Archive for July, 2010
Monday, July 19th, 2010
Solar Power Flight Aloft!
Pool photo by Denis Bailibouse Solar Impulse, piloted by André Borschberg, flew for 26 hours and reached a height of 28,543 feet, setting a record for the longest and highest flight ever made by a solar plane. By ALAN COWELL Published: Jul…
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Monday, July 19th, 2010
Farms, Food, and Faith: First Annual Conference
ISKCON NEW VRINDABAN
Friday Dec. 3 rd (1/2 Day begin @ 2 pm)
Sat. & Sun. Dec. 4th & 5th (Full Day)
Monday Dec. 6 th (1/2 Day end @ 1 pm)
Contact: _servingkrishna@aol.com_ (mailto:servingkrishna@aol.com)
304-845-9591 for information
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Monday, July 19th, 2010
Choose Biofuels and Efficiencies, Not More Oil
by Dr. Sergio C. Trindade, International Fuel Technology Published: July 6, 2010 The Gulf oil spill is the latest in a series of warnings that we must reduce our dependency on petroleum with an eye toward moving away from oil entirely. While “getting off oil” remains a distant goal, we can choose to halt oil […]
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Sunday, July 18th, 2010
For Aindra
So many hands and so many voices cry out for you todayAt the mystery of your spirit freely flowing back homeSo many tears I see welling in the eyes of my strong friends todaySomehowBy unseen devotion I tread into your association, Vraja DhamTrucking ac…
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Sunday, July 18th, 2010
Gosh Goes Fishin’
A devotee from New Vrindaban who delivers newspapers to supplement supporting his family called me a couple of nights ago. One of his subscribers was in a dilemma and asking for help. Her circumstances had changed and she was having to move out of the area. She was leaving the next day and still had […]
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Saturday, July 17th, 2010
NV Memorial Service for HG Aindra Prabhu
Dear Devotees,
On behalf of Sikhi Mahiti Prabhu, we are announcing a gathering to honour the passing of His Grace Aindra Prabhu of Vrindavan.
Please come to the temple at 6:00 pm today for kirtan, puspanjali, and remembrances of the life of this great soul and kirtan inspiration.
Hare Krishna.
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Saturday, July 17th, 2010
Trees, Images, and ISKCON
By Sesa Das on 7 Jul 2010from ISKCON News A hundred years ago Poet Joyce Kilmer gave us a vision of life. His poem Trees is one of the most familiar in the English language. The poem’s imagery evokes feelings of beauty, sustenance, forbearance…
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Friday, July 16th, 2010
Welcoming the Six Goswamis
Dear Devotees,
Please accept our humble obeisances. All Glories to Srila Prabhupada.
Here is a another opportunity where we can cleanse our hearts by participating in a MAHA CLEAN UP at GOVARDHAN HILL ( H.H Varsana Maharaja’s Land)
We will be welcoming the Six Goswamis on Sunday the 25th of July so we wanted to clean up […]
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Friday, July 16th, 2010
“The Farm Wife Sells Her Cows” by Shari Wagner
The cats gather by my kitchen door, rubbing ribs against a box of overshoes and spewing curses that waver like an organ’s vibrato. I’ve given them every left-over in the fridge—none of it seems to soothe them, though when we enter the dairy room where a sour scent still lingers they hush and assume places, […]
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Thursday, July 15th, 2010
Amish Solar Power
A few weeks back I accompanied Vidya, my wife, to the Pennsylvania Gourd Society Festival. It was held in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania which is the original Amish community in America. There are over 25,000 of them there so it is a pretty unique experience — it affects the ambiance. They don’t use electricity in their […]
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Thursday, July 15th, 2010
Veggie Project Expands To Fight Childhood Obesity
From The Tennessean. Click here to read the full articleSergio Escafuller hopes to change the way people think about fruit and veggies.He’s landed his first job at The Veggie Project, which brings farmers’ markets to communities that tend to ha…
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Wednesday, July 14th, 2010
Don’t Bother About Big Big Buildings
“That is Vrndavana life. And they are absorbed in this so-called opulence. Krsna has taken birth. They are bringing so many nice, pleasant foodstuff, very well-dressed and ornamented. These are description. In the morning we were reading. How they were happy, the inhabitants of Vrndavana with Krsna and living and cows. “That I want to […]
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Wednesday, July 14th, 2010
Vaisnavi Retreat 2010
Dear Vaishnavi’s:
This is to let you know the dates of our next annual Vaishnavai Retreat.
We are looking for accomplished presenters as well as “first timer’s.”
This is a gentle venue of loving sisters who are open for sanga and personal improvement.
Topics should be linked with Srila Prabhupada’s teachings but can be variegated levels and themes. […]
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Tuesday, July 13th, 2010
ISCOWP Update June 2010
Here’s the latest inspiration from our friends at The International Society For Cow Protection (ISCOWP)Click here to check it out!
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Sunday, July 11th, 2010
What Scientists Think About Religion
From Dr. Elaine Howard Ecklund, as part of the Religion And Science: A Contemporary Discussion series at the Huffington Post Almost a quarter of Americans think scientists are hostile to religion. But what do we really know about how s…