http://spiritblooms.gaiastream.com I want to start a revolution of kindness Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:52:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en “Hanging Blueberries” Copyright © 2008 Barbara W. Klaser 5 x 7 inches watercolor, color pencil, pen and ink 4 comments | Permalink or Pingback URL | Trackback URL (copy Trackback URL only: browsing to it, then copying the URL does not work) Filed in: Art & Creativity ... http://spiritblooms.gaiastream.com/2008/04/28/how-blueberries-get-there/ I came across a kind of manifesto for the food revolution today, when an online search for information related to the topic led me to the Bioneers.org site. It’s an excerpt from a plenary talk by Michael Pollan at the Bioneers 2006 Conference. The title is Beyond the Bar Code: ... http://spiritblooms.gaiastream.com/2008/04/08/more-from-michael-pollan/ Skepticism rears its head frequently on the Internet, in ways we may not think about very much in our day to day lives off line, and with good reason. There’s a lot of unreliable or questionable information on the Internet. There are no editorial guidelines, no filtering process. Anyone can ... http://spiritblooms.gaiastream.com/2008/03/22/on-skepticism-religion-and-metaphysics/ When I wrote my first post about prayer beads, almost three years ago, I considered buying a ready-made strand or a kit. I started out wanting sandalwood beads, but my budget was constrained, and it wasn’t as if my prayer beads were a necessity. Then I remembered a string of beads ... http://spiritblooms.gaiastream.com/2008/03/14/prayer-beads-ii/ EPA Chief Under Fire for Ignoring Scientists “Johnson has faced mounting criticism from within his own agency and a Congressional investigatory panel for allegedly ignoring scientific findings when they have contradicted the Bush administration’s political aims.” (read article) I guess it really is an inconvenient truth. . . . Leave a ... http://spiritblooms.gaiastream.com/2008/03/05/epa-chief-faces-criticism-from-agency-scientists/