Tag: ecology

INTELLIGENT?

I find it encouraging seeing posts like the above (and similar) on Facebook: More people are becoming aware of the damage humans have done and are doing to the ecology. I was aware of this in the 1970s when I joined the original Greenpeace… Continue Reading “INTELLIGENT?”

MICE

Apparently farmers have been given approval to use a double strength poison to get rid of the mice plague. This will definitely exterminate more wild life. This attitude that only humans matter is causing the extinction of all life on the planet. Humans would… Continue Reading “MICE”

AHIMSA

I am happy with my life past and present but not the culture I am part of: Where sociopaths are successful Psychopaths glorified And it is necessary to be a mindless automaton to fit in. from the movie THE MATRIX Considering all the positive… Continue Reading “AHIMSA”

CHANGES FOR THE BETTER

I was motivated to re blog this by “news” about a child care subsidy. The younger generation have no idea of the cultural attitude to women, gays or people that were not white despite movies and tv shows that try to portray these attitudes.… Continue Reading “CHANGES FOR THE BETTER”

HALLOWEEN/MAY DAY

It is Samhain/Halloween here in OZ The sabbats are seasonal: so in the southern hemisphere it is Samhain/Halloween In the northern hemisphere it is May Day/Beltane. Beltane was a fertility festival where the villages would come together: This way “in- breeding” – in the… Continue Reading “HALLOWEEN/MAY DAY”

IF YOU ARE A MISFIT

YOU ARE PROBABLY AN ORIGINAL THINKER I just felt like reblogging this. HAIL TO THEE ORIGINAL THINKERS I have deleted the video clip from The Matrix  but included the quote: “Most of these people are not ready to be unplugged and many are so… Continue Reading “IF YOU ARE A MISFIT”

CULTURAL NORMS

Walking this morning I saw someone poisoning weeds. I stopped and chatted for a while (and didn’t preach my “don’t use poisons”). Now the neighbour is chain sawing small bushes. I understand why people poison weeds and cut down trees – they are making… Continue Reading “CULTURAL NORMS”

CHANGES FOR THE BETTER

I was recently asked for my date of birth –which I gave And said “I AM FLOWER POWER GENERATION“ The young lady replied “Lucky you” I said“NO –LUCKY YOU” My generation were responsible for social change: (that is all that I said –the rest… Continue Reading “CHANGES FOR THE BETTER”

“Let them eat cake”

On my soap box again despite knowing people just don’t want to know. Wiser and well known people have  advocated for other life forms and the ecology long before me. Peter Singer Albert Schweitzer John Newton  (wrote Amazing Grace) Irving Stowe and Dorothy Stowe,… Continue Reading ““Let them eat cake””

IF YOU ARE A MISFIT

YOU ARE PROBABLY AN ORIGINAL THINKER Who would want to be a mindless automaton I just felt like reblogging this. Original thinkers are no longer put to death nor put in a mental institution: We need people that see beyond the cultural programming: see… Continue Reading “IF YOU ARE A MISFIT”