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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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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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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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“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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“We don’t expect the fire department to turn a profit. It would be an appalling thought. And the reason we don’t is because it’s a life and death issue. Well, healthcare is a life and death issue.”
- Michael Moore, Oscar-Winning Filmmaker,
interviewed by Oprah Winfrey on the 5th of June 2007
“Health care is an essential [...]

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* Our inspiring, delicious, and consciousness-raising experience at Chicago’s first ever Green Festival on Earth Day weekend. We review vegan food and drink, talk a little about the low-waste, green management of the festival, organic clothing, and eco-books for kids & grownups. Speakers included Bill McKibben, Frances Moore Lappe, David Korten, and Presidential Candidate [...]

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* Step it up for the planet. Notes on Bill McKibben’s Step It Up 2007 national grassroots gatherings to stop global warming, how you can make a big impact to stop climate change with simple choices – by eating a local organic animal-friendly diet, and Chicago’s first ever Green Festival – A PARTY WITH A [...]

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by Adam Brockman & Aireen Joven, March 2007, # 8
THIS WEEK’S DISH: BECOMING THE MEDIA: PART 1 OF 2
“I think we must remember that media homogenization serves the state. Media’s role in democracy is to hold the state [...]

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* BEST BOOKS OF ALL TIME.
Pronounced Ana-sta-SI-ya, author Vladimir Megre and Anastasia take their readers on a life-changing, personal journey into truths of Nature, sexuality, spirituality, child-rearing, education, planting a personal healing garden, the power of each human being, and more. *

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