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Section One: Table Notes
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( PLEASE NOTE: These notes have not been edited by the speakers and should not be taken as an accurate expression of the speakers’ meanings. ellen)
At the Table on Monday, 3/27/06:
Trasy Durso, Mary Ann L., Steve Slack, Londo Haglund Slack, Ray Ash, Shari Able, Chad Benjamin Potter, Cheryl Hayden, Maryann , Lisa Haglund, Mike Murphy, Mira Rodwan, Mr. G., John Kelly, Ilya Stein, Vlasta Molak, Dan Hershey, David Rosenberg, Ellen Bierhorst
Songs: “Come Follow, Follow, Follow...the Greenwood” and “Building Bridges” both rounds. We sounded pretty great!
Announcements
Vlasta: I have been educating City Council in two minute talks for the last several months. I presented at the talk about the Banks with Commissioners and council. ... a guy representing Heimlich, pres. of something, spoke on why it was great to have built the stadiums. He had his nerve! In his place I would have been red with shame. ... wants to tax the people 62 million for a new underground garage!--between the two stadiums. Should be tarred and feathered. ... a bunch of developers there just waiting for loot, public money!
I am now fighting the co. on the re-eval. of my property. Tax increase of 35%.
Then there is the project to fix the sewer system. 2.5 billion. Sewer rates will triple. The developers who built the huge parking lots should pay ...
Shari: in the New Yorker about Liberia. John Lee Anderson writes...lived there as a kid. a Teen. His uncle in gov’t. Had previously lived in US. Went back to Liberia to cover a story about Johnson Surly, a woman. She had been in jail during the previous president. ... She ran for election to their presidency on the platform of getting electricity back on in Surly following the last war. (Issue with black and white cartoon figures on cover). She went to Harvard. ... Suggest we all pay attention to Liberian news. She is the first woman head of state in Africa.
Mira: last Tues, it wasn’t Ramsey Clark at UC, it was Gen. Wesley Clark! I was there. I didn’t agree that we have to “stay the course” in Iraq. I did agree about need for exciting, strong people running for office. Three years ago he didn’t believe there were WMD in Iraq.
Mike: why does he think we should stay the course?
Mira: because we made a mess.
“You break it your fix.”
Mike: got an article email by Greg Palast, American journalist, works for Guardian in UK. Thinks thing are going as planned in Iraq i.e. that oil production is way down.
Lisa: in paper; April 28 Clark Mont. drum band benefit for drop in center ... announced in the paper today. Will try to get you details.
Mr. G. did I hear that name, The best Democracy Money Can Buy, on voting fraud, before the 2004 election.
Kerry Conte, salonista, a senior CCM musical theater major, in sr. showcase, Thurs 30 March, go to www.ccm.uc.edu for details. Free, open to pubic. Show up early. In Werner recital hall. North end.
Mira: got email, Bill Moyers letter. “A plague on both their houses” idea. (see below.)
Ellen: Shanti
John K: the lyrical insurection, at the Greenwich at Peebles Corner. Wednesdays 9-midnight. I AM WRITING a book on memories of mom. Each Wed. I do a vignette. She passed as white but was African American. $5.
Trasy: the Abraham Path peace walk, this Sun, 1 at Unity Church. (see below) 1401 E. McMillan.
Fanchon Shur might be dancing.
Ilya: idea for next meeting. What do you think about: sleep...wake up. Different dimension. Share personal understanding of sleep time.
TOPICS NOMINATED
- Vlasta: depression and political leaders
- Dan: I have an open letter to Mark Mallory
- Chad: on my trip to NO
DISCUSSION:
Vlasta: Lincoln’s Melancholy
... depression was a positive factor in his presidency. Nowadays it wouldn't happen because you would have been given Prozak. Lincoln was depr. all his life. When young, log cabin, honest Abe, lawyer. Public life as a young man. Springfield IL; shared a bed with another man to save in heading. IN love, woman died. depressed. Friends had to have a 24 hr watch. 2 years later got a recurrence when he decideto
to marry Marry Todd. She was prob. bi polar. She may have tricked him into marriage. She died in a mental institution. ... He was so sick he gave himself into the care of MD who almost killed him with purges so he couldn’t commit suicide. So then decided when he got depressed would work for the public good. ... Was jovial when with friends who loved him. Ten minutes later could be most miserable in the world. Rapid cycling bi-polar. Mary would burn up money on shopping sprees. ... had children with her.
The morning he was killed, he was cheerful. They had won the war. Long drive in a buggy in D.C.
the moral of the story: might be better to have leaders with depression. The one we have now is off the wall and does not ever get depression. Unrealistic.
Ray: people who are obsessive compulsive from birth due to brain wiring. People with that are the ones who make things happen in the world. People who are not subject to swings of energy... So since I suffer from depression I want to announce that I do not want to be president. People who are clinically depressed do not have a good handle on reality. So I respectfully disagree with the conclusion.
David: a lot of creative people are subject to depression. I don’t consider myself a creative person, but I am subject to depression. It is kind of a reality check. Reality is kind of depressing. To embrace that in a world that wants me to be up beat is at times a strong contradiction.
Ellen: Kay Jameson’s Fire on the Mind: manic depressives provide a spark
Shari: unlike the other bipolars in the room, I will run for president. ... I confound doctors, because I have a “Labile bi-polar” condition. I get into a major project, like in film making. Documentaries. Being hypo manic is adaptive.
Ray: I have bipolar II; I do not get psychotic, but am controlled with lithium
Mr. G. Ellen, were you saying like miner’s canary?
Ellen: no. like cap in a gun.
Vlasta: Kay Jameson talk; before she was diagnosed, was in a quiet environment, but
Dan: do we know what causes the bi polar to cycle.
Mike: Psychologists don’t know what health is. ... look at the religions; the major religions are not so good. The minor ones like the pagans are not so bad, are more peaceful. ... I don’t trust what seem to be pronouncements equating normal with healthy.
Ray: my triggers are all fear; irrational intense fear. Like when I was promoted one time to a job that had not even existed. ... my depressions last a long time. I think it based on brain chemistry. Serotonin levels down in depression. Which is causal?
Shari: I get this idea; can ride it for two months or two years and I ‘m fine until the shooting is over. Editing phase; you have to start to raise some money. You now have six reels and you have to make that into 2 hours of interesting stuff. Dark room, 12 cups of coffee per day; the room costs $90 per hour. During the whole editing phase I am suicidal. I tell myself to wait until editing is over to kill myself.
Maryann: on bi-polar. I don’t consider myself bi polar. My moods go up and down...if I watch a sad movie; then I can laugh at a joke five minutes later. Always reacting to what is happening. I don’t stay in the mood long. ... seems that bi polar people stay in their mood, rather than react to what is happening. ... “eu” stress is more stressful than “dis” stress.
Mira: the biggest point Bill Moyers made is about extreme Islam and extreme Christianity.
