ap news fact check actually helped me feel way better today. I actually felt myself tune in to my own grounded feelings and that was deeply settling for me as I spend most of my day and days in that state as I work on horses and listen to them graze together encouraging the feelings of being a herd at peace and tuned to the natural hum of connectedness in the world around them. It helped me gain my own equilibrium and so I wanted to pass that along to everyone here. Thank you for the support with the happy stories.
I love this story that happened last week. These four DC boys not only saved a child on an Ireland beach in a miraculous rescue from an almost certain drowning but the rescue happened on the anniversary of their own great uncle’s drowning in Ireland. Dee-do dee-doo!
Oh, Jeanne, that is so wonderfully, absolutely perfectly amazing. Time, place, anniversary of the uncles death and all 4 boys champion swimmers!
Wow wow wow.
Cue the music, indeed!
I wasn't sure where to post this, but I was struck by the power of this image of a teen girl sitting peacefully, reading the Russian Constitution in protest with a backdrop of riot police: https://www.msn.com/en-sg/news/world/olga-misik-how-teenage-girl-reading-constitution-in-front-of-putins-riot-police-became-a-symbol-of-russian-resistance/ar-AAF8HLL?fbclid=IwAR2_i2ODSsqGEEHHyL8ma88s8-w5857lv-_gAtC5BWO8sjyBevPCs5uGgy8
First, I can't help but think of the predictions about how our youth will make the world a better place. Even in the darkest of places we see a light standing up for democracy. I would never suggest to avoid feeling angry or fearful, but there is room for hope within the swirl of chaos of the changes now.
While we have always tried to follow the principles of reduce/reuse/recycle long before those concepts came into the collective, we also lament the strange ignorance or laziness that is so prevalent in a wasteful society that often seems to go out of its way to deliberately.even unconscionably waste enormous amounts of materials and goods on massive levels that almosts seems to denigrate all of the good we do on our own comparativy minute level.
I applauded and shared organizations finding ways to use and share excess foods, materials, resources etc by starting this topic and am grateful to many here for keeping the topic going when i could not.
So when megalithic Amazon started a program to reuse their boxes by putting donatable items inside and returning them to Amazon postage free for donation to Goodwill, i thought hurrah for that.
And when they just announced this latest program and it came up in my newsfeed I knew i had to share-- even if its a mega company wiping out smaller ones all over America.
"Amazon launches FBA Donations program for unsold inventory"
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/14/amazon-launches-fba-donations-program-for-unsold-inventory.html
I said Hurrah! again but I remind everyone that we need to continue to be the little good guys at every level personslly and professionally in our own small or big business ways to do the same.
Yesterday, a family member was at the transfer station where usables are put in one pile, recyclables in another, and outdated or no longer computer etc.parts put into another for recycling in many ways.
The last area was the garbage dump, itself. There he saw a large delivery truck from a company business that uses a lot of very nice, replaced every few years, office furniture (desks, couches, chairs, lamps) looking not just perfectly reusable but far nicer and of better quality than what most of us can afford or have in our homes--dumping their entire load into the garbage dump, getting rid of perfectly, beautiful furniture by dumping all of it right into the filthy, waste of garbage!!
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I applaud Amazon and anyone who tries to do better and be better for whatever reason but remind us all that we need to begin at home, in our businesses we own or be bringing attention in any and all ways we can (even in this forum) that we can all do better and be better by thinking of others and asking why do we do what we do and how can we change those old practices to do better?
At least Amazon tries and that's so much better than not trying at all.....
Thank you so much for posting the link about the Russian teen protester. That is a very powerful photo and the article will stick with me for some time. She will need a lot of light and prayers sent her way. So courageous and inspiring.
@michele-b-here-in-the-forum
I do agree with you. I am very glad Amazon is taking this step. What amazes me is that the were destroying the inventory previously. I can't imagine that. Your furniture dump story is the same thing. What is the world are they thinking? Let's hope more sanity prevails.
In Arizona, there is a wonderful organization called Market on the Move. It is an offshoot of The 3000 Club. It collects produce and food from growers and distributers that would go to waste and allows people to purchase 60 pounds for 10 dollars. The hope is that it can be shared with those who are in need. They often have organic produce as well. There are also prepared food items from major companies and they have a have a some new household products which are sold for a deep discount as well. They have 3 main permanent centers as well as produce only stands which move to different locations through out the month. It is a true blessing for so many and is an example of what we should be doing.
The story you posted about the 17 year old girl is beautiful and poignant. I am going to save it and cherish that photo. https://www.msn.com/en-sg/news/world/olga-misik-how-teenage-girl-reading-constitution-in-front-of-putins-riot-police-became-a-symbol-of-russian-resistance/ar-AAF8HLL?fbclid=IwAR2_i2ODSsqGEEHHyL8ma88s8-w5857lv-_gAtC5BWO8sjyBevPCs5uGgy8
Well, I'm posting about another teen standing up to the elite in power: Greta Thunberg. She's on her way to North America & then will head to Brazil (in a solar powered yacht). https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/aug/14/greta-thunberg-sets-sail-plymouth-climate-us-trump?CMP=share_btn_fb&fbclid=IwAR1phOTsBslGz2sA2RvBk-hlgE6iMuuYhr5wmRRVKuet_Bmo79TkMe_eKWk
I'm hoping you will join me in praying for this brave young woman--for her safety and that her message will be heard by those in power to take action, and that we will continue to see minds and hearts opened and more action to work against the causes of the climate crisis.
Greta Thunberg and the Sunrise youth movement (and others) fit the predictions about youth rising up to work to solve the problems of our era. I hope you all see more of this in your visions! ❤️ Today I start a new year teaching college students and I've centered the course theme on the environment. I'll be showing her "The House Is on Fire" speech and encouraging them to use the power of their voices to speak out on issues that matter to them. Most of the students I see already care deeply about "being the change" and they give me hope.