The Sacred Five: Key to you Yoga Studio success.
by Shannon Paige Schneider on Apr 20, 2010
Your ideas and inspirations to share your passion for yoga in a public medium need not be done in solitary marveling, stressing, and sheer elbow grease…
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I’ll never smoke weed with Willie again. (Sing along, 4:20).
by Waylon Lewis on Apr 19, 2010
Plastic vs. Hemp We could balance the budget in 20 minutes if we could re-legalize hemp! ~ Willie.
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Human or Animal, what makes the difference? ~ Shashi Joshi
by elephantjournal.com on Apr 12, 2010
A well-known Sanskrit shloka goes – “Food, sleep, fear and mating, these acts of humans are similar to animals. Of humans, dharma (right conduct, virtue) is the only special thing, without dharma humans are just animals.” āhāra-nidrā-bhaya-maithunaṁ cha samānaṁ-étad-pashubhiḥ-narāṇām | dharmo hi téshām-adhiko viṣheṣho dharméṇa-hīnāḥ pashubhiḥ samānāḥ || Let us look deeper at this assertion. [...]
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Fair Trade My Home. ~ Karen Snyder
by elephantjournal.com on Mar 31, 2010
Quick! What is the easiest way to fight poverty? If you said buy stuff, you are close to being right. Every time you purchase a product, you are not only supporting the people who made or cultivated the item, but the trail of supported jobs continues to those who distributed the goods and retailed them. [...]
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What to do with your friendly everyday Toxic Waste (don’t trash it). ~ Rick Gilbert
by elephantjournal.com on Mar 30, 2010
Product Stewardship So what do we do with our pharmaceuticals, paint, mercury-bearing lamps, electronics..? We’ve always been good at manufacturing and consuming products…and bad at figuring out what to do with them (and the chemicals it took to make them) once they’ve become obsolete or broken. by Rick Gilbert (who knows what he is talking [...]
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Time to Start Taking the Internet Seriously ~ David Gelernter
by William Harryman on Mar 8, 2010
The always provocative Edge Magazine (curated by John Brockman) has a recent article up by David Gelernter on the current state and potential future of the internet. DAVID GELERNTER is a professor of computer science at Yale and chief scientist at Mirror Worlds Technologies (New Haven). His research centers on information management, parallel programming, and [...]
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Boulder (Un?)chained: Keeping it Real by Keeping it Local!
by Todd Mayville on Feb 8, 2010
“Too big to fail” really means “too big to exist in the first place.” Want to make a difference? Keep it weird. Keep it local! Boulder, Colorado: One of the slogans we hear all of the time (locally) is “Keep Boulder Weird,” a great reminder as to how unique the city of Boulder is (What? [...]
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Natural Economics – St. Brigid vs. the Convenience Store.
by Jim Tolstrup on Feb 1, 2010
I am not suggesting that we go back to a lifestyle of cottages and cows (although I wouldn’t mind), but we have moved dangerously far from our food source—and those who know their history know that can spell the extinction of a culture. ~ JT. ~ Today is St. Brigid’s Day in Ireland. Before it became St. [...]
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In Iceland, it’s Economy v. Nature. Or is it? Video.
by elephantjournal.com on Jan 14, 2010
Film: Dreamland. What’s Dreamland about? The… …destruction of “one of Europe’s last intact wilderness areas” coming as a prerequisite. As a National Geographic report put it, Iceland faces a stark choice: “exploit a wealth of clean energy or keep their landscape pristine.” A new documentary, Dreamland (directed by Magnason and Andri Snær), brings Magnason’s book [...]
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Google Gives China the Boot?
by John Pappas on Jan 13, 2010
I guess that Google has finally “had it up to here” with China’s constant need to censor and spy upon its own citizens. China evitentally has been hacking into the Google platform to target Chinese human rights activists (you know those activists can be such a pain in the ass). From the Google Blog: In mid-December, [...]
