times have we seen images of refugee camps worldwide with people being forced by wars, or other disasters, to live together under harsh and... More
14.12.2013Mugove Walter Nyika, council member of GEN Africa, was born in Zimbabwe and is a Permaculture teacher in Malawi. He speaks about his memories, about... More
14.12.2013Sustainable development is not only about recycling or having an awareness of climate change. It is a change in our way of thinking and action in... More
14.12.2013Diana Leafe Christian explains how what the benefits of using Sociocracy in communities are, especially when compared with using consensus. This... More
14.12.2013It has been an exciting year for NextGEN, the youth movement within GEN. Inspired youth from around the global have been busy connecting young people... More
14.12.2013In the five hundred and twenty three years since Columbus' world changing voyage, the biodiversity of our planet has steadily been slipping away from... More
14.12.2013In 2011, Michiyo Furuhashi was elected to represent the Global Ecovillage Network of the region Oceania/Asia. The 48-old lives in the Ecovillage and... More
14.12.2013Ecovillages are roads to sustainability, yet it appears that the Turkish government prefers highways to destruction. Ecovillage Güneşköy, close to... More
14.12.2013After one year of existence, the C.A.S.A. Mexico branch of the Latin American Ecovillage Network is very active. Fernando Ausin-Gomez reports from... More
14.12.2013Gaia Villages Foundation & the Ecovillage Innovation Lab has simplified its name to VillageLab. Though initially based in North America and... More
14.12.2013Does a tree have rights not to be cut down? Does a creek have the right not to be polluted and dammed? During the GEN Europe conference in July,... More
13.12.2013In the five hundred and twenty three years since Columbus' world changing voyage, the biodiversity of our planet has steadily been slipping away from... More
13.12.2013In this very moment, the Chinese Ecovillage 'The Second Home of Lifechanyuan', is being attacked and threatened by local authorities and vandals.... More
13.12.2013The Original Sovereign peoples of Australia are traditionally highly-skilled designers and builders of both permanent and temporary living and... More
13.12.2013Manitonquat, 80, from the Wampanoag Nation, USA, has been a storyteller and activist for community spirit for many decades. With his teachings in... More
13.12.2013How many times have we seen images of refugee camps worldwide with people being forced by wars, or other disasters, to live together under harsh and... More
13.12.2013Nicaragua is the second poorest country in the Southern hemisphere. However, it is also rich in cultural heritage and in nature. To honour and... More
13.12.2013Tulkarem, Palestine: International peace activists from the initiative "Global Campus", together with around 30 Palestinians, have supported a farm... More
13.12.2013For ten days, 40 pilgrims - including 2 babies - walked along the tracks of the ancient Nabatean tribes: the "Incense Route" as it is known... More
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Fire officials are investigating a âsuspiciousâ fire that destroyed the observation tower at Ox Bow County Park early this morning.
The four-story structure caught fire just after midnight, according to Concord Township Fire Department Deputy Chief Jon Simmons.
Simmons said fire crews saw a big red glow in the sky around C.R. 45 along with a lot of smoke. When they got to the observation tower, it was fully engulfed. No injuries were reported.
Simmons said the fire is suspicious, but no witnesses have come forward. A Concord fire investigator will look into the fire on Friday, Simmons said.
Gary Plank, west regional supervisor for Elkhart County parks, said he was shocked this morning when he found the tower burned to the ground.
The tower has been hit by lightning several times and wasnât badly damaged in those previous incidents, he said.
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Physician Bias, or Pharmaceutical Influence?
A team of researchers at Mayo Clinic recently uncovered an interesting physician bias regarding the diagnosis of the upper digestive conditions gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and functional dyspepsia (also known as indigestion). The two conditions can overlap, but each condition has its own distinct symptoms.
The researchers uncovered a bias on the part of physicians who diagnosed the two conditions. Although the number of GERD diagnoses has increased in the last 20 years, the reported GERD symptoms have decreased. When symptoms of both conditions are present, the most common diagnosis is GERD. Further, when only symptoms of functional dyspepsia are present, diagnosis of GERD is still more likely.
