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The following time-lapse video shows the CoreHouse Single pre-fabricated building being built by normal people without specific building or physical skills. This represents the one day of work which it took to complete the build.

GMO expert Jeffrey M. Smith, author of the numbre one GMO bestseller “Seeds of Deception,” and “Genetic Roulette,” presents alarming evidence on why gene-spliced crops may lead to health and environmental destruction. We must learn to protect ourselves by discovering the “Campaign for Healthier Eating in America” — a genius plan to quickly end the genetic engineering of our food supply.

GMO scientists and the ruthless companies they work for are depending on your indifference and ignorance on this subject. Watch this video to learn about the dangers of these practices, try to educate yourself and those around you:

Everything You HAVE TO KNOW about Dangerous Genetically Modified Foods from Jeffrey Smith on Vimeo.

“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from Magic.” - Arthur C. Clarke.

Cold Fusion is the short name for the study of nuclear fusion at or near room temperatures. This hypothetical form of nuclear fusion does not require the extreme temperatures used in current day Nuclear Reactors. It’s a “hot” topic in scientific circles sparking controversy since 1989 when electro-chemists Martin Fleischmann and Stanley Pons announced they had produced fusion in their lab. Cold Fusion is also called “Low Energy Nuclear Reaction” (LENR) or Condensed Matter Nuclear Science” Opponents and skeptics make arguments based upon initial replication failures and errors. I would say, these errors are simply part of the experimentation process and one should continue until exhausting all attempts, there is always something to learn in the process. Well some of these visionary scientists and inventors refused to give up and have recently been conducting new experiments which raise new questions about Cold Fusion as a commercially viable alternative. I can only think that technology has come a bit further since 1989 and new approaches can be taken into it’s investigation.

Architect Cameron Sinclair hopes to inspire architects and home designers to respond to the world housing crisis. Projects include transitional shelters like an Inflatable Hemp House, a Shipping Container and other ideas that will allow residents to eventually build a more permanent home or improve these sustainable homes. His focus is on how architecture interacts with the community and provides several plans for community centers. Countries include Africa, India, México, U.S.A., Brazil, China, Israel, Palestine, Vietnam.

His group provided Sunami relief shelters, community centers and schools. The parents and kids built and are now using theses schools. He worked with residents and volunteers in New Orleans after Katrina hurricane, to clean, redesign and rehabilitate homes without waiting for FEMA to tell them what to do. Quick assembly emergency shelters and tents, devemoped by hundreds of architects and designers and inventors that are getting involved around the world in humanitarian work.

A recent U.N. (United Nations) report described how the livestock industry’s misuse of resources makes it the NUMBER ONE CAUSE of GLOBAL WARMING. Not only this, but it is one of the top ten items on the list of problems contributing to world hunger. The amount of grains needed to produce a pound of meat greatly outweighs the end product, it is an expensive product destined to a small percentage of the world’s population.

Here’s an intelligent look at the situation by Professor Donna Quesada, this first part of the video has a quote from Paul MacCartney and his views on the vegetarian lifestyle.

Some years ago, I met a builder who told me about this method of contruction, using long sandbag tubes which are filled with a mixture of dirt and small amount of cement. I found this instructional video from calearth where architect and author Nader Khalili explains their Superadobe building method.

Ever since the days of being the mad scientist/sound wizard with “Roxy Music” the English art rock band, Brian Eno (Brian Peter George St. John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno) has been an inspiration to many artists, musicians, sound engineers & composers. His experimental approach is in the line of composers such as Karlheinz Stockhausen & John Cage, challenging the way music was perceived, written and recorded. Well known for his “sound treatments” modulating instruments with electronic devices and synthesizers, he has collaborated with artists like Genesis, Ultravox, Television, Talking Heads, , John Cale, David Bowie, Robert Fripp, U2 and many others. Wiki has an good bio on his work.

Artscape - Brian Eno In Conversation 2009 from Johnny Darko on Vimeo.

Santiago Pando, the creative publicist for ex-president Vicente Fox and his presidential campaign ads, makes this heartfelt documentary film about his efforts to change Mexico, using psychic Mayan connections and afterwards being disillusioned by the new cabinet’s policies. When he tried to contact them about abandoning the goals they had promised to enforce, his family was sent on a downward spiral when his mother-in-law is jailed with trumped up charges of trafficking illegal immigrants. A couple of years of legal battles and their spiritual quest produces some insights about the archaic belief system and the coming 2012 Mayan calendar events, he features shaman Don Lauro who speaks about believing with your heart in order to create a shift in consciousness. You can watch the entire movie online or download it, they include a version with English subtitles (click on “Selecciona tu Idioma” and click English).
www.creerescrear.com

For those of you who can stomach viewing injustice and violence towards people standing up for poverty and for what they believe in, “Trouble - Teatime in Heiligendamm” is a political documentary film depicting the confusion and clouds of misinformation surrounding the 2007 G8 Summit in Heilingedamm, Germany. Bono (singer of band U2), Bob Geldof and Herbert Grownmeyer are some of celebrities caught up in the commotion while promoting their “Your Voice Against Poverty” campaign. A pop film exploring what happens when pop meets protest and left-wing anarchists, activists, police and locals get together. You can watch the entire film online and much more at http://trouble-the-movie.com/

Dr. David Suzuki speaks on education for a changing biosphere. He says “whatever we do to the earth, we do to ourselves.” This is a must see video on how we are educating young people about our environment and how we are dealing with fundamental needs like clean air, clean water, clean soil, clean energy. I hope you can take the time to listen to his insights and proposals to awaken our awareness of ourselves and our planet.