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02/22/12
thegreenchildrenfoundation
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I am dominated by one thing, an irresistible, burning attraction towards the abstract.
Gustave Moreau

I believe very strongly that when it comes to desire, when it comes to attraction, that things are never black and white, things are very much shades of grey.
Brian Molko

I had an almost fetishistic attraction to film technology.
Lars von Trier

I have never fallen in love with my own voice, but I’ve always had an attraction for it.
Tom Snyder

I hope I’m not a tourist attraction – I’m sure that they come here really because St. Andrews is just amazing, a beautiful place.
Prince William

I live my life parallel with my work, and they are both equally important. I’m always amazed how much people talk about celebrity and fame. I don’t understand the attraction.
Cate Blanchett

Beth

What’s your Vent Hobby?

02/20/12
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In today’s high impact world, it’s important to have as many ways as possible to discharge accumulated anxiety and stress. The more you move it through your system, the less it lingers and causes mental and physical problems.

So what are some examples of “vent hobbies”?

Kickboxing
Running
Cooking (lots of chopping and dicing and slicing)
Sweeping (not exactly a hobby but cleans the house and your mind!)
Yard work
Singing (vocalizing is a type of screaming, which we all want to do sometimes)
Soul dancing (which means simply dancing in your own way, with the idea of release in mind.)

What other vent hobbies can you think of? It can pretty much apply to any hobby, as long as your intention is to purge accumulated stress, even knitting!

Beth

What’s your Vent Hobby?

02/20/12
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So what are some examples of “vent hobbies”?

Kickboxing
Running
Cooking (lots of chopping and dicing and slicing)
Sweeping (not exactly a hobby but cleans the house and your mind!)
Yard work
Singing (vocalizing is a type of screaming, which we all want to do sometimes)
Soul dancing (which means simply dancing in your own way, with the idea of release in mind.)

What other vent hobbies can you think of? It can pretty much apply to any hobby, as long as your intention is to purge accumulated stress, even knitting!

Beth

Composter Extraordinaire

01/26/12
thegreenchildrenfoundation
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Sending food waste to landfill is unnecessary, unsustainable and costly. Discussing the problem in an Exmoor pub one night were Richard Gedge – an ex-stockbroker who now runs an award-winning farm for its green credentials – and Dan Welburn, a former formula one engineer. Together, after experimenting with prototypes, they created the Ridan composter.

Capable of composting up to 400 litres of food waste a week, they have helped divert over 1,000 tonnes from landfill in two years, according to the company. They are proving popular with hotels, National Trust sites, prisons and even climbing centres.

Perhaps most importantly, colleges and schools are using them, not only to save money on disposal costs, but to help raise environmental awareness about the food cycle – helping young people to learn to appreciate food and think about prioritising locally sourced food. Food miles are usually considered with the distance from where it is produced to where it is consumed. But perhaps less often does anyone factor in the distance that wasted food travels to be disposed.

The ‘in-vessel’ composter is simple to use say its manufacturers, and it is suitable for all food waste, including cooked and raw, meat and dairy. The Ridan composting process requires no electricity and is carbon negative. Its design led to it being a finalist in the Devon Environmental Business Initiative (DEBI) awards in its first year. It was recognised not only for its sustainable practice in dealing with food waste, but also for savings in emissions. The process saves in combustion emissions through eliminating transportation, as well as reducing the methane from decomposing matter, which occurs in landfill.

“We are proud of what we have achieved so far and are now expanding rapidly. One day it will be standard practice for every catering facility to compost on-site,” says Dan Welburn. And his best moment since their system was launched? “Watching ‘I’ve got a brand new Ridan Composter’ sung by children at an assembly to the tune of Wurzels.”

Source: Positive News

Beth

Baby Born on Roof Lives to see 2012

01/18/12
thegreenchildrenfoundation
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Babies have been born in strange places. (Hey, you can’t always dial up birth, right?) This is a story that shows, as humans, even small humans, we persevere and adapt.

Mother Anna Liza Tumanda smiles as her children Edmar, left, and Vorach, right, play with their five-day-old baby sister Aizee at an evacuation center Thursday Dec. 22, 2011 in Cagayan De Oro city, southern Philippines. Mother Anna Liza gave birth to baby Aizee on the roof of a medical center after they were rescued by police. Their house were totally destroyed.