Chad on his Trip to New Orleans to help Katrina Recovery
Chad: I went to St Bernard parish, 15 miles e of downtown. It was closed until 4 months ago. The third gas station was opened last week. Home Depot the only store open; Walgreen just opened last week.
Interstate 10, still see boats capsized
beside the road. Cars look like the disaster was yesterday. I stayed in a gov’t camp with 46 from UC. The camp run by “Premier Party Rentals”, privatized business. A check point, i.d. The entry was as wide as this room. Sometimes they do and sometimes don’t ask for id.
We were told to leave our things behind on the bus ... I remembered the holocaust and felt nervous.
Camp made of three circus size tents. One is food hall. Buffet style. I have never eaten so well. Variety. Amazing.
Two larger tents with smaller tents inside, where we slept.
Then army type tents.
1200 people in the camp when I was there.
Shower trailers, 8 showers each. Warm. Wonderful.
Lavatory stations with motion detector towel dispensers.
Port a potties only.
At camp Premier you are not supposed to take photos.
then, the neighborhoods: nature had taken over. Grown u p yards. Windows broken. Some houses had been mucked out; huge pile of trash outside on the lawn. Even more shocking for every house that was already mucked out there were 2 or 3 who were just thee way they were after the storm.
My instructions for mucking houses: remove everything including the dry wall. One house, the water up 16 feet up, half way up the second floor. Ceilings fallen. They told us not to enter dark room. First get light; second, air flow. Shut up with water standing for 7 months.
We had breathing masks, goggles, and hard hat, and gloves. Required to wear . Steel toe boots, long pants, sleeves.
Insulation fiber glass, in my skin.
One house. Catholic icons etc. on the floor. Grand piano destroyed. I worked on three rooms: child’s bedroom, master bedroom ... shoveling things out the window; break down dry wall. Getting rid of everything. We were told to make 3 piles of rubble: a) insulation, dry wall, furniture, clothes. b) flammable objects like guns. I found no guns. c) electronics; anything with a cord. d) salvageable items. Pile A was huge.
D) salvageable: I found a living will. some photos. Most photos were destroyed.
Rotting leather gave me a severe headache.
For me, interesting thing: how one could be so unemotional while doing this. Bringing the house back to the bare studs. No windows, no dry wall. Made me wonder; see how important it is to be detached from the emotional aspect.
I found the work fulfilling, satisfying. But I though tit a waste of time. I think St. Bernard parish is a lost cause. People do not seem to have any initiative to clean up their own houses. It feels hopeless.
There are FEMA trailers in large lots. ... in my opinion it is hopeless. Should bulldoze the whole thing.
Mr G: were you told the point of this work?
Chad: just to clean up the houses. The owners would contact the organization I was with and ask for it to be cleaned out.
Ray: basements?
Chad: no basements.
Ray: just the framing left. But you can frame a house like that in two days. So there must be some other motivation.
Mike: why do you think the people are not cleaning up themselves?
Chad the larger picture. Even in downtown N.Orleans, windows still blown out. ... my friend Amy at Tulane. Even in the Garden District things are not all shaped up.
Mary Ann: haven’t many people moved on?
Chad: the city is at 50% occupancy.
Ellen: I HAVE some knowledge of the culture of New Orleans, since my parents were from there and we returned to visit extended family every year. The first thing you have to know is that human settlement in the below-sea-level land in Orleans Parrish is not at all like here. Everybody gets it that this land is not for human life, or even for mammalian life. This is the land of the plant kingdom! Everything green, plus all forms of mold and lichen flourish. Reptiles do well. Fish. Mammals less well. Humans least of all, I thought. The whole place smells of musty mold. You simply cannot keep your house painted, so most don’t even try. Besides, you have more important things to do, like be in your boat (they are as plentiful as cars are here, everybody’s got one) or especially, like having a “Pawdy”, i.e. “party”. Folks in New Orleans KNOW how to party. Believe me, compared to them, we stuffy, tight-ass Yankees have no idea how to “get down”. Or, “pawdy”. This is the land of the Mardi Gras. This the birthplace of Jazz. Right. So what looks like “anti-motivation syndrome” of, say, the pot head, is just ordinary functioning for the New Orleanean. Different mind. Different consciousness. It’s the only way to survive in that heat and humidity and that primacy of the plant kingdom over our own. We be visitors there. Temporary. We know it, and the vines know it. They just waitin’.
Chad: St Bernard Parrish was a neighborhood like Madeira. Nice big houses. My theory is that the prosperous people were the ones getting their homes cleaned up. Lot of money being exchanged. I did not get paid... I paid to do it!
Brigitte: any owners cleaning?
Chad: a very few. ... I was there for three days.
Mike I get the impression that these people cling to victim consciousness. Must work for them.
Chad: yes. the people I saw are zombies. ... firemen just wandering around, looking at the houses. No employment. People just sit. Do nothing. Woe is me. Seem depressed.
Cheryl: are they post traumatic? Can’t face going back to see all that...
Chad ... perhaps they should do house swaps; clean out another person’s house.
David trying to put myself in their shoes. If my house was destroyed and I had no confidence in infrastructure so I could live there, I would not make a personal investment to live there. Until there is some insurance that this is worthwhile.
Chad: ridiculous to go back there.
Ellen: huge trauma from much less severe tornado in Xenia in the seventies. I can only struggle to imagine the levels after Katrina which was so very much worse.
Mira there are a l ot of stories on the TV about the human response to storm
Chad: I have not had a cosmic change as a result, but I am aware of the reality of what is going on there and what is not going on. I am changed in seeing the importance of not letting things pile up but keep things tidy and clean, even in your own bedroom
~ end of table notes ~
Hugs to everyone,
Ellen
Section Two: Announcements
Hey Lloyd House Drumming Circle!
Every Saturday evening, 7 - 9 , drumming, musical improv, dance, chant, jam. Wonderful fun. BRING : good vibes (mandatory), Optional: instruments, kids, snacks, friends... Costumes? ... Animals? ... Extra-terrestrials? ... 3901 Clifton Ave.
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Saturday April 1st
Great Belly Dancers!
Jack Quinn's Irish Pub(859) 491-6699
112 East Fourth Street
Covington, KY 41011
Admission $15.00
First time in the Cincinnati area!