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Should we fine businesses who leave doors open in winter?
by elephantjournal.com on Dec 30, 2009
Update via Pedestrian Shops on Twitter: “@elephantjournal So glad to see this impt issue discussed. We adopted our ‘Closed Door Policy’ in Aug 08.” Update via Downtown Boulder Association, which we love (they support so many local, indie businesses): George K owns Art Source, not Art Mart, and the doors at Art Source are closed! [...]
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A New Year’s Resolution Worth Considering
by Chris Courtney on Dec 29, 2009
Eat local, bank local.
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“I Come Here Today not to Talk, but to Act.” Obama’s Speech in Copenhagen.
by elephantjournal.com on Dec 18, 2009
Update: Breaking News @nytimes White House Announces ‘Meaningful’ Climate Deal http://bit.ly/74CTDz President Obama in Copenhagen. The full speech. 65% of Americans say Climate Change is a problem. “We intend to meet that responsibility.” Read a great summation of what’s going on in the New York Times, including obstacles (China and transparency) and Obama’s surprising seriousness [...]
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AP: President Obama gives himself a B+ for 2009.
by elephantjournal.com on Dec 13, 2009
Read the story here, on AP. Excerpt: …Speaking with fellow Chicagoan Oprah Winfrey, the president claimed progress on economic and international fronts. Obama said the only thing that stands in the way of giving himself a better grade is the fact that some elements of his agenda — health care reform and putting more Americans [...]
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3 words that will save the economy: GAY BRIDAL REGISTRY.
by elephantjournal.com on Dec 13, 2009
Republicans, want to help the economy? Here’s a quick fix. From Funniest/Truest Protest Signs of 2009, via Huffington Post.
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“Lemonade”, Documenting the Realities and Liberation in Losing Your Job.
by elephantjournal.com on Dec 2, 2009
More than 130,000 advertising professionals have lost their jobs in this “Great Recession.” Written by Erik Proulx and Directed by Mike Colucci, Lemonade is about what happens when people who were once paid to be creative in advertising are forced to be creative with their own lives. Lemonade is brought to you by Please Feed [...]
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Is Africa Our 21st Century Canary? ~ via WildiZe Foundation
by elephantjournal.com on Nov 16, 2009
Have you ever been really thirsty and hungry? For tens of thousands of Kenyans right now, the answer would be a resounding, yes. The country is experiencing its worst drought in living memory. In a space of less than two decades, Kenya’s oases, pastures, and forests are rapidly disappearing, driving communities toward loss of livelihood [...]
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Barry Siff’s Unsuccessful Attempt at Boulder City Council ~ via Courtney Holden.
by elephantjournal.com on Nov 6, 2009
A champion muscle-man now presides over California. Jesse “The Body” Ventura once governed Minnesota. Barry Siff, multi-sport athlete and Eco-Challenge competitor, had hoped to join a short list of sportspersons turned politicians. But Tuesday’s Boulder City Council election results had Suzy Ageton, Matthew Appelbaum, KC Becker, Macon Cowles, and George Karakehian joining the starting [...]
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“Patagonia’s sales in 2007 reached $270 million. Even with the recession Patagonia is on track to have its best year ever.”
by elephantjournal.com on Oct 26, 2009
What recession? Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard just received US News & World Report’s award at a top 100 human being on the planet. Not half bad. “The reason I am in business is I want to protect what I love,” he says. “I used to spend 250 days a year sleeping on the ground. I’ve [...]
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Tips for Economic Prosperity. ~ via Kalpa
by elephantjournal.com on Oct 22, 2009
I have been a financial crisis blogger for quite a few months now, each day digging into cyberspace to find the most relevant news items, and then trying to draw conclusions from them. At present, I’m amazed and in disbelief about the rebounding strength of the equity markets and general media headlines which assume that [...]
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Geithner touts success of mortgage modification program. But has it helped you?
by Liz Benson on Oct 8, 2009
Despite claims of major frustration by troubled home owners attempting to modify their mortgages, the Treasury Secretary announced that over a half million households have been helped by the Obama administration relief plan. A great milestone in our road to economic recovery! Read the full article from the NY Times. Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner (photo by Luke [...]