I believe this is due to the influence of the pharmaceutical industry over doctors when it comes to treating upper GI conditions with proton-pump inhibitors (PPIs), among the most commonly prescribed drugs today. Proton pump inhibitors were first used to treat peptic ulcers until it was discovered that peptic ulcers are not the result of too much stomach acid, but instead the result of infection with a bacterium known as Helicobacter pylori. Without a condition to treat, the focus of these drugs was turned to heartburn. Thus began widespread belief that heartburn was simply the result of too much stomach acid. To the rescue: Proton pump inhibitors and acid blockers.
As the Mayo Clinic study shows, functional dyspepsia is also now transitioning into a category in which proton pump inhibitors come to the rescue. But PPIs are not FDA approved to treat functional dyspepsia. Instead, doctors are seeing its symptoms—incomplete digestion, bloating, belching, excessive fullness, delayed stomach emptying—as those of GERD, a condition for which they have a well-known drug to treat it with.
The findings of this study are not surprising. The pharmaceutical companies have a lot of influence—on us (who hasn't seen a pharmaceutical commercial or magazine ad lately), and on physicians (many of whose pockets are lined by these companies, in one way or another). Fortunately, when it comes to digestion, there are many dietary and lifestyle changes that can be made to improve the condition. If you are dealing with these conditions, or trying to avoid them, educate yourself!
It is true that functional dyspepsia can be difficult to treat. I have found that digestive enzymes are very helpful with easing the symptoms associated with this condition, which often result from poor diet, poor eating habits, and insufficient digestive enzyme production, all of which can be helped by digestive enzymes.
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The gut-brain connection is an interesting one because it travels in two directions—from the brain to the gut and from the gut to the brain. For the longest time this connection was thought to only travel in one direction, from the brain to the gut, like when strong emotions trigger an upset stomach. But researchers now know that what happens in your gut has an effect on your brain.
One recent study at the Stanford University School of Medicine tried to elucidate this connection. According to one of the researchers, "Gastric irritation during the first few days of life may reset the brain into a permanently depressed state." Genetic susceptibility also plays a role, of course, since not all stomach upsets will lead to depression, but this connection is interesting.
The gut is connected directly to the brain by the vagus nerve, and even has a nervous system of its own—the enteric nervous system. This connection between the gut and the brain allows for close communication. Many studies are finding that the gut has a major effect on the brain. I have blogged about it before. More than once.
The researchers used an animal model of functional dyspepsia, also known as indigestion, to determine that stomach irritation early in life can lead to depressed and anxious behaviors that last much longer than the indigestion itself. Their findings will lead to more studies to investigate how this gut brain connection works, and if new ways can be found to treat depression and anxiety in humans, based on the gut-brain link.


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Fiona Seres' adaptation of The Lady Vanishes for BBC One will star Keeley Hawes (Upstairs Downstairs, Ashes To Ashes), Gemma Jones (Spooks, Bridget Jones's Diary), Stephanie Cole (Coronation Street, Doc Martin) and Julian Rhind-Tutt (The Hour, Notting Hill)
The 90-minute BBC Drama production of the psychological thriller will also see Selina Cadell take on the role of the Miss Froy (Doc Martin, Toast) with Tuppence Middleton (Spies of Warsaw) as Iris and Tom Hughes (Cemetery Junction, Silk) as Max.
It begins filming this month in Budapest.
Adapted by Seres (The Silence, Tangle) from the novel The Wheel Spins - also filmed by Hitchcock as The Lady Vanishes - it will be directed by Diarmuid Lawrence (South Riding, Little Dorrit).
Executive producer for the BBC is Anne Pivcevic and the producer is Ann Tricklebank. It was commissioned by Ben Stephenson, controller, BBC Drama Commissioning and Danny Cohen, controller, BBC One.
The drama is set in 1931 and beautiful and wealthy young socialite Iris Carr (Middleton) is the heart of her social circle. Whilst holidaying with her friends in the Balkans their raucous behaviour escalates and Iris resolves to seek out some tranquillity and travel home alone.