From San Francisco the Toids
The Toids were recently on a very successful West Coast tour with
Rachel Brice, Mardi Love and Elizabeth Strong. Come to see and hear
the amazing music that these fabulous dancers moved to just a few
weeks ago. Check out Tobias's web site to see Rachel and Tobias on
stage. http://www.riqq.com/
With
Gaiananda continues to learn, teach and perform Tribal Fusion Belly
Dance in the Tri-State Area. Gaiananda has added a few new pieces
and will have a special piece that will include members of the
Student Troupe. An open dance session will follow with members of
the Toids joining in the jam. www.Gaiananda.net
For more information: David 608-0056
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Simply Living Seminar
Saturday, April 8, 2006
At the Oldenburg Franciscan Center Olivia Hall
Oldenburg, Indiana
Loving the Places
We Live
Keynote Speaker:
Marya Grathwohl, OSF
Also:
Exploring Michaela Farm Native plants Writing from a Sense of Place
Yoga Locally-based eating
Permaculture Natural Building
- Dialogue & networking
Nurturing the spirit of place
Lifewaves, a Network for Conscious Living, is dedicated to enriching the individual and collective spirit by offering opportunities for learning and interaction through a variety of speakers and topics in an accepting, safe and caring environment. An all volunteer group of people from diverse backgrounds,
we are committed to providing high quality events at a very affordable cost. Lifewaves has sponsored the Holistic Living Seminar since 1989 which features workshops on personal growth and holistic healing.
The Simply Living Seminar, created in 2005,
promotes Earth healing and lifestyle changes.
The 2nd Simply Living Seminar:
Loving the Places We Live
Why do we feel renewed when we go to certain places? What makes us love a bioregion (life place) so much that we wouldn't consider living anywhere else? What is that particular quality of Oldenburg that calls people to return?
Yet in the 21st century, the word "place" has a different meaning. Technology has changed our lives so that our reference points become the internet and the interstate. We see one place looking like the next with the same big box stores lining up along those interstates. And then, there are the places that have been virtually wiped out--cities, nations, ecosystems-- due to human folly or natural disasters.
But we can and we must transform . It is necessary to re-inhabit the place s we live by getting to know and celebrate the uniqueness of its distinct land form, watershed, flora and fauna. We can become aware and respectful of local customs, culture, and history and support our local economy. By falling in love with the places we live we may increase our chances of survival and that of our home planet. We may even thrive!
This year's Simply Living Seminar looks at cultivating a deep appreciation of the place we live, learning as much as we can about its unique characteristics of and incorporating practices into our lives that enhance the health of our bodies, our homes and the Earth.
Keynote by Marya Grathwohl, OSF
We will be inspired by Marya's stories and wise insights into what it means to love the places we live . Marya has many loving memories to share of the places she has called home.
Born and raised in Cincinnati, her commitment to fostering cultural change through mutually enhancing human-Earth relationships began with her parents' respect and enthusiasm for the natural world. Her father was a backyard organic gardener; her mother raised flowers and canned the vegetables.
Oldenburg is another of Marya's homes as it is the Motherhouse of Sisters of St. Francis, of which she is a member. As part of the leadership team of her community from 1986-1994, she helped initiate the revitalization process of Michaela Farm, the Sisters' "family farm".
She moved to the Crow and Northern Cheyenne Reservations in Montana in 1974, and was welcomed into each of these people's ceremonies and traditions and adopted into their families. Learning Crow and Northern Cheyenne spiritualities and cosmologies gradually reshaped her worldview, uniquely preparing her to study the scientific universe story and weave its implications into her life.
Marya has been speaking, facilitating workshops, and giving retreats for 25+ years throughout the U.S.,Australia and Japan. She comes from a rich background in Earth Literacy, bioregional work and deep ecology studies. In her forthcoming book After the First Thunder: An Unexpected Spiritual Journey, Marya integrates her experiences in African American and Native American cultures with faith and the 13.7 billion year story of the universe. She holds a B.A. in English, Marian College, Indianapolis , and Masters in Creation Spirituality (Loyola/Mundelein, Chicago) and in Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness.(California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco)
Marya lives in Prayer Lodge, a solar and wind powered center serving Native American women in Montana. It is heated and cooled by a geo-thermal system. She and her community compost, recycle, and are doing native prairie grass restoration. They would love to trade in their car for a good horse.
Schedule APRIL 8, 2006
8:00 Doors open, Registration check-in
9:00 Announcements, Intro Speakers
9:30 -11:00 KEYNOTE:
Loving the Places We Live - Marya Grathwohl, OSF (description on back)
11:15 -12:30 Breakout Session
1A Appreciating Michaela Farm's Unique Nature: Wayne Wauligman
Dr. Wauligman is a practicing dentist from Cincinnati. A birding and natural history enthusiast, he has a degree in natural sciences from Xavier University. He will lead a short hike to Michaela Farm and share his enthusiasm and love for the unique nature of this place. Wayne has been sharing his knowledge of natural history at the farm since 1993. If desired, bring an umbrella, camera and binoculars.
1B Yoga Alive: Lorrie Collins
Explore hidden sources of wisdom and energy in the relationship you have with your body. Enhance the power of authentic and natural breathing. Align with your body's signals with fun and easy stretching. Rejuvenate with simple relaxation techniques. Lorrie has been teaching Iyengar Yoga for 35 years. Her doctoral thesis at Indiana University is titled Stress Management and Yoga. Lorrie teaches at the Indianapolis Zen Center.
1C Natural Building: Joe Davis
How we build our homes and workplaces collec-tively impacts the health of our communities and the planet. Joe will present examples that include cob-earth, strawbale, and passive solar. He's co-founder of Center for Sustainable Living's Natural Building Group in Bloomington. NBG is a resource networking people, projects and resourc-es. Joe is also the principal of Indiana Natural Builders, a design, build consultancy firm specializing in the use of sustainable methods and materials in the construction of our built environment.
12:45–1:45 Lunch
Provided by Tricia Miller of L'il Charlie's, Batesville. Tricia supports local growers and promotes health-consciousness in her catering/restaurant business. Breakfast items will also be available to purchase.
2:00 - 3:15 Breakout Session
2A Restoring Watersheds, One Planting at a Time: (collaborative)
George Hardebeck, Ohio Society for Ecological Restoration, will talk about the Great Miami Runoff Reduction Project, a project of Friends of the Great Miami. See how raingardens and permeable parking lots recharge aquifers, taking unnatural loads off streams and rivers. Then we will go outside to see how a raingarden might be devel-oped onsite, with help from OPAN (Our Plants Are Native), Don Brannen's native plant class and ecological restoration group in Cincinnati.
2B The Power of Food: Kathy Cooley
Kathy is a registered dietitian with a passion for growing, cooking & eating wholesome foods. She works at the Hansen Center, a cancer treatment center in Batesville and at her u-pick blueberry farm near Oldenburg. Kathy will share what she's done the last 25 years including starting a food coop, learning to farm, and teaching about good food. She is a founding member and president of the Food & Growers Association of Laughery Valley and Environs, dedicated to improving the health of the community by promoting locally grown foods.
2C The Spirit of Place: Carol Bridges
Joyful simple living is only possible when there is a connection to something greater than oneself. This sense of Spirit can either be deadened or enhanced by the design of our private and public spaces. Come learn how to make your home a living prayer. Carol Bridges has been teaching sacred Earth healing traditions since 1976. She is founder of Nine Harmonies School of Feng Shui in Brown County, Indiana and is an internationally published author.