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Justin’s: Global Nut Butter Domination.
by elephantjournal.com on Oct 3, 2009
Innovation during a Tough Economy: Justin’s. ~ via Lance Gentry. Justin’s Nut Butter succeeds in spite of—and because of—tough times. Is innovation essential to growth? Can conservative, careful businesses ultimately succeed? My grandpa always said, “Don’t fix what ain’t broken,” and in the current state of the economy, many companies appear to be listening to [...]
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The Waterpod: A Self-Sustaining Art Community ~Claire Flannery.
by elephantjournal dotcom on Sep 26, 2009
All Hands On Deck! A few weeks ago I stumbled across a New York Times article about The WaterPod. The Waterpod is a self-sustaining community on a barge located off the Brooklyn waterfront. Since July, the Waterpod acts as an experiment in sociability, isolation, aesthetic vision and self-sustainability. Much of the Waterpod is built from [...]
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Fear vs. Love.
by Nadia Ballas-Ruta on Jul 20, 2009
One concept that has baffled me for a long time is the whole notion of self-sufficiency. We are all taught at some point not to depend on others and to rely on ourselves for our entertainment, security and so on. As one friend of mine recently told me; “No one is going to provide for [...]
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5 Ways to Engage Your Kids in Grateful Giving ~ via LaSara Firefox.
by elephantjournal.com on Jun 29, 2009
Five Ways to Engage Your Kids in Grateful Giving by LaSara Firefox, MPNLP Even when funds are tight, giving reminds us of how much we have, and how fortunate we are. While coming face to face with money-problems can be a challenging experience, being able to do something about it is a saving grace. This [...]
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Want to fix the Economy? Legalize (and tax) Pot. And legalize Gay Marriage.
by Waylon Lewis on May 27, 2009
Want to fix the Economy? Legalize (and tax) Pot. And legalize Gay Marriage. I’m serious. You wanna fix the economy, Republicrats? Then let’s kill the war on (soft) drugs and tax the hell out of ‘em, instead. Less jail, less crime, more taxes. As for gay marriage, the civil rights issue of our time, The [...]
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Gross National…Happiness?
by elephantjournal.com on May 20, 2009
The pursuit of Gross National…Happiness? In Bhutan, it’s Policy. We all readily admit that there’s more to the pursuit of happiness than money. Can’t buy me love. The best things in life are free. Then why do we measure our economy, our national health, based solely on a constricted, perverted, limited view of progress. NYTimes [...]
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Economy Collapses, Organic sales go up 17%. Come again?
by elephantjournal.com on May 10, 2009
When times are tight, Americans dump luxury yuppie extragances like caring for our health, and our earth. Right? Wrong: organics are now nearly 4% of all food sales in the US of A—and are growing fast, despite our popped-bubble economy. Yup, it’s true. Food sales went up 15+ percent, and bodycare sales went up nearly [...]
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Santiago Fort Barberá: let’s liberate people of the need for money to survive: Alternative or Utopia?
by Yesica Pineda 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.” As it turned out, it is not a bad idea at all. What do you think?
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elephant journal Careers: Eight Steps to becoming a Yoga Teacher. ~ Heidi Hval
by elephantjournal.com on Apr 12, 2009
A New Career as a Yoga Teacher. by Heidi Hval Ready to escape the cubicle life and swap your business clothes for yoga pants? According to a recent article from Reuters, the financial crisis and increasing unemployment is leading more and more people to pursue careers as yoga teachers. This might be the perfect time to [...]
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What Rich White Guys Who “Run The Show” Can Learn from…The Matrix.
by Jayson Gaddis on Apr 7, 2009
A provocative post written by…yours truly…about why some wealthy, white, corporate guys behave in the insane ways that they do and why it’s time for new leadership. If we look at the movie The Matrix, it might give us another way to help men grow up. “I must admit I get angry and judgmental when [...]
