Archive for May, 2010
Sunday, May 23rd, 2010
The Dirty Secrets Of Coal
From The Huffington PostCoal is a dirty and dangerous business. It produces more than half of the energy in the U.S. because it is a cheap resource, but it comes at a high human and environmental cost. The coal industry is the single largest produc…
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Sunday, May 23rd, 2010
ISCOWP Mid-May e-newsletter
An offering to the cows and prayers for your well being.
Priya loves the treats offered.
The ISCOWP Mid-May e-newsletter is now out with the latest news on rebuilding the old barn roof and pics of loving exchanges with the cows. If you would like to know how you can have an offering given to the cows in your honor please check out the following link:
http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs001/1102923281326/archive/1103419085016.html
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Friday, May 21st, 2010
Purple Pokeberries Could Unlock Affordable Solar Power Worldwide
by Alicia W. Roberts, Wake Forest University South Carolina, United States — Pokeberries – the weeds that children smash to stain their cheeks purple-red and that Civil War soldiers used to write letters home – could be the key to spreading solar power across the globe, according to researchers at Wake Forest University’s Center for […]
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Friday, May 21st, 2010
Scaling Up Renewables And The Smart Grid
From our friend Madhava GhoshPosted on March 30, 2010 by Alison Wise, National Renewable Energy Lab There are many experts who feel that the market potential of renewable energy will only be…
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Thursday, May 20th, 2010
Famous Folks Launched Careers After 50
From CNN Living President Ronald Reagan was an actor and wasn’t elected to public office until he was 55. Sadly, the down economy has put a lot of workers over age 50 in the unenviable position of needing to find a new profession. Don’t believe that old cliché about middle-aged dogs and new tricks, though; […]
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Thursday, May 20th, 2010
Organic, Small Farmers Fret Over FDA Regulations
By Carolyn Lochhead for The San Francisco Chronicle on 27 Apr 2010From ISKCON News Image: Craig Lee / The Chronicle Earthbound Farm, an organic grower in San Juan Bautista (San Benito County), packages and sells bags of lettuce. Small farmer…
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Thursday, May 20th, 2010
Spirituality In Higher Education: Overcoming The Divide
by Arthur Zajonc, a professor of physics at Amherst College in Massachusetts Click here to read the full article.”I believe that discoveries in science, artistic breakthroughs, and even the more common successes we experience in the classroom are ins…
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Wednesday, May 19th, 2010
Trying To Bounce Back
Sunday I got a lot done some weeding and planting marigolds and weeding and planting sweet peppers and weeding. It was predicted to rain and it did Monday and Tuesday so I felt I was mostly prepared for it. Walking in the garden I see a lot of bare rooted weeds laying on the soil […]
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Wednesday, May 19th, 2010
New Vrindaban Hosts North American Leadership Conference
by NV Communications
This past weekend, 45 administrators from 40 Hare Krishna centers met in New Vrindaban for the semi-annual North America Leadership Conference for the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON). ISKCON was founded in 1966 by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. As ISKCON’s first generation of leaders reaches retirement age, […]
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Wednesday, May 19th, 2010
A New Vision For the 2012 Farm Bill?
From Paula Crossfield at the Huffington Post House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson (D-MN), who last year called those who spend money on organic produce “dumb,” may become the unlikely champion of a Farm Bill in 2012 that could c…
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Tuesday, May 18th, 2010
“Loving Exchange”- House Raising
Come be a part of supporting Mother Sukavaha to build her house.
If you missed the first “Loving Exchange” event at Pitambara’s house, here is another chance to be involved in supporting your community.
Start Time:
Saturday, May 22, 2010 at 9:00am
End Time:
Sunday, May 23, 2010 at 12:00pm
Location:
Pleasant Lane. Sukavaha’s building site. New Vrndavan
*BUILDING
*MUSIC
*FEASTING
Music by Devananda and Abhay.
Potluck […]
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Tuesday, May 18th, 2010
“Love Hides” by The Doors
Love hides in the strangest places. Love hides in familiar faces. Love comes when you least expect it. Love hides in narrow corners. Love comes to those who seek it. Love hides inside the rainbow. Love hides in molecular structures. Love is the answer. Filed under: Poetry
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Monday, May 17th, 2010
Nrisimha Chaturdasi Wednesday May 26th
On May 26th 2010 we will be celebrating Nrisimha Chaturdasi. This day is the appearance day of Lord Nrsimhadeva who is Lord Krishna’s incarnation as half man, half lion. When the evil king Hiranyakashipu found that his son Prahlad was continuously praying to Krishna and coaxing his schoolmates to become devotees of the Lord, he […]
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Monday, May 17th, 2010
Donna Simpson Eats 12,000 Calories A Day, Wants To Weigh 1,000 Pounds
“There is no possibility of one’s becoming a yogi, O Arjuna, if one eats too much or eats too little, sleeps too much or does not sleep enough.” Bg 6.16 In America the bit about eating too little is practically incomprehensible to the average consumer totally conditioned to enjoy in a land of abundance. The […]
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Monday, May 17th, 2010
The People-And The Shame-Behind Our Food
From Gavin Newsom, the mayor of San Francisco, at the Huffington PostOur current culture has an unprecedented awareness of food and its source. Organic, locavore, sustainable, free-range, farm-raised: these have all become household terms. We …