3:30 – 4:45 Breakout Session 3
3A Writing from a Sense of Place:Jeanne Melchior
Through guided meditations and writing exercises that explore your relationship to the natural world, you will discover creative ways to rediscover your place in the universe. Bring a notebook. Jeanne has a long-time interest in bioregionalism, deep ecology and spirituality. She teaches writing at Vincennes University Jasper Campus and has been a professor of Humanities for 25 years. She writes on various environmental issues; her most recent essays have appeared in Branches. Jeanne is president of Protect Our Woods, an environmental advocacy group dedicated to preserving forest and farms of southern Indiana. She enjoys long walks and exploring the hills of rural Southern Indiana where she lives.
3B Permaculture: Dwight Sands
Dwight is a certified Permaculture designer from Brown County, Indiana. Permaculture is the design of sustainable life support systems. Special emphasis is put on keeping the cost low and the amount of labor needed to maintain it minimal. To this end, Permaculture offers a set of principles as a guide, the heart of which is holistic integration of forms and functions that include providing food and shelter. It is homesteading taken to a science. Dwight will be illustrating Permaculture's principles with a slide show of his own homestead.
3C Reflection and Dialogue: Margaret Rahn
Here's a chance to reflect and dialogue about what you have gained from the day, network with others and discover what new directions to take. Margaret, our facilitator, has an M.A. in Intercultural Relations and is a Dialogue Facilitator at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati. She lives near Sunman.
5:00-5:30 Closing: Ritual Honoring Our Life Places
Welcome to Oldenburg!
Experience the unique sense of place in the "Village of the Spires", nestled in the gently rolling hills of southeastern Indiana. Feel the peace of this retreat center that is part of a 155-year-old community who are followers of Francis of Assisi, the saint who found joy in simplicity—a wonderful setting for a seminar on simply living!
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Directions: (1 hour more or less from both Indianapolis and Cincinnati) From Cincinnati, take I-275/ I-74 West, or from Indianapolis, take I-465/ I-74 East to Exit #149 – Batesville/ Oldenburg. Go north on SR 229 for 3 miles toward Oldenburg. When you approach town, go straight, passing a gas station on the right & tennis courts on the left. At the 1st intersection, turn right. Go through brick wall entrance. Parking is in a lot at the immediate left and along the driveway. HOLD ON TO THESE DIRECTIONS!
We now change our clocks in Indiana!
We are on the same time as Ohio
Lodging: Though this is a one-day event,
you might find it worthwhile to stay overnight.
Limited lodging is available onsite at the Oldenburg Franciscan Center/Olivia Hall. Check-in time on Friday, April 7 is between 6:30–10:00 pm only. Please call S. Janet Born for reservations by March 25: 812-933-6437.
The Hampton Inn: 800-425-7866.
The Sherman House: 800-445-4939
Hickory Road Inn: 812-933-0335
www.emetamora.com/hickoryroadinn <http://www.emetamora.com/hickoryroadinn>
Not all of our presenters' beliefs and opinions necessarily reflect those held by the Sisters of St. Francis.
Need more brochures? Contact Sherrie at 812-662-7770 or Jane at 765-778-4557
Registration Form
Fees for April 8 event:
Registrations postmarked by March 25:
$60 (includes lunch) or
$100 for 2 registered together (includes 2 lunches)
Registrations. postmarked AFTER March 25
or at the door:
$65 (lunch at additional cost, if available)
Make checks payable to Lifewaves and mail to:
LIFEWAVES
P.O. Box 42
Oldenburg, IN 47036
A limited number of work scholarships are available.
Contact Laura or Allen Johnston at 812-663-7565 or healthfulliving2@yahoo.com <mailto:healthfulliving2@yahoo.com> <mailto:healthfulliving2@yahoo.com>
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Mary Meyer
812-933-0067
812-212-9673
4/21
Mike Murphy and Panel on Peak Oil at the Mockbee
--Saad Ghosn is putting together the 4th Annual Peace
& Justice Art Show, April 21--May 7, at the Mockbee. He's asking me to do a
powerpoint presentation on peak oil, and I would like to have a panel
discussion of how we go about creating a Post-Carbon Sustainable Society, or
at least Networked Oases of Sustainability, in the looming wreckage of
petro-based society. Mike
4/28
Bruce Weil has run the Steel Band program at the Nation’s first Montessori Public High School for many, many years and is a saint and a genius. Their programs are good music, loads of fun, and light and life for the heart and spirit. Great cause, wonderful family entertainment. They’ll have you up on your feet dancing around. I promise. Ellen. Might just be there myself.
Clark Montessori Steel (Drum) Band
“Funk for the Whole Family”
Fri. 28 April 7 – 10
BENEFIT FOR THE DROP IN CENTER
At Starlight Ballroom
Just West of where Kellog intersects I-275 not far from Old Coney Island
Www.Hoxworth.org/clark
Or call: 363-7184
$15 or $10 if you buy 4 or more
PEACE, JUSTICE, FREEDOM, THE EARTH: JOINING THEM ON APRIL 29
For the first time, an important part of the environmental movement and an important part of the antiwar movement, as well as the National Organization for Women and others, are joining to bring an end to "global scorching" and the Iraq War as well as to end attacks on the Constitution and on the poor and the middle class by the present US government.
This broad coalition is calling for a major march in New York City on April 29.
Says the call to this march:
· No more never-ending oil wars!
· Protect our civil liberties & immigrant rights, and end illegal spying, government corruption and the subversion of our democracy.
· Rebuild our communities, starting with the Gulf Coast. Stop corporate subsidies and tax cuts for the wealthy while ignoring our basic needs.
· Act quickly to address the climate crisis and the accelerating destruction of our environment.
Among the initiating groups are ---
United for Peace and Justice
NOW
Rainbow/PUSH Coalition
US Labor Against the War
Friends of the Earth
Climate Crisis Coalition
Peoples Hurricane Relief Fund
Readers of The Shalom Report will be especially interested to know that UPJ has decided to refuse any further alliances with "ANSWER" in organizing any demonstrations, etc.
The UPJ steering committee did this by a two-thirds majority, out of its experience both of deep political differences between ANSWER & UPJ in organizing the antiwar actions last September, and of serious failures by ANSWER to adhere to and carry out commitments the two groups had agreed to beforehand.
You may recall that The Shalom Center was so indignant about the involvement of the bitterly anti-Israel ANSWER in the September 24 antiwar rally that we held an independent pro-peace Shabbat service during the rally time of that weekend,and then took part in other aspects of the weekend when ANSWER had no role.
Now we can take whole-hearted part, especially since our other concerns Oil, Global Scorching, the US Constitution are also on the agenda.
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Local Forest Habitat Restoration Events and Neighborhood Clean Up - Clifton
Green Up Day and Great American Cleanup dates have been realigned.