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Sakyong Mipham, Buddhist leader, on Huffington Post.
by Waylon Lewis on Mar 30, 2009
Big mo’ for Buddhists, I personally am proud and happy to be able to see Buddhism and Mipham Rinpoche on Huffington Post. But if you don’t add your two cents…it’ll disappear from view within a few days. The more comments this post gets in the short-term, the more they might promote it (my recent blog [...]
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What does one trillion dollars look like?
by Waylon Lewis on Mar 26, 2009
The economy is, uh, important. Thing is, I’ve never had more than, say, a couple thousand bucks in my account at any given time. The house I own is, uh, owned by the bank. So I don’t get what it feels like to have, or hold, or even see a million dollars. But maybe, just [...]
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Econo-Buddha Part I: Recession = Potential
by Henry Schliff on Mar 26, 2009
The legend of the Shakyamuni Buddha tells the story of his “great going forth,” or his renunciation of worldly life. And the steps leading to the renunciation are especially pertinent to contemporary America. If you have seen Bernardo Bertolucci’s The Little Buddha, or have heard any Buddhist mythology, you probably know this story: Young Prince [...]
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Econo-Buddha Part II: The Diamond Heart of Shakyamuni
by Henry Schliff on Mar 25, 2009
A familiar scene. My wife and I are walking Pearl Street in Boulder and someone asks for change. I ignore the request or give a diffident refusal. She thinks for a second and pulls the random piece of fruit from her bag, something saved for a snack before lunch, and hands it over. This isn’t [...]
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New York Times on the closing of an Independent Bookstore. Does Local Matter?
by Waylon Lewis on Mar 23, 2009
A great article in the New York Times today—combining great writing, good information, objective reporting and a personal, distinct point of view. Excerpt. …what’s remarkable about the Second Story Book Shop is not that it is closing, but that it hung on for 37 years with the same ownership, begun, as the owner, Joan Ripley, [...]
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Obama on Leno. It’s a first: a sitting President to appear on a Late Night Talk show.
by Waylon Lewis on Mar 23, 2009
Update: Here’s the video. It went well. Leno got to ask all the questions, simple and serious and bitter and fun, that all of us want to pose to our 59-day new President. As for our new President, he was relaxed, frank, cheerful, poised, funny, talked about complicated issues in precise manner…finally, a President who’s [...]
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Short Sellers Bee Evil. Daily Show Video.
by Waylon Lewis on Mar 17, 2009
The only people doing well in a bad economy? The Daily Show’s Samantha Bee overlooks breweries, yoga studios and other (legal or otherwise) businesses that ably deal with stress…and buzzes right into the belly of the bee: Short Sellers, folks who aim to make a bundle destroying companies teetering on the edge. Is the American [...]
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The Economy of Spirituality, by Daniel Kempling.
by elephantjournal.com on Mar 11, 2009
As I write this piece, the news blares out a steady chant of economic doom and gloom with unmistakable excitement. Journalism is, after all, a trade that thrives on threat and catastrophe, reflecting our common enchantment with spooky tales. I’m particularly taken with the reports of record lows in “consumer confidence”. Wal Mart shoppers [...]
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It’s official! Van Jones joins Obama Administration. (I’ve died & woken up in a West Wing alternative universe.)
by Waylon Lewis on Mar 10, 2009
Excerpt via Wall St. Journal: Van Jones will join the Obama administration, but not as any sort of czar. The green jobs promoter will join the White House Council on Environmental Quality, his current outfit said today, as a “special adviser for green jobs.” According to Green For All, the Oakland-based green jobs advocacy group Mr. Jones [...]
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an elephantjournal.com report: Natural Products Expo West ~ Sunday ~ via Claire Burstein
by elephantjournal.com on Mar 9, 2009
Sunday March 8th: my third day attending Natural Products Expo West. Click here for Saturday. Click here for Friday. I decided to begin in the basement, having heard that all the really new companies were located there. It was quite a bit less crowded than what I’d experienced on the main showroom floor. That was [...]
