The corporation

Michael moore statement in the doco, "I'm convinced that after watching this a few good people are going to get up off the couch and go and do something, anything to get this world back into our hands"(collective)

WWJD

What one ordinary person can do, if we all responded in the way that Sue has what a different world we'd live in.

There is no fence sitting, you are either part of the problem or part of the solution. (Martin Luther King)

Attention

Body products has joined the list of Fair Trade certified Products.
Dr Bronners has a range of products from soaps to conditioner that are not only Fair Trade but also Organic and the bottles made from recycled materials. you can't get any better than this.
His Philosopy, is a bit out there but says a lot,they are written on the labels of his products "Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together, all things connect." 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration can solve every problem on God's spaceship earth barring none!" "How to love, for love is God and God is love."

http://www.drbronner.com/index.html

Some thoughts for consideration

Poor countries and future generations suffer for our destructive ways.

Sustainable development means respecting the limitations of our physical world.

The current form of development and advancement: obsessive self interest, the refusal to recognize the reality of society.(Shirley,I,2007)



Issues that need action
Poverty
Fair trade
Human traffiking
Pollution-destruction of earth
Consumption/materalism


learn to do good, seek justice. Help the oppressed. defend the orphan. fight for the rights of widows. Isaiah 1:17

Make change

go green

you can get stainless steel bottles from East West Organics On West Coast Rd, Glen Eden, Auckland or Kathmandu sell their own range or visit these websites:

http://www.kleankanteen.com/
http://www.ecotanka.com/

Farm life

I haven’t always had the privilege of living on a farm and 2 weeks ago as I was leading the hens back to there coup, I was reflecting on how I felt about meat to how I feel about meat now and all I can say is that we eat a lot less meat. It makes a huge difference when your meat is right next door to you and sometimes pokes it head through the fence. Our process for killing these animals is probably the best that there is, the animal is separated from the rest and when it is calm and unaware is shot dead. This is done to ensure the quality of the meat is at its best, and out of respect for the animal, our hens are also free range and the difference in their eggs is a healthy, more nutritious egg.
Over all I am hugely grateful and respectful to have a piece of meat on my plate and always think of the sacrifice that was made so that I could have a piece of steak. Although this is my experience, many don’t know where there meat comes from and how it lived. I have come to believe this is very unhealthy, meat is taken for granted and consumed like there is no end. And the more demand there is for it, the more likely the conditions of getting that meat on your plate are at the expense of the animals well being and the environment. And let’s not forget the present swine flu which has brought many to the attention of the treatment of these pigs in Mexico, so I am convinced that if we treat these animals that die for our meals, with humane treatment and respect then we benefit as well having better quality produce and we potentially avoid an epidemic.
So where does your meat come from? do you know the conditions it live in? how often do you eat meat?
As a consumer what you want does matter. what would happen if everyone demanded produce that meant animals were treated with the proper care and respect.

What are you going to do about it?