April 22 is the Great American Clean Up coordinated by Keep Cincinnati Beautiful.
Kerry Crossen P 513.352.4384 F 513.352.4389 www.keepcincinnatibeautiful.org
Rawson Woods April 29, 10-12. garlic mustard pull and trash clean up. Meet your neighbors at the corner of Middleton and McAlpin. Info. Joy at 221-8285.
May 6th is Green Up Day coordinated by the Cincinnati Park Board. Burnet Woods garlic mustard.
Cindi Nugent 861-8970 x20
4/2
Children of Abraham Peace Walk
Sunday April 2
From Unity Church on McMillain near Woodburn Ave
to Hillell Student Center on Clifton Ave (Jewish)
to Islamic Center on clifton Ave.
For details and sponsorship info. check out www.NTUnity.org and click on the Abraham link.
Steve Sunderland said at the table that the xenophobia against Muslims is worse now than it was right after 9/11! We must stand against this. The Peace Walk is about a 4 mile hike by my reckoning, but you can join it at any point. Starts at 1:00. Hope to see you there. I want to wear the purple interfaith unity t shirt that Robin brought over. Ellen
P.S. Karen Dabdoub, is involved also in this walk.
4/1Keeping you informed...
Jenefer
Bill in Congress, horrible for forests!
From: "Earthjustice" <action@earthjustice.org>
To: "Jenefer Ellingston" <jellingston@greens.org>
Subject: What's worse than a forest fire?
When a forest has been burned, the scientific evidence is clear:
the best thing for recovery is to leave it alone. Commercial
logging activities impede recovery, causing erosion, decreased
water quality, and the elimination of the very nutrients a
forest will need to recover.
But a new bill introduced by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR) runs
directly against this scientific consensus, and would fast-track
logging projects all across America. The bill also disregards
important protections for clean water and wildlife, eliminates
meaningful environmental analysis and public involvement, and
would misleadingly define even rain or windstorms as
"catastrophic events."
This timber industry's dream come true just passed out of the
House Resources Committee today. Please, ask your representative
to oppose this "log first, ask questions later" legislation!
You can take action on this alert via the web at:
http://action.earthjustice.org/campaign/Walden_HR4200/wx57xxxra5k6kn8?
We encourage you to take action by April 28, 2006
What's the worst thing you can do to a forest? The Walden
logging bill!
INSTRUCTIONS TO RESPOND VIA THE WEB:
If you have access to a web browser, you can take action on this
alert by going to the following URL:
http://action.earthjustice.org/campaign/Walden_HR4200/wx57xxxra5k6kn8?
Your letter will be addressed and sent to your representative.
----SAMPLE LETTER TO BE SENT IN YOUR NAME----
Dear [decision maker name automatically inserted here],
As a constituent who cares deeply about the health of our
magnificent national forests, I urge you to oppose Rep. Greg
Walden's misleadingly titled "Forest Emergency Recovery and
Research Act" (H.R. 4200). The best available science has shown
that post-fire road building and logging undermine rather than
enhance forest recovery.
Pre-approving harmful activities such as post-fire logging and
road construction and exempting such activities from the
National Environmental Policy Act would eliminate the important
environmental review and meaningful public participation usually
required for these proposals.
Instead of promoting forest restoration as it claims, this bill
would promote logging and road building, disregard important
protections for clean drinking water and wildlife, and eliminate
meaningful environmental analysis and public involvement. I urge
you to firmly oppose this disingenuous bill.
Sincerely,
Jenefer Ellingston
SAVE THE DATE: Saturday, April 8, 2006
News From: The Cincinnati Police Department and The Community Police
Partnering Center
Please forward to all of your contacts.
Save the date of Saturday, April 8th from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM for the
very first CPOP (Community Problem Oriented Policing) Summit. The CPOP
Summit will provide useful information and best practices to CPOP team
members, faith based groups, block watch clubs, Community Council
members, and anyone who is working to improve their neighborhood. The
Summit will be held at the brand-new Community Action Agency, located
at the corner of Reading and Langdon Farm in Jordan¹s Crossing.
Additional details will follow.
For more information or to RSVP, please call or email Tracey Wilson at
the Partnering Center, 559 5450 or twilson@gcul.org.
4/8
SPAN Ohio to sponsor all day conference on
Single Payer Health Care for Ohioans
Sat. April 8 10 am to 4 pm
Holiday Inn City Center 175 E. Town St. (614-221-3281)
Columbus, OH
This is the group that Dr. Don Rucknagel supports, the doc. who gave us that great power point presentation a couple of weeks ago. Let's throw our energy behind this initiative. I am looking to form a car pool-drive up and back same day. Call me, ellen: 221 1289.
To register ($15 fee, includes lunch) see www.spanohio.org or email spanhealthcare@aol.com
SPAN Ohio tidbit: Myth: "Universal Health Car will cost too much." Reality: not more, less! 25 to 30 cents of every dollar spent on health care currently goes to the insurance companies and HMOs. Compare this with only 2.9 cents for every health dollar that goes to Medicare. Look at that difference! If those billions were used for patient care instead of to the insurance and HMO companies, that would provide much of the funding required to cover the medical needs of all Ohioans. Learn more at www.spanohio.org
April 22
MUSE Silent Auction - Latin Music by Jackie Rago
(note from Ellen: Jackie Rago is a fireball Latina, the most amazing bongo player, assorted percussion instrumentalist I have ever heard anywhere. Very cute to watch as well. I will be shelling out for this event. And you can get fabulous bargains at the silent auction. Plus... Muse deserves our support!)
Order Tickets Now! <https://www.musechoir.org/shop/index.php?cPath=23>
www.musechoir.org <http://musechoir.org/>
MUSE Cincinnati¹s Women¹s Choir
presents
4th Annual Gala Evening with the Muses
featuring Latin music
by Jackie Rago
Catherine Roma Artistic Director
Saturday, April 22
St. John¹s Unitarian Universalist Church
320 Resor Ave (Clifton)
Silent Auction
Wine & Cheese
Private Performance by Jackie Rago
6:30PM
Public Concert with Jackie Rago
8PM
Entire Event: $40
Public Concert Only: $15
Tickets available online at:
www.musechoir.org <http://www.musechoir.org>
muse@musechoir.org
(513) 221-1118
handicap accessible, sign language
childcare available with reservation by April 14
Call (513) 221-1118
MUSE receives operating support from:
City of Cincinnati
Ohio Arts Council
Community Shares
Fine Arts Fund
In Observance of Cover the Uninsured Week:
Rally For Health Care For All
Saturday, May 6, 2006 — Noon to 2 p.m.
Veterans Plaza in Columbus
(On the Third Street side of the State Capitol)
QUESTION: When will the Ohio General Assembly act to provide coverage for
the uninsured?
ANSWER: When enough Ohioans unite to demand it!