Source: Day Life

Beth

Positive Quotes from Betty White

01/18/12
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On one’s well-being: “Keep the other person`s well-being in mind when you feel an attack of soul-purging truth coming on.”

On getting rest after a long day: “Oh, I don’t need sleep. I just went to my hotel and had a cold hot dog and vodka on the rocks.”

On living life to the fullest, we think: “I’ve always liked older men. They’re just more attractive to me. Of course, at my age there aren’t that many left! I’ve enjoyed the opposite sex a lot. Always have. Always will.”

On staying active: “I have a two story house and a bad memory! I’m up and down those stairs all the time: ‘What did I come up here for again?’”

On Facebook, after a successful campaign on the social media network site landed White a gig as a host of Saturday Night Live: “I didn’t know what Facebook was, and now that I do know what it is, I have to say: It sounds like a huge waste of time.”

Beth

Happy Photo Tuesday!

01/10/12
thegreenchildrenfoundation
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I don’t know about you, but often all it takes to put a smile on my face is a cute animal photo. Check out the full collection here. SO cute. I think the pandas are my favorite:

20 Pictures That Will Make You Feel Happy

1. Panda cubs cuddling with each other

2. These dogs surfing

3. This corgi’s face

4. [...]

Beth

Positive Quote Wednesday – on Gifts

12/21/11
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You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give. ~Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet

What is bought is cheaper than a gift. ~Portuguese Proverb

A wise lover values not so much the gift of the lover as the love of the giver. ~Thomas á Kempis

The only gift is a portion of thyself. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

We should give as we would receive, cheerfully, quickly, and without hesitation; for there is no grace in a benefit that sticks to the fingers. ~Seneca

We do not quite forgive a giver. The hand that feeds us is in some danger of being bitten. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson, Essays

But it is a cold, lifeless business when you go to the shops to buy something, which does not represent your life and talent, but a goldsmith’s. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Gifts,” Essays, Second Series, 1844

If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the angels give. ~George MacDonald

The manner of giving is worth more than the gift. ~Pierre Corneille, Le Menteur

Christmas is the season when you buy this year’s gifts with next year’s money. ~Author Unknown

A hug is a great gift – one size fits all, and it’s easy to exchange. ~Author Unknown

If you give what can be taken, you are not really giving. Take what you are given, not what you want to be given. Give what cannot be taken. ~Idries Shah

Beth

Valclav Havel – Positive Influence felt Around the World

12/19/11
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In many ways, Havel embodied the spirit of the “flower child;” he spoke often of “truth and love” as trumping all other things, and was emphatically anti-war. In 1990, one of his first acts as president was to empty Czech prisons and close down its arms factories. Yet even the most conservative leaders seemed to love him. President George H.W. Bush, in an interview with Columbia University, remembered watching Havel command a crowd of a million after the Velvet Revolution, and said he couldn’t think of another foreign leader for whom he has more respect.

“I cannot say enough good things about President Vaclav Havel,” he concluded.

In 1990, Havel delivered a New Year’s address to a budding new nation, three days after being named its first president. He encouraged the new nation to be built around a politics of morality above all else, a message Orwell would likely have approved himself.

“Let us teach ourselves and others that politics should be an expression of a desire to contribute to the happiness of the community,” he said. “Let us teach ourselves and others that politics can be not simply the art of the possible, especially if this means the art of speculation, calculation, intrigue, secret deals and pragmatic maneuvering, but that it can also be the art of the impossible, that is, the art of improving ourselves and the world.”

This past week we lost a writer and a major intellectual, and we lost a brutal, confounding dictator. We also lost a playwright, a rebel, a rockstar, a chain-smoker, a renowned artist, a non-profit leader, and one of the most beloved presidents in history.

Beth

Positive Quote Wednesday – on Spirit

12/09/11
thegreenchildrenfoundation
· Positive News

I just read an article about spirituality a few days ago. And it seemed so nebulous. It’s a tough topic to write about because it is so intangible and often hard to explain. Here are some historical experts on the matter:

Beth

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