Fiona Seres, writer, said: "I am very excited to have such a brilliant cast for the Lady Vanishes not just the key characters played by Tuppence Middleton and Tom Hughes but also a dynamic supporting cast that includes Danish actors Benedikte Hansen and Jesper Christensen."
Iris's expectations of peace are short lived when she faints on the platform of the railway station in the scorching heat. She wakes in time to be rushed on to the train but with a pounding head and a feeling of being almost in a dream.
Whilst in this malaise she is comforted by Miss Froy (Cadell), whose tweed suit and bookish looks belie a jovial and adventurous spirit. Miss Froy talks at length about her desperation to return home to her family; but when Iris falls asleep she awakes to find Miss Froy has vanished and her fellow passengers denying she ever existed.
"Fiona's adaptation of The Wheel Spins deftly weaves together the intriguing stories of a psychologically complex group of characters - with the mysterious disappearance of Miss Froy on a packed train - played out against the tense backdrop of the Balkans in the 1930s," says Kate Harwood, controller, Series and Serials, BBC Drama.
"I am delighted with the incredible cast and crew we have assembled for the project. The Lady Vanishes will be a thrilling treat for BBC One audiences this Christmas."
The outstanding cast also includes:, Alex Jennings (Silk, Whitechapel) as the Professor, Sandy McDade (Jane Eyre, Lark Rise To Candleford) as Mrs Barnes, Pip Torrens (Silk, Pride and Prejudice) as Rev Barnes, Benedikte Hansen (Borgen) as the Baroness, Jesper Christensen (Melancholia) as the Doctor, Emerald Fennell (Any Human Heart) as Odette, Charles Aitken (Bonkers) as Charlie and Daisy Lewis (Doctor Who) as Diana.


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Comparison of two total RNA extraction protocols using the marine gorgonian coral Pseudopterogorgia elisabethae and its symbiont Symbiodinium sp.
Four new steroidal glycosides, acanthifoliosides G-J (1-4), were isolated as minor constituents from the Caribbean marine sponge Pandaros acanthifolium. These metabolites are characterized by a highly oxygenated D ring and the presence of a disaccharide rhamnose-glucose residue and a rhamnose at pos...
The ecteinascidins are a family of tetrahydroisoquinoline alkaloids isolated from the tunicate Ecteinascidia turbinata. Ecteinascidin 743 is a candidate for the treatment of several human cancers. Ecteinascidins have been shown to kill tumor cells in vitro, inhibit tumor growth in vivo, suppress all...
Marine diterpene glycosides (MDGs) respresent a small but highly significant group of the much larger class of marine diterpenes. The three well-studied examples of MDGs are eleutherobins, pseudopterosins and fuscosides, all of which exhibit extremely promising biological activity. The eleutherobins...
A new dilophol diterpene, eunicidiol (1), has been isolated from the crude extract of Eunicea fusca, a gorgonian coral collected from Hillsboro Ledge, Florida. This compound was purified, along with fuscol (2) and eunicol (3), using a combination of normal- and reversed-phase chromatography methods....
Metathesis of N-silyl compounds with selenenyl chlorides. First preparation of a selenenyl azide and a triselenenamide.
Protein tyrosine phosphatases (PTPs) play an essential role in maintaining the proper tyrosine phosphorylation state of proteins. Abnormal tyrosine phosphorylation has been implicated in diseases as diverse as type 2 diabetes, cancer, immune disorders and neurological disorders, and thus inhibitors ...
Pseudopterogorgia elisabethae is a common inhabitant of Caribbean reefs and is a well-known source of diterpenes with diverse biological activities. Notably, this octocoral is the sole source of the pseudopterosin family of anti-inflammatory diterpenes and is harvested to supply commercial demand fo...
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Westerdykella reniformis Ebead & Overy sp. nov. is described based on morphology and phylogenetic analyses using ITS, nLSU rDNA, and β-tubulin gene sequences. Westerdykella reniformis is characterized by the production of cleistothecioid ascomata, containing small globose to subglobose asci with 32...