1.3 million Ohioans lack health care insurance and their number increases every
day. Millions more Ohioans have limited coverage and are just one serious illness
or injury away from bankruptcy. Skyrocketing insurance premiums jeopardize
Ohio’s families, businesses and jobs.
OHIOANS DESERVE BETTER!
A brief peaceful demonstration will follow the rally.
Bring signs and banners demanding health care for all.
Need transportation to get to Columbus? Free bus seats available in some cities. Contact:
Northeast Ohio Dave Pavlick 216-447-6080 dpavlick@uaw.net
Northwest Ohio Bob Masters 419-244-1559 bobmasters@sbcglobal.net
Southeast Ohio Arlene Sheak 740-592-1879 seospan@yahoo.com
Southwest Ohio Don Rucknagel, M.D. 513-931-3459 ruckndl@fuse.net
Central Ohio Alice Faryna, M.D. 614-442-9310 alicyna@yahoo.com
East Central Ohio Tony Budak 330-568-7002 tonybudak@clnews.org
West Central Ohio Sheilah Conard 937-313-6226 GMVSpan@aol.com
For more information, write or call Single-Payer Action Network Ohio (SPAN Ohio)
c/o GCC/IBT Local 546M ▪ 3227 West 25 St. ▪ Cleveland, Ohio ▪ 44109
Phone: 216-736-4766 ▪ Email: spanhealthcare@aol.com <mailto:spanhealthcare@aol.com> ▪ Website: www.spanohio.org <http://www.spanohio.org/>
Speakers: Barbara Baylor, Minister for Health and Wellness Programs, United Church of Christ Justice and Witness Ministries; Noel Beasley, International Vice President, UNITE HERE Union; Bill Burga, President, Ohio AFL-CIO; Michael Ehlert, Case School of Medicine, American Medical Student Association; Tim Kettler, Owner, Action Septic Service; Dennis Kucinich, U.S. Representative; Cathy Levine, Executive Director, UHCAN Ohio; Dave McCall, Director, United Steelworkers District 1 (or his designee); Dale Miller, Ohio State Senator; Patricia Moss, President, AFSCME Council 8; Dave Pavlick, SPAN Ohio Executive Committee, UAW Region 2-B; Johnathon Ross, M.D.; Michael Skindell, Ohio State Representative; and Harold Wilson, NAACP, Cleveland Branch.
This rally is endorsed by: A. Philip Randolph Institute – Ohio Chapters; Action Performance Exhaust; Action Septic Service; AFL-CIO Coalition of Labor Union Women in the Miami Valley; American Federation of Government Employees Local 3840; American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Council 8; American Medical Student Association (AMSA); Archer’s Flowers & Gifts; Archwood United Church of Christ (Cleveland); Athens Area People for Peace and Justice; Carmels Mexican Restaurant; Central Ohio Federation of Musicians Local 103, AFM; Cincinnati AFL-CIO Labor Council; Cleveland Jobs with Justice; Coalition for Affordable Healthcare in Ohio (CAHO); Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU) -- Columbus Chapter; Columbus Jobs with Justice; Communications Workers of America District 4; Community Organizing Center – Columbus; Cuyahoga County Library Union, Service Employees International Union District 1199; Dayton/Sidney/Springfield/Miami Valley AFL-CIO; Doudna Chiropractic; First Baptist Church of Dayton; Graphic Communications Conference/International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 546M; Green Party of Ohio; Hair On The Square; Hancock County AFL-CIO; Hyde Park Coiffures; Kettering Oakwood Automotive; Mayo Industries; L&H Tractor Sales; McFarland’s Barbershop; Murphy’s Furniture; National Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign (PPEHRC); Noble Satellite & Appliance; Northeast Ohio American Friends Service Committee (AFSC); Northeast Ohio Chapter of PPEHRC; Ohio AFL-CIO; Ohio Conference on Fair Trade; Ohio Democratic Party; Ohio Federation of Teachers; Ohio Jobs with Justice; Ohio National Organization for Women (Ohio NOW); Ohio State Council – UNITE HERE; Ohio State Labor Party; Patriots for Change; Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP); Portage/Summit United Auto Workers CAP Council; Results – Columbus Group; Service Employees International Union Ohio State Council; Single-Payer Action Network Ohio (SPAN Ohio); Sterling Studio; Stop Targeting Ohio’s Poor (STOP); Summit County Progressive Democrats; The OM Yoga Studio; The Sandwich Shoppe Restaurant; The Empowerment Center of Greater Cleveland; The United Church of Christ, Justice and Witness Ministries; Toledo Area Jobs with Justice; Turkish Cuisine; UA Local 50 Plumbers, Steamfitters & Service Mechanics; United Auto Workers Region 2-B; United Auto Workers Local 420; United Auto Workers Local 1050; United Auto Workers Local 1050 Retirees Chapter; United Auto Workers Local 1250; United Auto Workers Local 1327; United Food and Commercial Workers Union Region 4; United Steelworkers Union District 1; United Steelworkers Local 302L; United Steelworkers Local 1375; Universal Health Care Action Network of Ohio (UHCAN Ohio); Village Bakery & Café; Welch Insurance Agency LLC; Women for Racial and Economic Equality (WREE); Women Speak Out for Peace and Justice
Music: Deborah Van Kleef – Folksinger
For more information, write or call Single-Payer Action Network Ohio (SPAN Ohio)
c/o GCC/IBT Local 546M ▪ 3227 West 25 St. ▪ Cleveland, Ohio ▪ 44109
Phone: 216-736-4766 ▪ Email: spanhealthcare@aol.com <mailto:spanhealthcare@aol.com> ▪ Website: www.spanohio.org <http://www.spanohio.org/>
Lloyd House has Space Available
2/18/06 Now available: small single on third floor. ...
Jason's room, small single on third floor, one W facing window, double bed size suspended sleeping loft, large closet. Bathroom right outside the door in the hall. Shares third floor kitchen with 3 other housemates. $350.
Also, first floor room for office, studio, ...? This is a large oak paneled room with Rookwood fireplace. Currently furnished with king size loft bed platform, sofa, arm chair, Dhurrie rug, long oak library table. Could share the living room with me as a waiting room. Has its own outside entry door. A very handsome room. Terrific for massage practice, for instance. $320?
And come summer barring a miracle job for Alan in the city, we will have his beautiful two room suite available on second floor, plus sleeping porch.
Other Perqs: off street parking, free laundry, high speed internet, living room with piano, TV, DVD, VCR, community iMac Computer. Dining room seats 16+. Veranda off dining room with Hatteras swing, furniture. Easy access to Monday night salon pot luck, Saturday morning Dharma Study group, Sat. evening drumming circle, and ....
