Archive for February, 2010
Sunday, February 28th, 2010
When Trying To Save The Planet Strains The Relationship
Click here to read the full article from the New York TimesMs. Cobb chides him for running the water too long while he shaves or showers. And she finds it “depressing,” she tells him, that he continues to buy a steady stream of items online when …
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Saturday, February 27th, 2010
Let the EPA know!
From our friend Pamela Rice at Viva Vegie!EPA to ag: We want to hear from you…Huh?Maybe the EPA ought to come the the vegetarians for input. Then (andonly then) we can get an environmental policy that makes any sense.-Pamela R.article follows:[EXCERP…
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Saturday, February 27th, 2010
Abstraction
http://xkcd.com/676/
Filed under: Jokes 
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Friday, February 26th, 2010
US Behind In Renewables
While we have great potential for renewables in this country, the government has taken the path of least resistance and just subsidized the oil and coal companies. We have plenty of potential though it will requie an upgrading and expansion of the energy grid.
“The United States has incredible wind power resources. Although wind energy […]
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Friday, February 26th, 2010
Cow Fashion Show
From our friend Madhava Ghosh’s blog “View From A New Vrindaban Ridge”by Nishal Lama, mybangalore.com How many would have really thought that there could be a fashion show with models being the cows. The Kombu Mela celebration that was held at ISK…
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Thursday, February 25th, 2010
Perception
Washington, DC Metro Station on a cold January morning in 2007. The man with a violin played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time approximately two thousand people went through the station, most of them on their way to work.
After 3 minutes a middle aged man noticed there was a […]
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Thursday, February 25th, 2010
“Winter Stars” by Sara Teasdale
I went out at night alone;
.The young blood flowing beyond the sea
Seemed to have drenched my spirit’s wings—
.I bore my sorrow heavily.
But when I lifted up my head
.From shadows shaken on the snow,
I saw Orion in the east
.Burn steadily as long ago.
From windows in my father’s house,
.Dreaming my dreams on winter nights,
I watched Orion as […]
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Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
The Nectar Chronicles: Part 14
How can we ever fathom his love? He came across many seas, with so many ideas, and because of the sincerity and reality of his understanding, he saw very easily through our disqualifications and saw only the pure essence of what we could potentially gi…
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Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
Churches Knocking On Doors, To Talk About The Environment
Matthew Williams for The New York TimesBy WILLIAM YARDLEY Published: January 15, 2010 in the New York Times MILLWOOD, Wash. — State auditors told Millwood Community Presbyterian Church last summer to close its farmers’ market o…
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Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
Remember When Organic Used To Be Green?
Back in the day the organic pioneers had several motivations for promoting organic — better for the future of the soil because of closed systems of returning organic wastes to the soil, less pesticides in the environment so better balance in the ecology, and last but not least healthier better tasting food. Organic was green.
Now […]
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Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
A Growing Obsession: Rare Seeds
From our friend Yasoda-Dulal, who says…For those of my friends who like to garden, a useful article on seed exchanges where you can get seeds of rare plants not found in nurseries or catalogs. And they are really cheap in most cases!Click here to …
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Monday, February 22nd, 2010
Shoveling The Greenhouse Roof And Breaking Icicles
Back in the late 80s or early 90s, after Sri Sri Radha Vrindaban Candra had moved from Bahulaban to Their current temple, most offices and productive life of New Vrindaban was still ongoing at Bahulaban.
There was a greenhouse built off what is now known as the Pink Building where we wintered over plants, including some […]
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Monday, February 22nd, 2010
New Varnashrama College Off To A Sacred Start
New Varnashrama College off to a Sacred Start By Gaura Nataraj Das on 16 Jan 2010 Image: ISKCON Udupi Entitled “Land, Cows and Krishna,” the course will cover topics such as holistic farming, cow protection…
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Sunday, February 21st, 2010
Debate Over GM Eggplant Consumes India
By Rina Chandran MUMBAI, Feb 16 (Reuters) - The purple eggplant that Indian shopper Tanuja Krishnan picks out at a Mumbai market stall every week is an unlikely protagonist in a raging debate about whether genetically modified foods should be introdu…
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Saturday, February 20th, 2010
New Vrindavan Gaura Purnima Festival
We will celebrate the appearance of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu on Sunday, February 28th. Since this is weekend day, everyone should have free time to participate in our festival. We want to spend the day chanting the Holy Name and hearing about Lord Caitanya’s lila.
We will also have ISKCON Cinema playing various movies about Lord Caitanya’s […]