LC-MS/MS-based screening of the dichloromethane extract of the gorgonian coral Pseudopterogorgia acerosa led to the isolation of a novel bis(pseudopterane) amine (1). The structural assignment of 1 was achieved by 1D and 2D NMR and mass spectrometry analysis. A biomimetic synthesis of 1 and the know...
Novel lipidyl pseudopteranoids, lipidyl pseudopteranes A-F (1-6), have been isolated from the soft coral Pseudopterogorgia acerosa collected from the Bahamas. Structure elucidation of the six new compounds was based on 1D and 2D NMR data and mass spectrometry, and a biomimetic synthesis of 1 from ps...
Diversity of the bacterial communities associated with the azooxanthellate deep water octocorals Leptogorgia minimata, Iciligorgia schrammi, and Swiftia exertia
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Synthetic and isolation studies related to the marine natural products (+)-elisabethadione and (+)-elisabethamine.
Chemical studies on the non polar fraction of the methanolic extract of Pseudopterogorgia elisabethae Bayer collected from the Florida Keys has yielded 12-acetoxypseudopterolide (1), a new diterpene of the pseudopterane series. The structure was established through spectroscopic analysis. Compound (...
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The Bold Data Project
By Thanos Terentes Printzios-Oracle on Dec 06, 2013
Big Data is not a precise term; rather, it is a characterization of the never-ending accumulation of all kinds of data, most of it unstructured. It describes data sets that are growing exponentially and that are too large, too raw, or too unstructured for analysis using relational database techniques. Today, the scope of big data is growing to include sensor and machine data, transactional data, metadata, social network data and consumer-authored information. The convergence of new technologies, growing information stores and a reduction in the overall cost and time needed for analysis has helped big data jump the chasm from innovation to early adoption. Big data is the electricity of the 21st century—a new kind of power that transforms everything it touches in business, government, and private life.
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<http://sourceforge.net/projects/kicq/> KICQ is an ICQ client,
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KICQ can be remotely crashed in a very simple way. Just telnet the machine
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Connected to 10.0.0.1.
Escape character is '^]'.
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My Annualized Dividend Income as of the end of January decreased to $6,115 from $6,168 over the past month. This means my dividend stocks will pay $6,115 in dividends over the next 12 months.
I made around $550 of dividend stock purchases for the past month from new purchases and dividend distributions. The stock market was up for the month and we continue to see companies increasing their dividends this year. The reason for the decrease was the sale of PWE and the purchase of more natural gas companies.
I plan to continue selling off some stocks that are no longer paying dividend throughout the year and add a few hundred dollars a month to our dividend paying stocks.
Most of my stocks are held in my Zecco Trading account and the rest are DRIPs. The dividends from my stocks are reinvested but I am keeping track of the amount of income I could receive once I retire or choose to receive the dividends in cash.
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"We had a in-depth discussion of the region and particularly the situation in Mali," including the "terrorist and drug trafficking threat that is posed to the region and beyond", Clinton told reporters after her talks in Algiers on Monday.
She said they agreed to continue contacts and join regional states, the United Nations, African Union and the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) "to determine the most effective approaches we should be taking".
The United States and France have launched a diplomatic offensive to secure Algerian backing for action in Mali after the UN Security Council urged ECOWAS to prepare a military force against al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), which is tightening its grip on the north.
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Feb. 25, 2012
TEMPE, Ariz. - Arizona State softball had hitting sprees over the Central Connecticut State Blue Devils in both games of their Strike Out Cancer doubleheader on Saturday evening. With scores of 10-0 and 11-1 in two five-inning matches, the Sun Devils move to 13-2 on the year.
Annie Lockwood tied her career high for single-game RBI with four in the first game of the evening. Elizabeth Caporuscio hit her fifth home run of the year, which gives her the most on the team so far.
GAME ONE: Arizona State 10, Central Connecticut 0 (5)
ASU didn't hesitate in lighting up the scoreboard in the opening frame of the day. With a walk and a hit-by-pitch to put Bailey Wigness and Katelyn Boyd on base respectively, Annie Lockwood launched her fourth home run over the left center wall to score three.
