Monday, June 16, 2008

Burma Relief

If you wanted to help out the victims in Burma but were afraid the money wasn't going to add to the relief effort. I'd like to share with you a great grassroots organization that is getting supplies to those who need it. Its been over a month now, but there are still a lot of needy people.

Please follow this link to find out more about Project Enlighten:
http://www.projectenlighten.com/donate.html


or send the money to:
Project Enlighten
1299 C South Main St.
Yreka, CA 96097

Welcome Friends

Yasnaya Polyana is the place where Leo Tolstoy was born in 1828 and lived for 60 years. He is a great inspiration to me because of his pacifism, return to the simple life, vegetarianism and Christian anarchism, not to mention his school for the local peasants.

"Earth our only home" is a phrase I picked up from Leonardo di Caprio's film about Global Warming called "11th hour." When I graduated from college I participated in a walk around the world to spread environmental awareness. I spent 10 months on the US portion of the "Global Walk for a Sustainable World." The walk was an incredible experience for me. I met Buddhist monks, Dine (Navajo) people, and made awesome friends with environmental activists from around the world. So much has changed since then; and with all the latest climate-change related weather catastrophes it seems worse than we imagined.

Through the Internet I made friends from around the world and I have hope that we can make a difference. I'm not saying that I'm putting all the green philosophy into practice, but I try to do my part. I see the green movement as part of a larger moverment for social change and humanitarian activism.

Last year, I wrote a romantic comedy about an action movie actor who reaches a point in his life of despair and feels he hasn't contributed anything positive. He then goes through a transition (hero's journey) which is similar to Tolstoy's Of course his friends and girlfriend don't understand his changes which makes for some slap-stick moments- his quest for answers leads him to India- where he sees environmental problems first hand-unfortunately the guru he seeks is a sugar junkie- however he helps his friend, Raju convince his son not to join the army (what would Sid Vicious say?), The journey continues with addiction a constant theme, they fight big oil on the island of Sahkalin (Russia), and discover a conspiracy by Shell Oil to cover up a big foot colony, The protagonist must put his new pacifism into action in a standoff between Russia and Japan involving Ainu land rights
I'm looking for anyone who wants to produce this film- I tried to make pacifism an action word- I want young people to get on board with it- I'm inspired by the Bruderhof Community and others who work with conscientist objectors
Another script I'm working on is based on Ancient Myths of Ireland (that one my be more marketable)
Another way I'm trying to contribute to the green movement is through my Master's Thesis.
I'm researching the history of volcanic predictions/ activity and climate change. I have several theories based on electro-magnetism and the Gaia Hypothesis. Also need funding for this.LOL

All comments are welcome