Posted in Activism, Animals, Books, Business, Chicago, Childhood, Children, Climate Change, Clothing, Compost, Dreams, Earth, Education, Energy, Environment, Family, Food, Gardening, Global Warming, Health, History, Illinois, Investments, Life, Nature, Organic, Peace, Recycling, Restaurants, Shopping, Sustainable, THIS MONTH'S DISH, Video on 15 May 2008 | 1 Comment »
sesame street – its not easy being green
“It’s Not Easy Being Green” by Kermit The Frog
(written by Joe Raposo for the first season of Sesame Street 1969-1970)
It’s not that easy being green
Having to spend each day the color of the leaves
When I think it could be nicer being red, or yellow [...]
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Posted in Agriculture, Biointensive, Censorship, Children, Dreams, Earth, Environment, Family, Farming, Food, Garden photos, Gardening, Health, Holidays, Independent Media, Life, Love, Media, Peace, Sustainable, THIS WEEK'S DISH on 6 January 2008 | 1 Comment »
* The Hot Potato turns one year old! Join us as we reflect on our first year writing The Hot Potato, and ask: how do we follow our dreams and follow our hearts for peace & prosperity in 2008 and beyond – and reconcile our emergency plans with our highest dreams for the future. *
The [...]
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Posted in Abuse, Activism, Earth, Education, Events, Family, Healing, Holidays, Life, Nature, PTSD, Peace, Photos, Prayer, Spiritual, THIS WEEK'S DISH, Thanksgiving, Trauma, Travel Photos on 21 November 2007 | Leave a Comment »
THE HOT POTATO
Serving Up a Weekly Helping of
Sustainable & Organic Gardening, Food, Health, and Community
by Adam Brockman & Aireen Joven, November 2007, #36
THIS WEEK’S DISH -
FROM THE SHADOWS OF HISTORY: An Homage To North America’s Indigenous Forbears
“I make the argument too, and I don’t think it’s a new argument, that America doesn’t know how to [...]
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Posted in Agriculture, Animals, Biointensive, Dennis Kucinich, Earth, Environment, Farming, Film, Food, Garden photos, Gardening, Holidays, Homestead, Movies, Nature, Nonviolence, Organic, Peace, Pets, Photos, Restaurants, Reviews, Seeds, Spiritual, Sustainable, THIS WEEK'S DISH, Thanksgiving, Trauma, Vegan, Vegetarian, Video on 18 November 2007 | Leave a Comment »
THE HOT POTATO
Serving Up a Weekly Helping of
Sustainable & Organic Gardening, Food, Health, and Community
by Adam Brockman & Aireen Joven, November 2007, #35
THIS WEEK’S DISH -
CHEERS TO A HEALTHY, VEG-FRIENDLY THANKSGIVING:
The Garden’s Harvest, The Chicago Diner & Farm Sanctuary
“If you’re going to change hearts and minds, it’s going to be with love. …Being that [...]
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Posted in Art, Children, Earth, Family, Farming, Food, Fruit, Garden photos, Gardening, Health, Homestead, Life, Love, Meditation, Music, Nature, Peace, Photos, Spiritual, THIS WEEK'S DISH, Time, Trees, Video on 18 November 2007 | Leave a Comment »
THE HOT POTATO
Serving Up a Weekly Helping of
Sustainable & Organic Gardening, Food, Health, and Community
by Adam Brockman & Aireen Joven, November 2007, #34
THIS WEEK’S DISH -
WELCOMING AUTUMN AND CHANGE: a short meditation
Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world
You may say that [...]
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Posted in 90 percent, Activism, Agriculture, Books, Climate Change, Compost, Earth, Education, Energy, Environment, Farming, Food, Gardening, Global Warming, Green Investing, Health, Illinois, Investments, Life, Nature, Organic, Recycling, Sustainable, THIS WEEK'S DISH, Vegan, Vegetarian, Women on 4 November 2007 | Leave a Comment »
THE HOT POTATO
Serving Up a Weekly Helping of
Sustainable & Organic Gardening, Food, Health, and Community
by Adam Brockman & Aireen Joven, November 2007, #33
THIS WEEK’S DISH -
INVESTING IN THE FUTURE: Simple Steps To Reduce Carbon Emissions While Saving Money At Home And Beyond
“Nothing happens in living nature that is not in relation to [...]
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Posted in Art, Chicago, Earth, Events, Illinois, Love, Meditation, Music, Nonviolence, Peace, Video on 3 October 2007 | Leave a Comment »
THE HOT POTATO
Serving Up a Weekly Helping of
Sustainable & Organic Gardening, Food, Health, and Community
by Adam Brockman & Aireen Joven, September 2007, #30
THIS WEEK’S DISH -
UNTIL EVERYDAY IS A CELEBRATION OF PEACE:
Chicago’s International Day Of Peace
MAKE ART NOT WAR. On September 26, 2005, we marched through Washington D.C. during the international call [...]
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Posted in 2008 Election, 90 percent, Activism, Chicago, Climate Change, Dennis Kucinich, Earth, Environment, Events, Global Warming, Health, Healthcare, Illinois, LGBT, Love, Nonviolence, Peace, Politics, Poll, Prayer, Spiritual, Sustainable, THIS WEEK'S DISH, Vegan, Vegetarian, Video, Women on 2 September 2007 | 6 Comments »
“Because what we’re really talking about here is human love, and there’s no power on this earth greater than human love. And when you understand what real equality is, you understand that people who love each other must have the opportunity to express that in a way that is meaningful. And that the states should [...]
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Posted in Agriculture, Children, Compost, Earth, Farming, Food, Garden photos, Gardening, Healing, Homestead, Music, Nature, Organic, Photos, Seeds, Spiritual, THIS WEEK'S DISH, Trees, Wild on 31 August 2007 | 1 Comment »
THE HOT POTATO
Serving Up a Weekly Helping of
Sustainable & Organic Gardening, Food, Health, and Community
by Adam Brockman & Aireen Joven, August 2007, #26
THIS WEEK’S DISH:
Confessions, Lessons, And How To Get Back To The Garden
THE KIDS HARVEST RADISHES. During Adam’s birthday party in June, Nicole assisted Kai and Nicholas in harvesting radishes for the first [...]
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Posted in 13 Moon Calendar, Activism, Art, Books, Earth, Education, Environment, Food, Gardening, Healing, Health, History, Life, Love, Meditation, Nature, Nonviolence, Peace, Politics, Prayer, Ringing Cedars, Seeds, Spiritual, Sustainable, THIS WEEK'S DISH, Time, Video on 20 July 2007 | 2 Comments »
“The very nature of the calendar the world follows has stunted the mind and body’s innate timing sensibility… Our sense of time is a fundamental perception. If the standard measure of time that we use is irregular, then we must contemplate deeply and understand what this does to our mind over centuries of [...]
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