Archives: Appropriate Technology
The 8th Annual Emerald Cup
THE 8TH ANNUAL EMERALD CUP CANNABIS AWARDS CEREMONY & EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCE will take place Saturday Dec 10, 2-7pm, at Area 101, Laytonville, CA. In a growing Emerald Triangle tradition, hundreds of medical cannabis farmers gather every year in friendly competition for best quality medicine. Awards are given for the top 10, based on multiple effects, aroma, visual, cannabinoid [...]
Launch From Zero
The 3 Barriers To Social Change Eating badly enough to think poorly Thinking poorly enough to eat badly Economic Uncertainty What do you think? The loop between eating badly and thinking poorly appears self-sustaining. Only the fully focused intention of your consciousness mind has the power to intervene. What of those who eat and think [...]
Willie Nelson And Paul Revere
June has been a very good month for marijuana proponents. Coincidental to the 40-year anniversary of Nixon’s declaring the so-called War On Drugs, a 19-member Global Commission on Drug Policy issued a scathing report to the United Nations eulogizing the “devastating consequences” of so-called drug-war actions “for individuals and societies around the world.” The Commission’s [...]
Most Important Lesson Learned
The undergraduate curriculum in the Communication Department, University of California – San Diego, masterfully organized around a few key principles, reiterated certain ideas, perhaps to insure their transmission. Constructed by mature social scientists around their own interests as much as for the benefit of undergraduates, the curriculum delivered the intended messages, without a doubt. One [...]
Act Accordingly
Mainstream media pretends that the mythical mainstream of society takes particular pleasure in being considered normal in comparison to animal rights activists, cannabis-hemp-marijuana activists, peace activists, legal offenders, political radicals, guitar pickers and members of other social out-groups. This normalcy appears treated as an indication of mental health and moral righteousness while regarding others with [...]
Personal Development For Peace
I hope you saw the lunar eclipse during the recent winter solstice. The eclipse was the first total lunar eclipse to occur on the day of the Northern Winter Solstice (Southern Summer Solstice) since 1638, and only the second since the birth of Jesus. A rare event, indeed. A few events from 1638 may provide [...]
Help Farmers Grow Your Food-Fuel-Medicine
Food, fuel and medicine does not appear in the stores by magic. Our farmers need our help if we expect them to feed us. If you have not noticed that your food bill has gone up about 10% in the last 3 months then you are not paying attention. There will be no COLA to [...]
