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Category Archives: Inspiration
So much expression and beautiful energy is transmitted through our eyes. Absolutely love this!
People are so resilient. Truly astonishing to see what one person is capable of accomplishing despite very challenging circumstances. Where there’s a will, there’s a way. Murad Al Khuffash is so awesome and I am sure will inspire countless others to find their own way through the madness.
“Farming in the Occupied Territories is not easy. Land confiscation aside, Palestinians face restricted access to water; sporadic land ownership; and overworked and polluted soil. This all contributes to many leaving their land in search of easier ways to support themselves and their families.
When I recently traveled to Palestine, I was surprised to learn how dependent Palestinians have become on Israel to survive. With a lack of work and an aid-reliant economy close to collapse, occupation has normalized. Making enough money to survive is the current battle. Of those that qualify for the hard to get work permits, many thousands of Palestinians make the journey into Israel to jobs, some even working on the construction of the separation walls and settlements that rob them of their land.
Murad Al Khuffash challenges this set of circumstances by engaging in permaculture, working with nature to create sustainable, self-sufficient ecosystems for growing food.
“Permaculture has a lot of benefits for Palestinians living under the occupation” he says, “If everyone starts to grow their own food in their garden or backyard then they won’t have to work in Israel or abroad. They will have their own food.”
For more on this story check out http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/permaculture-makes-farming-in-occupied-territories-easier/
I spent ALL weekend organizing, shifting furniture around, cleaning and purging which was intense, but feels so good… like letting go of the old paradigm. So ready for all the new beautiful things headed my way now that I have cleared lots of energetic space.
Love this!
“Ricky Syers is an off-beat 50 year old street performer who found his calling as a puppeteer after a lifetime of manual labor. While performing in New York City’s Washington Square Park, he met Doris Diether, an 86 year old community activist. They became friends and he made a marionette that looks just like her. Now she’s joined his act and the two of them can often be seen performing together.”
I am a huge fan of Peter Sharp and The Liberators. In their latest social experiment, they have strangers sit for one minute making eye contact. Most people are unaccustomed to such intimacy… what a beautiful idea.
Instead of suggesting surgery or drugs to remedy a patient’s problems, this doctor makes nourishing food the first priority.
In Houston, Texas, a progressive doctor has begun prescribing fruits and vegetables instead of pharmaceutical drugs, as he and many others believe nourishing food is an essential requirement for becoming ‘well’.
After years of treating patients’ modern-day ails, such as Diabetes and high blood pressure, Dr. Garth Davis discovered that diet and lifestyle are truly the best tools for helping a body become vibrantly well.
As the medical director of bariatric surgery at Memorial Hermann Memorial City Medical Center, Dr. Davis no longer prescribes pharmaceutical drugs but instead dolls out recommendations for fruits and vegetables. And so far, patients have responded very well to the change.
“As physicians, we perform surgery or prescribe medications to our patients to make them well,” said Davis. “Why not also educate them on healthy eating, and make fresh fruits and vegetables readily available?”
Dr. Davis and his team partnered with Kristina Gabrielle Carrillo-Bucaram, the founder, and chief co-operator of Rawfully Organic (the nation’s largest nonprofit organic food co-op), to make this possible.
Together, Dr. Davis, Kristina, the Memorial Hermann Memorial City Medical Center Hospital and the Memorial Hermann Foundation have opened the “Farmacy Stand.”
The stand is open from 10 AM – 2 PM, every Wednesday in the lobby of Memorial Hermann Memorial City Medical Center in Houston, Texas.
When prescribed fresh produce by Dr. Davis, patients go to the ‘Farmacy’ and receive $10 off a regularly priced $25 box of fresh, organic produce through the Rawfully Organic co-op. The Memorial Hermann Foundation graciously provided money to build the stand, and also funds the $10 discount for patients to eat healthier.
Awesome.
Source: True Activist
Photo credit: Rawfully Organic
Let’s be honest… Who’s day wouldn’t be massively improved by an impromptu dance party. Love it!
A few years ago Hailey saw a homeless man on the street and thought it would be nice to buy him a sandwich. She and her mom did so. From there Hailey figured, why give one person a sandwich when you can feed many more with a garden. So she planted a garden that she harvests for the local food bank. She donated 128 pounds last year. From that garden grew the shelter idea, as well as various other efforts providing health and hygiene supplies to the homeless. She is currently building a shelter for her homeless friend Edward. “If she had her way we’d have mobile sleeping shelters taking up our front lawn,” said Hailey’s mother, Miranda. Hailey received a $3,000 grant from Together Rising and momastery.com for her efforts. She plans to use the money to build 11 more shelters, so that not just her friend Edward, but some of his friends will also have warm, dry places to sleep. “It just doesn’t seem right that there are homeless people,” Hailey said. “I think everyone should have a place to live.”
Source: King5
Andre McDonnell, who works in New York City’s fashion district, began giving away new athletic shoes to homeless people about three years ago, using the personal touch of hand delivery– usually in Grand Central and Penn Stations where many congregate. His one-man charity outreach, “It’s From the Sole,” distributed 4,000 pairs of sneakers last year alone. The inspiration for his work struck the Brooklyn man while he was playing basketball one summer and noticed a homeless man walking in the streets without shoes. Suddenly compelled to help, he walked over and gave the man the shoes off his feet, and a clean pair of socks he had in a bag. He has been “outfitting” the less fortunate ever since.
Source: Good News Network
Under The Blue Door 