After a Blue Devil error put Haley Steele on base in the second, Wigness hit a single three batters later to score the freshman for her sixth run of the season.
With two in scoring position, Sam Parlich rocketed one straight back to the pitcher to score Elizabeth Caporuscio as CCSU lost the ball in the long shadows. Haley Steele and Talor Haro then reached on back-to-back errors with Parlich coming home. Wigness walked, Boyd singled and Lockwood hit a sacrifice fly to chalk up two runs, making it 9-0 after three.
ASU brought in the secondary in the bottom of the fourth with six pinch hitters logging an at-bat. Laura Bradley hit a grounder to first to score Nikole Afusia, who reached on a single. Bethany Kemp, Danielle Muniz, Kayla Ketchum and Lindsey Edgerton also saw time at the plate.
Mackenzie Popescue threw five strikeouts throughout the five innings and allowed only three hits in the shutout victory. She now has a 3-1 record with a 0.74 ERA.
GAME TWO: Arizona State 11, Central Connecticut 1 (5)
The Devils started with some small ball, as the first run was scored on a sacrifice bunt from Caporuscio to get Wigness past home plate.
Nicole Springer tied it up in the bottom of the second inning with a home run shot for Central Connecticut, but Arizona State answered in the top of the third with a Caporuscio run off of a fielder's choice, pulling the score to 2-1. An inning later, Boyd notched a run for ASU on a sacrifice fly from Lockwood.
The Sun Devil scoring spree began in the top of the fifth, with a home run from Amber Freeman, her second on the year. The Devils then batted around the order, with eight runners scoring on ten hits and only two left on base. Caporuscio hit her fifth homer of the season, which puts her tops in the clubhouse for the category.
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Some call her granny, nana or ma'am, Mrs., sista, auntie or Madam.
Many have forgotten her true name, y'all! 'cause many don't bother to call her at all.
From womb to cradle, from cradle to grave; with spoon and ladle, she gave and she gave.
Now that we're grown, healthy and strong, most forget and ignore her. That's wrong!
Yes, it's wrong y'all, to forget to call the woman who taught you to walk and to crawl!
And it's so unfair to forget to care for the woman who taught you to talk and to share!
She's the Forgotten Woman in your life! She could be your mom, sis, auntie or wife.
From our skinned knees through the birds and the bees; from our first date, through our last heartbreak.
From our nursing, crawling, diapers and teething; through success and achievement, failure and grieving;
Through good times and bad, through thick and through thin, she cheered us on and she saved our skin.
As our rock and fortress and beacon of light, she was always there in the darkest of night.
But now that she's old, withered and worn, we repay her with isolation, neglect and scorn.
Many birthdays, holidays and decades have passed y'all. She receives no visit, no card and no phone call.
The less stimulation, the less reason for her to think. She loses desire to sleep, eat and drink.
She becomes too weak to walk on her own, to turn on the TV or talk on the phone.
She dims, she fades, she disappears. Nobody sees, nobody hears.
No one remembers her name or her face. Forgotten in time! Forgotten in space!
If it wasn't for she, you would not be!
Too busy to call…too busy to see…that you are who you are beCAUSE!… she!… WAS!
She!… IS! … the FORGOTTEN WOMAN…
Where she lacks in education, she makes up for in resourcefulness, creativity and edification.
Where she lacks in energy, she makes up for in diligence, accuracy and punctuality.
Where she lacks in youth, she makes up for in wisdom, discipline and truth.
She's over 50, nifty and thrifty.
She's of all ethnic, educational backgrounds and races, cultures, religions regions and places.
She's overworked, underpaid, jobless, homeless, retired, wealthy but betrayed.
She's single, widowed, separated, divorced, or dumped or in a bad marriage to some evil grump.
She's forgotten, unloved, abandoned, abused, depressed, distressed, mistreated and refused.
She's full of forgotten knowledge, wisdom and experience that no one wants to hear.
