It’s no surprise – we are using tons of plastic, way more than we need, and the Earth cannot digest it.
Every single piece of plastic that has been created still exists somewhere on the Earth. It is poisoning our oceans, landfills and bodies. The production of plastic goods is polluting our atmosphere, and as a result of the oil extraction process to obtain the petroleum to make the plastic, our forests are being cut down and our rivers, lakes and oceans are being polluted. When will it be enough?
The fact of the matter is, we are using more plastic now than ever before, and because it is so (seemingly) easily disposed of, most of us are completely unaware of the waste we are helping to produce, especially on a mass scale.
“Let the first act of every morning be to make the following resolve for the day:
I shall not fear anyone on Earth.
I shall fear only God.
I shall not bear ill will toward anyone. I shall not submit to injustice from anyone. I shall conquer untruth by truth.
And in resisting untruth, I shall put up with all suffering.”
Simple Definition of Latino
A person who was born or lives in South America, Central America, or Mexico or a person in the U.S. whose family is originally from South America, Central America, or Mexico
Full Definition of Latino
A native or inhabitant of Latin America
A person of Latin-American origin living in the United States
Outrageous Things Donald Trump Has Said About Latinos
Donald Trump’s affront against the Latino community reached new heights after Mexican-American journalist Jorge Ramos was forcibly removed from the presidential candidate’s Iowa press conference.
But it wasn’t the first time Trump has offended Latinos.
His anti-Latino remarks have cost him several business partners since the launch of his campaign in June, including NBC Universal, which aired Trump’s reality show “The Apprentice” and co-owns the Miss Universe Organization. Several prominent figures in the Latino community have also spoken out against Trump; actress America Ferrera and singer Ricky Martin published scathing op-eds condemning Trump’s actions and rallying Latinos to unite against him.
Even though only 18 percent of Hispanics take Trump seriously as a presidential candidate, the Republican has vowed that he “will win the Latino vote” if nominated.
If Trump wants to win the Latino vote, he might want to learn from past mistakes.
Here are 9 of the most outrageous things the presidential candidate has said about Latinos
He Called Latino Immigrants “Criminals” And “Rapists”
He Said Mexicans (And Other Immigrants) Were “Killers” Too
He Insisted The Mexican Government Intentionally Sends Their Criminals To The US
He ‘Provided Evidence’ That Latino Immigrants Were Rapists
He Took A Jab At Jeb Bush Over His Mexican-Born Wife
He Brought Up Jeb Bush’s Wife Again Less Than Two Months Later
He Said His Followers Were “Passionate” After Being Told Two Men Beat A Hispanic Man In His Name
He Kicked Jorge Ramos Out Of A Press Conference
He Blamed Blacks And Hispanics For Violent Crime Across The Country
Carolina Moreno Latino Voices Editor, The Huffington Post
85 years ago, a man was born who was killed by bullets but had asked us to let those same bullets smash closet doors across the globe, letting acceptance and authenticity flourish.
We remember Harvey Milk and his hope for all of us!
A re-enactment of Harvey Milk’s famous Hope Speech in the Castro to celebrate Harvey Milk Day, 2013.
To mark what would have been Harvey Milk’s 83rd birthday, San Francisco city officials organized a reenactment of his famous “You’ve Got To Have Hope” speech on Sunday, May 19, 2013. Milk gave the speech on June 24, 1977 at the San Francisco Gay Community Center at the campaign kick-off to announce his third bid for supervisor. Five people helped recite a portion of the speech, including:
Courtney Walsh and Aaron Wimmer, two actors from Dear Harvey, the recent New Conservatory Theater play about Milk’s life
Randall Mann, local poet and winner of the 2003 Kenyon Review Prize in Poetry
Sister Roma, 20-year member of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence
Andrea Shorter, lesbian political consultant who serves on the city’s Commission on the Status of Women.
Deal with each man, woman, child or animal as they “are”. Believe, even if you are not seeing, that God is within each one. Problems come to us when we divide God and man, God and the world. This conceptual separation is the trouble.
~~Swami Amar Jyoti~~
Those who are familiar with this blog are aware that this is my ending line:
We ALL are ONE!!
I am a firm believer in this. We all are connected to one another. We come from the same source. We all are the same.
There should be no differences. Our human bodies are anatomically the same. We all have the same organs, located in the same positions. We all have the same DNA code. We all bleed red. We all go through the same processes. We are born, we grow up and mature and we all die.
The biological and physical processes that we experience are all the same. Our metabolism is exactly the same.
We all go through the same cycle of life.
I will never tire of writing about this. This is my strong belief. I’m sure there are others who feel the same. We need to find each other, connect and unite.
Why are there so many differences between human beings? There are characteristics that define us in different groups, I accept that but deep down, we are the same.
