LiveGaia – Holistic Living, Sustainable Life

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting! On June 23rd, James Hanson, who on that date twenty years ago sounded the first warning about global warming, spoke before the US Congress. His now prophetic warnings in June 1988 look today starker than ever because he says, [...]

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Carbon footprints – they’re all the rage these days. It’s tough on Americans though because it’s a big is bad situation and big has been soooo good for so long. Finally with gasoline at $4 a gallon and oil at $140 a barrel big doesn’t look so good (in Britain 2 pounds a gallon were [...]

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Hawaii becomes the first state to pass into law (Act 204) a requirement for solar water heaters on all new single family homes from 2010. Hooora!! I don’t personally get why legislation like this doesn’t begin straight away for all new building permits. It’s not as if this requires solar water heaters on all existing [...]

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~ If I could feel this moment More than it’s possible to feel Or just the fullest that I can Would I not expand More than it’s possible to remain just me If I was more than could remain just me or just the fullest that I am would I not expand and find that [...]

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A couple of days ago I wrote how ingeniously creative we humans can be and today I want to share a great example. Most people are familiar with solar power as photo voltaic panels. They work great, they have a good lifespan these days but they are somewhat limited in application. Many other PV technologies [...]

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17 June 2008 Amma was welcomed to Los Angeles with the presentation of an official commendation signed by the city’s Mayor and the City Council. She was also officially welcomed by the Deputy of Health, Richard Espinosa, and the Field Deputy, Joe Matthews. Addressing Amma on the dais, Mr. Espinosa said, “On behalf of the [...]

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Plastic, it is so everywhere in our lives, so many places we hardly even notice it. Bags, wrappers, containers, bottles and on and on, I’m typing on it now. Some of it is easily recyclable, which is great for those who bother to do it (ever peeked in your neighbors trash can!!). I have a [...]

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