She's gentle, compassionate, prayerful, nurturing, resourceful and wants to be near.
She's forgotten how to pamper herself, ask for what she wants and expect all else.
She's forgotten on birthdays and mothers days and holidays so before we know it, she just fades away.
She's the FORGOTTEN WOMAN…Who is she? …She!… is me!


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By ROBERT CONNELLY
Mahoning County Law Enforcement Task Force officers negotiated with a resident for several hours early Friday after they arrived at his home to arrest him in the assault of his 4-year-old son.
John Andrei Jr., 31, of 6935 Kirk Road, was arrested at 2:58 a.m. Friday. He is charged with felonious assault, domestic violence and inducing panic.
The boy's mother came home from work Thursday night, noticed the child's injuries and took him to St. Elizabeth Heath Center. Once there, police were contacted.
Township Lt. Mark Skowron said, "There was a lot of handprints."
He continued, "The mother was very cooperative and signed a form of domestic-violence for the child." He added that the boy was in stable condition later Friday.
The mother told police the boy had been under Andrei's care, Skowron said.
The charges against Andrei "rose to the level of felonious assault because of the age of the child and bruising," Skowron said.
Officers then went to arrest Andrei at his home, and saw him in his garage holding a large butcher-type knife, Skowron said.
But Andrei went back inside the residence.
Police went inside to locate him, but an officer saw an empty gun case on a bed, so they left and called in the task force's crisis-response team to assist.
After 21/2 hours of negotiation led by an Austintown detective, Andrei came out.
Andrei has a criminal history, according to online court records. He was found guilty of disorderly conduct in 2013 and domestic violence in 2012, and pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of failure to comply in a hit and run incident in 2010, all in Austintown. He also served three days in jail for operating a vehicle under the influence in 2004 through the Ohio State Highway Patrol, and five days on a second OVI from OSHP in 2006.
Friday, township police also arrested Andrei's neighbor, John Poschner, after he tried to help negotiate, and would not stop, despite police orders. Authorities surrounded Poschner, and he tried to fight them off. He was booked into jail and released Friday.
I don't think anyone would argue that any adult who beats on a 4 year old child belongs in jail.
Mom did the right thing by taking the child to the hospital so he could be checked over and treated for any possible injuries.
And in the case of an obvious assualt the hospital by law must contact the police.
I wasn't there so I don't know if the cops over reacted or not but I can tell you what I see where I live which is a very low crime area.
I live in the Bazetta/Cortland area.
It's very quiet,next to no violent crime or anything serious.
We seem to have no shortage of law enforcment for such a small low crime area.
When you're stopped or pulled over by the cops around here you can expect to be swarmed by law enforcement regardless of age,sex or race.
I've seen it over and over again.
I've seen old folks surrounded by mutiple police cars,lights flashing,cops all around the car with flashlights shining in the car and on the folks inside.
Often times it seems like they all want to get in on the act.
I've seen the local cops,osp,county sheriff,and even a Mosquito Lake Park Ranger on the scene.
I'm sure it has to scare or frighten an older person or a young kid who just got his license.
When you're stopped in this area your best bet is total co-operation .
Don't be foolish or do anything to escalate the situation because you're surrounded and already presumed guilty.
Play the game......yes sir...no sir ect.
Be polite,remain cool and calm and don't give the cops any reason to haul you in or search your car or your person.
America is becoming a police state and you have fewer and fewer rights than ever before.
Our police depts.are a paramilitary force
The police are no longer there to protect and serve.
In many cases they are there to intimidate,frighten and write a whopping ticket.
It's called job security.
If you drive through the Bazetta/Cortland area obey the speed limit,make sure you come to a total and complete stop at all signs and right on red lights especially the one by the Rite Aid drug store
They bust folks at that light constantly for making a rolling stop no matter what time of the day or night
Be careful,they have hiding spots all over the area and you will be stopped for the most minor of infractions and then you get to appear in Judge Campbell's court...another experience to be avioded..
Seems like a good guy.
