Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Californians Have to Use LESS WATER

Tell your kids, tell your wife, remind yourself:  it's a Drought! Use LESS WATER,

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Whole Foods Be Ripping People Off

Any trip there and one knows it. Now it's verified. Good for Mike Feuer.
There should be worse penalties for this.
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Tuesday, June 17, 2014

How to combat the tightening grip of inequality around the globe - PBS Newshour

Link "It accelerated, to the point where it was becoming a very serious social, political and practical issue, besides the ethical and moral underpinning."

"...for every 1 percent that inequality grows, you will have a drop in growth of about 0.2, 0.3 percent. That means a more unequal society will grow less, and inequality becomes an obstacle to growth in and of itself. Second, the problem is not just a question of income. It’s also a question of inequality of opportunities, inequality of access to health services, inequality of access to education, inequality to access to employment opportunities."

"Main remedies are activation policies, meaning get services in the governments that will get the people who are unemployed or seeking for employment with the job opportunities.
This is not being done enough. The United States spends one-fourth of what the rest of the OECD countries spend on this particular service....
Second, skills, education and skills. There’s a big mismatch between the skills and what the market is demanding....
Third, use a tax structure and use a budget in order to support companies that may be providing jobs or better opportunities."

Monday, June 2, 2014

A Role for G-7 in Global Warming Battle - NYTimes.com

A Role for G-7 in Global Warming Battle - NYTimes.com 

Yes. There are several things the G-7 could do. Moving hydrofluorocarbons to the Montreal Protocol, sanctions against G-7 countries not adhering to cuts, finance the agreed Green Climate Fund, or ALL the ABOVE and carbon taxes and hard caps.

“We have the technology to transition to a low-carbon economy,” Mr.
Pachauri said, “and the pathways along which we can move toward that
goal. We can make that transition without imposing an unacceptable
burden on the global economy.”

India Building Solar Canals, Producing Clean Energy, Slowing Evaporation

EPA to Seek 30% Cut in Emissions from Power Plants

Here It's about time

Sunday, June 1, 2014

Why You Hate Work - New York Times

EPA to Announce New Power Plant Regulations Monday

Here like, we haven't done this already? These industries have to clean up their act.
For public health and climate protection, we can't keep giving them a polluting free ride.
One could have sympathy for the asbestos industry too, but only for so long.

Sunset, Venice 12/20/2012

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.

Antidotes to Violence, a.k.a., Take Charge of Where Your Head's At - here

Tell Congress to Strengthen Gun Control Laws NOW - here

Good News & Brain Food News -
Christians & Muslims Gather, for Peace here
Good News - Top RIO+20 Summit Posts here
The 'Busy' Trap - NYTimes.com
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