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Rick Santelli bails out on Jon Stewart. Video.
by Waylon Lewis on Mar 5, 2009
From the ‘Nuff Said Department comes February’s Douchebag of the Month: Rick Santelli, the Populist Hero of…Wall Street. Video: Bonus: the seminal scene of anti-douchebag of the 70s, Peter Finch, via seminal movie Network. I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take it anymorerrrreereeeeree!
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What Yoga & Meditation have to say about our Financial Crisis ~ via Abacus’ Brent Kessel & Spencer Sherman.
by Waylon Lewis on Mar 2, 2009
I was invited to a lecture by Spencer Sherman at Naropa University the other week. Since it was right after I’d been hit by a car on my bike, I was still a bit of a walking zombie…and only stayed for half the talk. Still, it was a great opportunity to touch in with one [...]
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The Crisis of Credit, Visualized. Video. [tip: Dave Kennedy of Prana]c
by Waylon Lewis on Feb 23, 2009
“Like playing hot potato with a time bomb.” I get bored easily by complex stuff. Not understanding complex stuff, I fall victim to circumstances I don’t understand. Luckily, the God known as YouTube is always there with a quickie video to spoon-feed me knowledge. Videos (with thanks for the heads up to DK): Vimeo: The [...]
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Bad Economy? Bah. Whole Foods eats it up.
by Waylon Lewis on Feb 20, 2009
The S&P just lowered their rating of Whole Foods from ‘stable’ to ‘negative’…just as WFM stock rose 37% in a day (because their last quarter performance was bad, not very bad as the markets had expected). Confused? This well-written excerpt from ‘No Dust Bowl days for Whole Foods’ by J. Christoph Amberger might sort you [...]
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Bush’s Iraq + Afghanistan is wayyyyyy more than Obama’s entire Stimulus package for US. Video. Good Magazine.
by Waylon Lewis on Feb 18, 2009
War is bad. For the economy. Funny you don’t see concerned Republicans lining up to a one against Bush’s Iraq last 8 years…funny coincidence they’re standing unanimously now against a Stimulus package that’s mean to inject adrenaline into the barely beating heart that is the economy we’ve inherited after 8 years…here’s a funny graphic or [...]
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Jon Stewart video: why Wall Street’s Dow is no longer a measure of how we’re doing bailing out…Wall Street.
by Waylon Lewis on Feb 17, 2009
Dow falls when Obama and Geithner announce their rescue plan, the bank rescue package? Does this mean it’s a bad plan? Or that Wall Street is unhappy? Or that Geithner has Spock-like ears? Or that Wall Street no longer gets much of a say in what we do, and how and when we do it.
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Yesterday, I got hit by a car. I was fine. My bike was not.
by Waylon Lewis on Feb 17, 2009
Above: One of my favorite books, when I was a child. Parents: my ma & I recommend it highly. Please note: despite the below, far more folks get in accidents in cars every day, and get killed. I ride every day, off and on all day, and have for years, and this is the first [...]
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Buddhist Patron Neal Greenberg: Agile Group suffers 90% loss, Shambhala International is “potential victim.” [Denver Post]
by Waylon Lewis on Feb 4, 2009
Update: offices closing. Update: former clients are suing. Excerpt below, and full story, via/at Denver Post: The plaintiffs allege Agile inappropriately placed their funds into a high- risk, unsuitable investment called the Agile Safety Variable Fund, which destroyed their retirement nest eggs. The Safety Fund, despite its name, was a leveraged hedge fund that had [...]
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Mayor Bloomberg’s Controversial Planned Plastic Bag Fee in New York City.
by Lindsey Wolf on Nov 10, 2008
In Brooklyn, I lived across the street from a 24-hour natural products bodega (boy was I spoiled). I’d stop by in between regular trips to the Park Slope Food Coop, which banned plastic bags this summer. Everyone who worked at the corner store knew me as their neighbor and that I’d never take a plastic [...]
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