Arresting one person other then the original suspect is half of the neighborhood? Over exaggerate much? If you interfere in an investigation you better believe you should get arrested. Clearly the officers on scene were taking this situation very seriously so you really think they need assistance from the neighbor? Probably not! If you read the article it states they located an empty rifle case if the house, all their attention needs to be on the windows of that house not the idiot neighbor running around trying to "help". Instead of bashing the police department for ending this situation as peacefully as possible maybe you should commend them for it not turning deadly, or bash the bastard that assaulted that poor child. Dumb a$$!


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Hello Lovelies,
I would like to introduce you to one of my best friends, and through her another. We met Jen and Matt when they parked next to us at the 2008 Rainbow Gathering. We have had the immense luck and pleasure to share space with them many times over the past couple of years and I can honestly say that there are few people in which I would place as much trust as I do with them. They work hard, play with intention and live like know that they get only one chance at it. They inspire us, they support us and we love them! We hold in our hearts the hope that someday we will share space for more than a couple of months at at time, having very similar dreams of community.
So, without further ado, please take a moment to say hello to Jen and Matt.
In 2007 Matthew and I were living a "regular life" we were both working full time as a paralegal and mechanic respectively and were making pretty good money. We were not rich by any means,but we were living a nice middle-middle class lifestyle. Something just wasn't right,even though we did and bought pretty much what we wanted, had tons of friends,great social life and awesome family,we just weren't happy. We started negotiations to buy the house we were renting at the time.but we just couldn't fight the nagging thought of"is this it then? "is this all there is?" The first time Matthew presented the idea of full-timing to me my immediate response was "absolutely not" we can't just quit our jobs,sell everything we own,buy an rv and become gypsies or hippies or whatever you wanna call it. It's too irresponsible and immature. Persistent as he is though,he prodded and persuaded me for months until finally,for reasons I'm still not quite sure of,I agreed. Before I knew it we were looking at used rv's online,driving to Wisconsin to look at one and them driving home are 1991 Class A Allegro . My head spun,were we really doing this? We moved out of our house,indeed, sold just bout everything we owned and lived in that first rv for a year while we saved,plotted and planned our adventure. Our family and friends were actually surprisingly supportive and involved even though I don't think most of them really thought we would do it. ;-)
We left Indiana in March of 2008,I can still feel the excitement and terror of the unknown as we pulled out of his his parents driveway! Our first stop,Tennessee to replace the water heater that died days before we were scheduled to leave. Neither one of us felt the sense of foreboding of all the things to come that would break and not exactly go as planned. :)
"It ain't easy living free", I never knew how true these words would ring! It's now been about three years we've enjoyed this lifestyle. It has worked out where we are able to travel six months and lay down stakes and work for six months to save more money. We've sold our first rv and bought a fifth wheel and truck. In order to supplement the costs of traveling,Matt installed two solar panels on the roof of our rv,their energy is stored in our seven deep cycle marine batteries. This enables us not to have to "plug in" and stay at RV parks or camp grounds for power. Even the most reasonable rv parks are still kinda pricey,especially when your living on a budget. Our truck is diesel,so Matt converted it to run off waste veggie oil. We have found websites with people all over the country who have it for trade or sale generally around $1-$2 a gallon. These two things alone have helped us considerably as fuel and power are the two biggest expenses when you live this way. In addition,Matt sells used vehicle parts on Ebay and is generally pretty lucky to find random vehicle repair work along the way.. He is currently in the process of building his website "The Motoring Mechanic.com".