We are conceived the same way, we come into this way the same way. Anatomically speaking, we are the same. The biological processes that keep our metabolism going and the cellular functions going are the same. Our DNA is the same.
It’s only outside, physical attributes that make us different.
“We may have different religions, different languages, different color skin, but we all belong to one human race.”
Photo credit: Anonymous Awakening
Why can’t we all realize this and accept that we are the same and that we are ONE?
What touches one, touches all.
We ALL bleed RED!!
The Potential is there, so is the Spirit. All that is needed is the Spark.
“We Are the World” is a song and charity single originally recorded by the supergroup USA for Africa in 1985. It was written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie, and produced by Quincy Jones and Michael Omartian for the album We Are the World. With sales in excess of 20 million copies, it is one of the fewer than 30 all-time singles to have sold at least 10 million copies worldwide.
Following Band Aid’s “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” project in the UK, an idea for the creation of an American benefit single for African famine relief came from activist Harry Belafonte, who, along with fundraiser Ken Kragen, was instrumental in bringing the vision to reality. Several musicians were contacted by the pair, before Jackson and Richie were assigned the task of writing the song. The duo completed the writing of “We Are the World” seven weeks after the release of “Do They Know Its Christmas“, and one night before the song’s first recording session, on January 21, 1985. (The last recording session for the song was held on January 28, 1985). The historic event brought together some of the most famous artists in the music industry at the time.
The song was released on March 7, 1985, as the only single from the album. A worldwide commercial success, it topped music charts throughout the world and became the fastest-selling American pop single in history. The first ever single to be certified multi-platinum, “We Are the World” received a Quadruple Platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America.
~~U.S.A. For Africa~~
~We Are The World~
(1985 Official Video)
~~Published on Nov 14, 2012~~
“We Are the World” and raised over $63 million for humanitarian aid in Africa and the US. Following the devastation caused by the magnitude 7.0 Mw earthquake in Haiti on January 12, 2010, a remake of the song by another all-star cast of singers was recorded on February 1, 2010. Entitled “We Are the World 25 for Haiti“, it was released as a single on February 12, 2010, and proceeds from the record aided survivors in the impoverished country.
There is one single industry destroying the planet more than any other.
But no one wants to talk about it …
COWSPIRACY: The Sustainability Secret is a groundbreaking feature-length environmental documentary following an intrepid filmmaker as he uncovers the most destructive industry facing the planet today – and investigates why the world’s leading environmental organizations are too afraid to talk about it.
As eye-opening as Blackfish and as inspiring as An Inconvenient Truth, this shocking yet humorous documentary reveals the absolutely devastating environmental impact large-scale factory farming has on our planet.
This is the film that environmental organizations don’t want you to see.
A: Our goal with this film is to have the largest positive impact on the world as possible. In order to do that we sincerely believe the film needs to be seen as a legitimate documentary, and in our consumerist, capitalist society, people devalue things they get for free. It is extremely important for our goals that the film be taken seriously by the movers and shakers of the world, and we need to present it in as traditional a manner as possible, which means theater screenings and DVDs … to begin with.
Additionally, making Cowspiracy took a great deal of time and money (we were the sole financial backers for Cowspiracy and our production team was incredibly small, meaning we worked 10 to 15 hour days for over a year to make this film) and in order for us to make more films like it (as we plan to), we need to have the funds to do so.
The money we make from screenings, DVDs, merchandise and donations goes into the non-profit Animals United Movement and is put toward promotion for the film and the making of our next documentaries.
If you care about the message we’re trying to spread, please support us by organizing your own screening, request Netflix to carry this film by searching for “Cowspiracy” on their site, and by (when available) buying DVDs to give your family, friends, library, church, etc.,
These are the wise words of one of the followers who stop by:
“I hope this film has an impact. Factory farming is not only bad for the environment but for the millions of poor defenceless animals who live wretched lives until the day they are killed to provide humans, usually the more affluence here in the west, with a food they really do not need and is not natural. Factory farming plays a role also as one of the causes of the starvation of millions as land which could grow crops is used to grow fodder to feed factory farmed animals. A very timely film as there is an increase in the demand for meat with the growth of the population and the increase in popularity of meat in China. Thank you for an interesting article. I hope one day we will all wake up to the atrocities that are inflicted on animals in factory farms and bring an end to the misery of these unfortunate animals. Maybe this film will go some way in bringing this about.”
~~Cowspiracy Indiegogo Trailer~~
~~Published on Apr 22, 2014~~
This documentary will be as eye-opening as Blackfish and as inspiring as An Inconvenient Truth. It follows the story of Kip, a passionate environmentalist and filmmaker, who is discovering the biggest secret that even the most powerful environmental organizations are too scared to talk about.
It Is What It Is 