Baby, You Have To Leave This Town.

By Joana Smith on Jun 28, 2009

Last week we went flying on an airplane to Boulder, CO, we had a party to get to. But when we returned home, someone had cut down four trees in the garden! They told…

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Alice Walker on Aung San Suu Kyi

By Reverend Danny Fisher on Jun 27, 2009

  Via the Buddhist Peace Fellowship: Alice Walker, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Color Purple, has written a lovely blog post with her reflections about Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma's Nobel Peace laureate…

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The June Rise

By Jim Tolstrup on Jun 27, 2009

Rain and hail continue to fall in Northern Colorado and rivers like the Cache La Poudre (reportedly named by French trappers who hid a cache of gunpowder there and never found it again) are brimming full. The early settlers and trappers in this area, referred to the swollen state of rivers in the spring as "The June Rise."

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A Simple Act of Kindness

By Jim Tolstrup on Jun 22, 2009

Suburbitat: A Suburban Naturalist's Journal: A Simple Act of Kindness Yesterday I was walking into town. Actually, I was going to the Fort Collins Shambhala Meditation Center, to practice meditation, in order to be a more…

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Buy a DVD Copy of Dhamma Dana–It’s Cheap and For a Good Cause

By Reverend Danny Fisher on Jun 15, 2009

In my recent posting for MahaSangha News about the 30th Anniversary Reunion of Antioch Education Abroad's Buddhist Studies in India Program, I mentioned that one of the activities included a screening of a short…

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We are the humans from earth*

By Joana Smith on Jun 12, 2009

We used to talk a lot, but we don't talk much anymore. Where have you been? I'm pregnant again, are you? I'm getting big already! It's okay. Hey, we're not losing you, are we?…

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Suburbitat: Our Cruel Spring ~ via Jim Tolstrup.

By Jim Tolstrup on Jun 9, 2009

Suburbitat: Our Cruel Spring This year on February 3rd I heard the first Red-Wing Blackbirds. Three days later I heard the first Meadow Larks. Last year I was impressed when these same birds appeared, ahead of…

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NPR Fondles Monsanto. [Petition]

By Sarah Miller on May 29, 2009

Oh you haven't heard?! Your fuzzy, sweet little "public" radio station is getting monetary support from some of the largest corporations in the world. I've heard the GE commercials before and shuddered, but when I…

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What’s Going on with Aung San Suu Kyi, and What Can I Do?

By Reverend Danny Fisher on May 18, 2009

For those who don't know, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is the leader of Burma's National League for Democracy, a political party founded in 1988 by activists opposed to the country's ruling military dictatorship.  Suu Kyi won…

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Why Be Green?

By Joana Smith on May 7, 2009

Why Be Green? You may have asked yourself this question before; or perhaps you've been asked this question by someone else. But how does one go about answering it? Perhaps there is a more…

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Happy wheels, happy world: Bikes Not Bombs! Photos via Caroline Treadway.

By Caroline Treadway on May 6, 2009

April 11, 2009-Bikes Not Bombs volunteers strip old bike wheels and toss them into a pile of bike parts headed to the Vijana Center, a school in Tanzania. Bayla Shepley pulled inner tubes off used…

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Swine flu: Stop another outbreak: Avaaz.org tells us how

By Yesica on May 5, 2009

Evidence is emerging that traces swine flu to giant factory pig farms that are dirty, dangerous, and inhumane. Sign the petition to the World Health Organization and the Food and Agriculture Organization to investigate and…

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Spring is back: so is Permaculture: Green Service, Zia Parker and The Willow Way

By Yesica on May 2, 2009

Permaculture is a design science, rooted in observation of nature, to learn how to live with the resilience and stability of natural eco-systems. Taught in over 100 countries, Permaculture is a global grass-roots movement in sustainability…

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Santiago Fort Barberá: liberemos al ciudadano de la necesidad del dinero para subsistir: Alternativa o Utopía?

By Yesica on May 2, 2009

Como siempre, depende de nosotros. Tú, yo, nosotros. Momento a momento, respiro tras respiro. Hoy, Santiago Fort Barberá, de Barcelona, España, me escribió diciendo: "Hola, ayúdame a comunicar esta idea." Y resultó no ser una…

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Santiago Fort Barberá: let’s liberate people of the need for money to survive: Alternative or Utopia?

By Yesica on May 2, 2009

    As always, it is our choice. You, I, us. Moment by moment and breath upon breath. Today, Santiago Fort Barberá, from Barcelona, Spain,  wrote me saying: "Hi, Help me to spread this idea."…

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Buddhist Chaplaincy Training in the United States

By Reverend Danny Fisher on May 1, 2009

[This post has been updated as of 9:00 a.m. PST on 5.4.09.  Thanks to Andrew Merz for the correction.] I haven't posted to Ye Olde Elephant Journal in a while because I recently moved…

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How to Protect Yourself Without Dangerous Drugs and Vaccinations: Dr. Mercola’s advice

By Yesica on Apr 30, 2009

My friend Robin Clements from Baja Wellness sent me a great article about the Swine Flu Pandemic topic.   Critical Alert: The Swine Flu Pandemic – Fact or Fiction? by Dr. Mercola. I think is worth…

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The Yellow Line Institute of Boulder Presents Happy Hour With Horsepower, Friday May 1st.

By Sarah Miller on Apr 29, 2009

Get your bevie on and ride in an electric Porche?! Sounds like a Green Boulderite's dream! Thanks to the Yellow Line Institute, Friday, May 1st from 5:30- 7:30, you could be just this lucky... The…

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What Can I Learn about Buddhist Activism from Studying a Scriptural Language?

By Reverend Danny Fisher on Apr 20, 2009

Upon the kind invitation of Joan Halifax Roshi, I wrote a little something for this week's issue of the Upaya Newsletter, which you can read here. It's a reflection on studying Pāḷi--the Middle-Indo Aryan…

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elephant journal covers Earth Day / Record Store Day in Nashville… photos of Jack White, Grimey, Jeremy Lister, and more!

By Rusty Ralston on Apr 20, 2009

      Rusty here, dropping you a little local Nashville news for the joint Record Store / Earth Day Celebration. It's not often you can officially support your local independent record store and support…

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