Hi all, nice 1000 signature milestone! Thanks for signing/helping! So as promised the China petition will be sent to China's President Hu Jintao, China's judicial and environmental ministers, selected embassies and media. I will keep you posted! You can still sign it (link at right), and again thank you if you already did!
Remember it is not "NEVER EVER BUY something FROM CHINA"!
Remember that is is "**AVOID** BUYING things FROM CHINA until THEY IMPROVE RIGHTS, etc."
Cases in point: Last week, I had a nasty eye infection (first one since I was a kid), eye weeping, tea bags, anti-bacterial eye drops. It's now getting better (thankfully)!
Good time to update linens: at Bed & Bath bought a comforter MADE IN TURKEY, mattress pad 100% MADE IN THE U.S., and a knee pillow MADE IN THE U.S. Quality items, among the Chinese. IT CAN BE DONE.
Yesterday in Los Angeles, I helped the von Hoffmann's replace some 100 watt incandescent bulbs that are costing them $20 a month a bulb to burn with 23 watt Soft/Warm Yellow-White COMPACT FLOURESCENTS -- they're $2 MADE IN CHINA -- but they will save 75 PERCENT ENERGY and 75 COST: now only $5 a month per bulb for the same lumen (light) output. You can see these energy savings - and money savings - will add up. And they will last (possibly a lot) longer. LED bulbs are great too, if you have the fixture/use for them.
More to come on energy efficiency soon too, but selective conscious purchasing, buying local, buying smart, can help change the world -- and save you money and energy.
Petition: Tell President Jintao: We'll AVOID BUYING China's Products Until Human Rights IMPROVE In China!!! | Change.org
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Sunset, Venice 12/20/2012
I've been thinking some about the Winter Solstice, the Mayan end of the 30,000-year-cycle on 12/21/12.
What if in fact the world did end? Even though this probably will not happen, to live consciously it is honest for us to take a bit of an inventory.
Am I happy with how I've lived my life? (Yesterday, I thought mostly yes, with some areas for improvement, as below.) Are there changes I would make?
Would I have tried to forgive those that were hostile or disappointing to me?
Would I spend more time with those I loved the most, telling them that, feeling that more?
Would I be happier, grateful for what I have, what I've experienced, the joy, the beauty in this world?
Maybe the answer is yes to all of the above.
So this time can serve as a point of rebirth for all of us. If we think about it.
Because somewhere along the line I realized I think maybe mankind deserves it. !
The way we are killing each other, killing the planet.
How selfish we are, and snotty to those around us. Petty, competitive. Why is this? Do we have to behave this way? (I say no, it greatly detracts and misdirects energy from the full-time celebration in which we could engage, the great multi-cultural, multi-rhythmic dance we can sustain here.)
Maybe God or the Great Universe is fed up, and will pull the rug out from under us.
Don't think I can say we could blame Him/Her/It.
But it probably won't happen. (Probably not! This time.)
Still we are finite on this ride.
It is a time to think, am I happy with how I've lived my life?
Hopefully most of us can say yes.
For the part of us that have a little worry, a little sadness....
This is the time to be present.
This is the time to be the person you want to be, that can die at peace, that can hope to every day be able to look yourself and the Universe in the eye and say, how beautiful, smiling, and thank you. Let's do that.
What if in fact the world did end? Even though this probably will not happen, to live consciously it is honest for us to take a bit of an inventory.
Am I happy with how I've lived my life? (Yesterday, I thought mostly yes, with some areas for improvement, as below.) Are there changes I would make?
Would I have tried to forgive those that were hostile or disappointing to me?
Would I spend more time with those I loved the most, telling them that, feeling that more?
Would I be happier, grateful for what I have, what I've experienced, the joy, the beauty in this world?
Maybe the answer is yes to all of the above.
So this time can serve as a point of rebirth for all of us. If we think about it.
Because somewhere along the line I realized I think maybe mankind deserves it. !
The way we are killing each other, killing the planet.
How selfish we are, and snotty to those around us. Petty, competitive. Why is this? Do we have to behave this way? (I say no, it greatly detracts and misdirects energy from the full-time celebration in which we could engage, the great multi-cultural, multi-rhythmic dance we can sustain here.)
Maybe God or the Great Universe is fed up, and will pull the rug out from under us.
Don't think I can say we could blame Him/Her/It.
But it probably won't happen. (Probably not! This time.)
Still we are finite on this ride.
It is a time to think, am I happy with how I've lived my life?
Hopefully most of us can say yes.
For the part of us that have a little worry, a little sadness....
This is the time to be present.
This is the time to be the person you want to be, that can die at peace, that can hope to every day be able to look yourself and the Universe in the eye and say, how beautiful, smiling, and thank you. Let's do that.
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Let there be efficient light NYT Op-Ed
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/11/opinion/11pielke.html
Energy Efficient Lighting and LED's
http://eartheasy.com/live_energyeff_lighting.htm
Interesting discussion on made in America / China etc. =http://www.grist.org/article/do-you-care-if-its-made-in-the-usa
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