The Lloyd House is a stimulating, friendly, multi-cultural environment. Good vibes are required, as is a rock solid financial responsibility. Housemates can be as private or as friendly as they wish. Know anyone who might like to explore this? No undergraduates, no pets, no smoking. Prefer someone who would be interested in participating in the Salon and/or other activities here. Call me: 221 1289
P.S. It feels like something new might be about to happen with regard to the use of the Lloyd House. Help me dream that up. 221 1289 or email Ellen ellenbierhorst@lloydhouse.com v
4/1
I have spent many many hours sitting on cushions in Buddhist centers over the past thirty plus years, but never until now had the opportunity to study the actual suttras or suttas , the scriptures, what the man actually said. I am enjoying tremendously my Saturday mornings with Richard Blumberg and Liz Hamilton and others at the Dharma Center in Northside, doing just that...reading the key teachings. Impressive erudition! Come join us. Every Saturday, the Dharma Center behind the Northside post office on Hamilton Ave across from the Northside Tavern. The Dharma Center entry is on the tiny street Moline that flanks the building. 9:30 - 11. Ten minutes of sitting practice. Interested? Contact richard@WmBlake.com or...just come.
Section Three: Articles
Contents:
- Ellen and Don Rucknagle on the Health Care Reform strategy
- Ellen and Prof Evan Bukey (WHHS ‘58) on History, Lloyd, etc.
4/1/06
Health Care Reform: What do you fear most?
From: ruckndl@fuse.net
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 18:38:01 GMTFrom: Ellen
To: ellenbierhorst@lloydhouse.com
Subject: Send to a Friend: Article from TomPaine.com
Ellen,
I thought you would be interested in this.
In particular, I thought you'd find the following item interesting:
http://www.tompaine.com/articles/2006/02/27/is_america_ready_to_ban_abortion.php
Apropos a convesaton two weeks ago. I have not forgotten the question that you posed, too.
Don
Dear Don,
Thanks for the article f rom Tom Paine.
As I understand it, the deep philosophical issue re. Single Payer health plans is, on the pro side,
- the private system is exploitative and needlessly expensive, not to mention unfair.
And on the con side
- When you give over services responsibility to the government you invite stupid featherbedding, moldy bureaucracy, and a "who cares?" attitude on the part of the workers interfacing with the public. Both my parents were civil servants (Father and engineer with the Corps of Eng.; mother a technical illustrator for the Pub. Health service) and it was clear to them and to me that there is a certain moribund quality to government agencies. The job security is greater and the retirement benefits, etc. greater than in the private sector, and so people stay around who really don't have zeal for their jobs, doing half hearted work and they can't be fired. A lot of dead wood.
Apparently the movie (on video) "Invasion of the Barbarians" tells a gruesome story of health care in Canada in which the staff just didn't give a damn and the old man died when prompt, excellent medicine would have saved him.
Seems to come down to this: Whom do we mistrust more, the government or private business? Private business for heartless profiteering, or government for lousy service. I'd love to hear your personal response to this.
Ellen
4/1
From : Don
There is a moribund attitude that characterizes civil service bureaucracies, federal state and local, so I know what you mean. Ours is a socialized insurance program, not socialized medicine in that the government will not own and operate the facilities. People will still go to their own physicians, hospitals, and pharmacies. That is how Medicare works, very successfully. It and Social Security are the two most popular government programs ever. Having said all of that, I believe that every system has incompetent and/or uncaring people in it. The critical question is not whether it happens in Canada, but, rather, does it happen more often than elsewhere. The new government in Canada has a privatization mindset. We shall see what happens down the line. If we have single payer people will have more freedom to change doctors, etc. so doctors or groups that do not care may have difficulties competing.
Regarding people flooding into Ohio from surrounding states, there may be some of that. On the other hand, if the health care agency establishes a long residency requirement, it may discourage people with chronic illnesses to come. We have 11 million people in the state, so I do not sense that it will swamp the system. Second, many people do not stray far from their social support systems, but I do not have any data to back that up. Finally, people move back and forth all of the time. We have people whose hearts and jobs are in Ohio but live in Northern Ky because property values are so low there. Finally, many states are contemplating setting up state-wide systems. That may be a price that we will need to pay until we obtain it nationally.
That said, there are people that latch onto ideas such as that and no manner of discussion will sway them. So be it.
I hope that helps.
Don
Ellen and Prof. Evan Bukey (WHHS ‘58) on History, Lloyd, Bush etc.
Juicy exchange last Sept.
From: ebukey@uark.edu
Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 13:31:45 -0500 (CDT)
To: Ellen Bierhorst <ellenbierhorst@lloydhouse.com
Subject: Re: Weekly 9/17/05 - 6
Chusti- (my nickname in high school...ellen)
Some day I'd really like to attend your discussion group (although
as mentioned earlier, my opinions would win little applause). On the
other hand, your table-mates might be mildly amused by a reactionary
who loathes Bush.
Is your house named for the famous Dr. Lloyd, the longtome head of
the Cincinnati Ecclectic Medical School? Was it his residence?
More later,
Evan
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On Mon, 19 Sep 2005, Ellen Bierhorst wrote:
Yes, John Uri Lloyd. Pharmacist, inventor, educator, mystic and novelist.
Herbal medicine. Yes, lived her in 30's. A great guy.
Tell me about "a reactionary". Would love to hear.
C.
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From: ebukey@uark.edu
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 08:36:36 -0500 (CDT)
To: Ellen Bierhorst <ellenbierhorst@lloydhouse.com
Subject: Re: Lloyd
My grandfather graduated from the Cincinnati Eclectic Medical College in
1890 and praticed medicine until his death at age 58(!) in 1919. The AMA
purged the medical profession at the turn of the century but my
grandfather retained his his hospital privileges in Columbus. Further,
the Eclectic Medical School did not close its doors until 1939. Doctor
friends tell me that modern medicine is taking another look at the
eclectic method, noting that in before anti-biotics it had much merit. One
must be very careful about holistic medicine, however. A close friend
refused chemo for breast cancer, preferring diet and other holistic
treatment. After a year, she changed her mind but it now appears to be too
late. Very upsetting.
A reactionary is one opposed to the idea of progress, above all
to the fatuous notion that human nature is mutable.
love and kisses,
E.
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Fascinating!
Opposed to progress... that we don't want to progress? that we cannot
progress? That the old days were gooder?
Human nature...not mutable. Hmmm. As a group, a species? As individuals?
Say more. I am in the business of people working to change themselves, as
you know. Do you think that is impossible? Let's wrastle on this one.
XX OO
C.
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From: ebukey@uark.edu
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 10:06:09 -0500 (CDT)
To: Ellen Bierhorst <ellenbierhorst@lloydhouse.com
Subject: Re: Lloyd
What does one mean by "progress?" How does one define it in the 21st
century? If human beings are fundamentally good and well disposed to one
another, as Rouseau and the 18th century philosophs argued, how does one
account for the horrors of the French Revolution, Stalinism, the
Holocaust, the Cultural Revolution? You name it. Never forget that
Robespierre, Lenin, Hitler, Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot - all thought they were
doing good, i.e. "breaking a few eggs" to advance the progress of the
human race. What happens is the consequence of what people think. But
what determines thought? Why, for example, do so many people love George
W. Bush? Why do they tolerate, sometimes wallow, in social injustice? Why
has the Holocaust supplanted the Torah for so many American Jews? Why do
Christians ignore the teachings of Jesus? What will be the impact of
internet porno on young people?
