WE HAVE MET THE ENEMY. . .SURPRISE!!!!!!

Sometimes, in too many ways, and too many things, we are our own worst enemy. . .

One thing that really makes me angry, is too see someone carelessly drop garabage within sight of a trashcan.

The frog does not drink up the pond in which he lives. --Souix proverb

When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe. --John Muir  (1838 - 1914)

 

"The old Lakota was wise. He knew that man's heart away from nature becomes hard; he knew that lack of respect for growing, living things soon led to lack of respect for humans too. So he kept his youth close to its softening influence." --Luther Standing Bear, Oglala Sioux chief

 

 

Humankind has not woven the web of life.
We are but one thread within it.
Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves.
All things are bound together.
All things connect. ---Chief Seattle, 1854

 

 

When all the trees have been cut down,
when all the animals have been hunted,
when all the waters are polluted,
when all the air is unsafe to breathe,
only then will you discover you cannot eat money. ---Cree Prophecy

 

 

When one sits in the Hoop Of The People,
one must be responsible because
All of Creation is related.
And the hurt of one is the hurt of all.
And the honor of one is the honor of all.
And whatever we do effects everything in the universe.

If you do it that way - that is,
if you truly join your heart and mind
as One - whatever you ask for,
that's the Way It's Going To Be.

---passed down from White Buffalo Calf Woman---

SUSTAINING THE OCEANS BOUNTY

We have all read, at least I hope we have all read, the warnings about the dire circumstances our world wide fisheries are in due to over fishing. The collaspe of the Atlantic Cod stocks are but one example.

I have always found the teachers that influenced me the most taught with humor. I hope this 'lesson' stays with you longer than just reading a news article.

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Now that hopefully you are laughing, a few links follow for very serious discussions of declining fish stocks and how we can help.

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From the Monterey Bay Aquarium, their Seafood Watch site:

http://www.mbayaq.org/cr/seafoodwatch.asp

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And from Princeton University, their Greening page with several links to seafood conservation and facts:

http://www.princeton.edu/~greening/fisheries.html