We have learned and had to figure out so many things in our travels. Creative ways to get rid of our trash and recycle. You wouldn't believe how hard it is to recycle your plastic when you can't leave it in the bin on your curb on trash day. How to get our important mail without an address or a mailbox. What to do when a tire blows out or something vital breaks on the rv in the middle of nowhere. How to covertly fix it in the Walmart parking lot while security is driving around.;-) . Our fresh water tank holds 100 gallons so we have inadvertently become water conservationists and experts at the art of a military shower. In a very real sense it has taught us how to live on a serious budget and comfortably live with less. It's given us the gift of remembering how to slow down and not plan everything with in an inch of it's life. This is especially true for me,it has helped me be ok with just going with the flow and not having an anxiety attack when things don't go as planned. I just had to let go,because quite frankly sometimes there are weeks where nothing goes right and you're stranded in Cali with just enough money to fix the problem and no idea of how you're gonna get home! I think this is one of the things that has been lost in our society. The conditioning of what "The American Dream" is supposed to be. The huge house,fancy cars and "things" that show everyone you've made it. The need to rush and do every minute of the day. The need to live outside our means. In some ways I think it may be time to dream a new dream.
"Adventure is a path. Real adventure – self-determined, self-motivated, often risky – forces you to have firsthand encounters with the world. The world the way it is, not the way you imagine it. Your body will collide with the earth and you will bear witness. In this way you will be compelled to grapple with the limitless kindness and bottomless cruelty of humankind – and perhaps realize that you yourself are capable of both. This will change you. Nothing will ever again be black-and-white." – Mark Jenkins
We have had so much fun on this adventure! I try every day to to take a minute and truly feel,enjoy and be grateful for the this life I've been blessed with. We have seen and done so many awesome things. We have met some of the kindest,generous and just awesome people all over this country! Strangers who have opened their homes and property and hearts to us and have enabled us in countless ways to be able to continue on this journey. In many ways the entire country feels like our extended family as we made so many personal connections. It is the greatest feeling to have so many places to lay our head that feel like home because of the friends we have made there. When we first started out I foolishly never even considered the fact that this would change me. I truly believed we would go for a year and then come back home and fall right back into our old lives. Of course it has changed me and for the better. It has given me a deeper love and appreciation of my family and friends who have all been so fabulous and supportive. We could never do this with out them especially. That old saying about absence and the heart is so true! It has challenged me to take a honest look at myself and re-evaluate the person I want to be as well as my views and beliefs on so many issues. It's helped me to let go of so much negativity I didn't even realize I was carrying.
I think it has also strengthened our relationship, having forced us to communicate better and really deal with each other. It never cease to be amazed by this man and his endless list of talents. I have always said there is no one else I would have ever agreed to do this with and I still stand by that. No matter what unexpected craziness comes our way,we are in this together and it is the most peaceful feeling. These things may have happened anyway,but I don't think this intensely.
There are no re-do's in this life,you only get one go round in this body. Take a chance,get outside of your box a little. Don't worry about the failure! The joy is in the leap not the outcome! You don't have to do it to the extremes Matthew and I have,this life isn't for everyone and it's not always easy or awesome.
So gentle readers,that's a little insight into our life as full timers. Thank you for indulging me and letting me share my thoughts and feelings. Aimee,thank you so much for the invite. It was an honor!
October 4, 2010
Guest Post!
Posted by Aimée LeVally at Monday, October 04, 2010
Labels: Budget, Community, Conformity, Courage, Culture, Economy, Faith, friends, Individuality, Inspiration, Joy, Meditation, Retreat, Self Improvement, space, Travel
7 comments:
- Holly J said...
Great post, Jen! It was great meeting you a few months back. Y'all seem like really cool people... Maybe we'll run into each other again some day :)
- October 4, 2010 at 5:58 PM
- Tan Family said...
Inspirational! Wow. It's wonderful to hear stories like this from people who truly live life the fullest. Wonderful post.
- October 4, 2010 at 9:41 PM
- Jenn said...
I'm blushing! :)
- October 5, 2010 at 3:49 PM
- Jenn said...
I'm blushing! :)
- October 5, 2010 at 3:49 PM
- Kimberly said...
Matt and Jen, welcome to the land of the living! Itś good to know that courage abounds...
- October 6, 2010 at 5:00 PM
- City Sister said...
What a beautiful story...Every so often my husband and I talk about doing the same thing.
- October 7, 2010 at 10:31 AM
- Bon vivant said...
Very good story. I've been fulltiming a year in the PacNW and can relate to some things. Thanks!
- October 7, 2010 at 6:47 PM
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