Your turn,
EB
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On Thu, 22 Sep 2005, Ellen Bierhorst wrote:
This is heavy shit. What about the notion that our "inhumanity" is the
fault of "civilization" with its consequent malnutrition, overcrowding, and
diseases of all kinds? I am thinking about that guy who wrote the Ishmael
books, and also Jared Diamond, some of his points. In the current
Scientific American there is an artical "Can we wipe out extreme poverty" or
some such title, and it starts out asserting that humans used to live , all
of us, in extreme poverty. Yet the wisdom I am gleaning these days doesn't
agree at all. For instance, Weston A Price (WestonAPrice.org) was a dentist
who found superior health in backwater settlements where the people had no
modern milled grains, etc. etc. No cavities, had all their wisdom teeth,
... lived in peace.
Am leaving tomorrow for D.C to demonstrate against the War in Iraq.
Wish me luck.
C.
===========================
Don't demonstrate against the War in Iraq! Demonstrate against the
INCOMPETENCE of the Bush regime. That's the entering wedge to drive him
out and get the troops home. Believe me. I know what appeals to the
elctorate. I suspect, incidentally, that Anita (Evan’s wife) hates Bush more than you.
It also occurs to me that you may run into my niece, Elizabeth Bukey,
Carleton, '05. She's also taking part in the DC demo.
Delighted that you think this worth debating. Jared Diamond has some
fascinating things to say about New Guinea, but he's way over his head in
applying his findings to civilizations with a historical record.
Good luck in Washington. Next week I'm off to Milwaukee, but not until
Thursday.
EB
Mike Murphy and Don Sayre on Sustainability in Cincinnati
4/1
dasayre@aol.com ; Mike Murphy <mailto:mmurphy10@fuse.net>
From Mike:From: dasayre@aol.comFrom Don Sayre:
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 13:05:57 EST
To: lloydhousesalon@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [LloydHouseSalon] Sustaininnati
Long before and far that way from now I enjoyed a potluck conversation or two at the Salon. Always intriguing. Then life interrupted and I left the neighborhood, the city, the state, the region. Now, am in some desert, still searching for meaningful opportunity.
Along the search, a few years ago, at the first Sustainable Northwest conference (Portland OR), three significant speakers presented discussions on the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE). Judy Wicks. Michael Shuman. David Korten. A year later I drove to Philadelphia from Cincinnati to attend the 2nd annual gathering of BALLE members as a freelance writer on sustainability. The people and what they promise holds my attention.
I would like to recommend your investigation into BALLE, what it offers, what you offer, what a union to the two offers. Judy runs White Dog Cafe and White Dog Cafe Foundation in Philadelphia, promoting local foods and teaching the homeless to work in the restaurant and bar in return of living wage (<http://www.whitedog.com/foundation.html>). Michael is well published on going local and creating self-reliant communities. David started Yes Magazine and is also an author on living local. http://www.livingeconomies.org/
The latest lloydhouse gnus mail inspired this one...about house makeover and sustainable cincinnati...a $1300/month mark twain energy bill outlay for a bulldozer of a castle...or something like that.
Ellen--I'm thinking of setting up a MeetUp site to be called 'Sustainable Cincinnati', similar to the one Donna Askins has set up out in Elgin, IL, which is called APPLE [Alliance for a Post Petroleum Local Economy]. Associated with the Post Carbon Institute in Oregon. Google on both terms. Costs $12.95/mo.
When I think about it tho, the APPLE name, while creative, ties the whole thing too closely, too exclusively to petroleum. Whereas Diamond, Toynbee and others repeatedly point out civilizations are pretty much governed by Liebig's 'weak link' law of the availability of the weakest item in the web of resources which a particular society/civilization depends on. 'Sustainable' is more positive, covers them all, without being particular, and tends automatically toward local economy.
Also, google on 'sustainable tompkins', the county where Ithaca, NY, is [and where the EcoVillage is located]. And 'Willits, CA, relocalization,' [which is where Ecology Action is located, and John Jeavons' Bountiful Gardens].These two sites are templates, paradigms for what I'd like to see happen in 'Sustaininnati.'
Well, maybe our friend from the desert does indeed have the best word: Sustaninnati. Mike
(This conversation was carried out on our Yahoo Group site...check it out:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LloydHouseSalon
Ellen.)
4/1
Energy Conservation Engineer John Robbins (presented at Salon last year)
on Peak Oil prophecies: “No doomsday; conserve!”
Mike et al,
....
.... None of my
events talk about or stress the dooms-day nature of oil running out. I
present it as an opportunity to change ! So I don't see the wane of oil as
negative. We'll see prices go up and up and up, for sure. The most
immediate and larger problems are why so many folks willingly continue
demanding, using and paying for energy guzzling ModelT structures, vehicles,
lifestyles and work habits while fuel costs they complain about rise
steadily. We'll be "hit" again and again by waves of price rises before oil
supplies actually begin running out. The immediate issue is lowering our
use and cutting costs, not worrying about post-petrol yet. Solutions
abound, but most rely on those reductions! IMHO
JohnR
(John is an engineer, architect...designs systems for living that are sustainable. Energy efficient. Check out below.)
Address
John Robbins
Robbins Alternate Energies
3519 Moffett Rd
Morning View, KY 41063-8748
Primary Contact Information.
Primary Phone: 859-363-0376
Alternate Phone:
Fax:
Email: johnfrobbins@insightbb.com
Web Site: home.insightbb.com/~johnfrobbins/
The Lloyd House Salon (usually about 15 people) Meets Mondays at 5:45,
EVERY MONDAY, 52 WEEKS/YEAR come hell or high water, as my mother used to say.
We of the Lloyd House Salon gather in a spirit of
respect, sympathy and compassion for one another
in order to exchange ideas for our mutual pleasure and enlightenment.
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Our Salon blog is a promising interactive site: http:lloydhouse.blogspot.com
Interactive Yahoo Salon group, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LloydHouseSalon
We have 45 members as of 7/05.
For Pot Luck procedures including food suggestions, mission and history visit
http://home.fuse.net/ellenbierhorst/Potluck.html .
You are invited also to visit the Lloyd House website: http://www.lloydhouse.com
> To unsubscribe from the Lloyd House Potluck Salon list, send a REPLY message
> to me and in the SUBJECT line type in "unsub potluck #". In the place of #
> type in the numeral that follows the subject line of my Weekly email. It
> will be 1,2, 3, 4, 5, or 6. This tells me which sub-list your name is on so I can
> delete it. Thanks! ellen bierhorst
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