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  • One Earth Sangha – Climage Change from the Insight Meditation Community

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    By: dannyfisher  As you may have heard, President Obama today unveiled his second-term plan to address climate change. His speech envisioned three obligations for America: ”cutting carbon pollution in America, leading international efforts to cut global emissions, and preparing the U.S. for the costly impacts of climate change.” You can read the full transcript here, and watch it online here. Al Gore hailed the…

  • Anglican Church and Pagans – Cont.’d

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    It appears Reverend Steve Hollinghurst was badly misquoted in a recently posted article about the Church of England’s nacent policy to recruit Pagans by starting a new “Pagan Church.”  His response in its entirety is  below: OK if you have been reading the press over the last few days you may have come to believe…

  • Morya Morya (Deva Tuzya Dari Aalo)-Ajay Atul

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    Morya Gosavi was a 14th century saint of the Ganapatya sect. He was a great devotee of Ganesha. Although he is known by many other attributes, Ganesha’s elephant head makes him particularly easy to identify. Ganesha is widely revered as the Remover of Obstacles and more generally as the Lord of Beginnings and the Lord of Obstacles, patron of arts…

  • The Price Of Bacon, Ctd

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    Originally posted on The Dish: A reader writes: You’re completely correct about what will be viewed as the “barbarous and unimaginable” treatment of animals. Coming from the mind of perhaps one of the “new atheists” you’ve been profiling lately, I believe waste to be one of few true sins. It betrays a lack of appreciation, a…

  • Sustainability a priority as forestry sector plans way forward.

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    BY ALF JAMES SUSTAINABLE development is integral to the success of the forestry business, according to Viv McMenamin, Mondi’s director: land and forestry. She says a sustainable plantation forest aims to maintain ecosystem functionality at a landscape level, conserve high conservation value ecosystems, enhance local welfare and be financially profitable by: • identifying and protecting…

  • Rev. Rolheiser speaks on solitude during Merton Conference

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    FAIRFIELD, CT – Described as a “rock star” among clergymen, Roman Catholic priest Ronald Rolheiser gave a keynote address of the 13th General Meeting of the International Thomas Merton Society, held June 13-16 at Sacred Heart University’s Fairfield campus. Rolheiser noted that our society has a deep longing for solitude, but that the pace of…

  • The 1 percent needs better defenders

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    The Economist Jun 17th 2013, 20:18 by M.S.  APPARENTLY someone, perhaps John Kenneth Galbraith, once said that the way to debate Milton Friedman was to wait for him to say “Let us assume…” and then immediately interrupt and say “No, let’s not assume that.” (Via Clay Shirky, via Dan Davies.) I thought of this quip on Saturday while…

  • Save The Trees, Save Yourself

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    Originally posted on The Dish: Mat McDermott runs down the benefits of urban foliage: After looking at trees in Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, New York City, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Syracuse, [scientists at the Davey Institute and the U.S. Forest Service] found the annual removal of fine particulate matter varied from 4.7 metric tons in Syracuse…

  • Photo of the Day

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    A composite of several Cassini images shows Titan’s varied surface, including possibly a remnant of an old impact basin (large circular feature near the center of Titan’s disk). Mountain ranges to the southeast of the circular feature, and the dark linear feature to the northwest of the circular impact scar may be evidence of past…

  • Food with GMOs banned in UK Parliament, but it’s OK for you to eat

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      Genetically modified foods are banned from all restaurants in the U.K.’s Houses of Parliament, which is probably making things a bit awkward for the country’s food and farming secretary, Owen Paterson. Last week, the senior British official made a public declaration that genetically modified foods are perfectly safe, and he encouraged families and the food industry…