In 2005, just after the tsunami that swept away so many lives and livelihoods, a group of volunteers from The Isha Foundation were starting the job of rehabilitating the devastated coast of Tamil Nadu, Southern India. They noticed that coastal villages that were forested suffered significantly less damage than those that were not, and an idea arose. Could trees be a tool to reconnect people to their hearts, to their grief and to their land?

"The former vice-president has emerged as a leading climate campaigner. His 2006 documentary film, An Inconvenient Truth, was an unlikely box-office hit and won two Oscars. The IPCC, established in 1988, is tasked with providing policymakers with neutral summaries of the latest expertise on climate change. The organisation involves hundreds of scientists working to collate and evaluate the work of thousands more." BBC NEWS

The award will be presented at the second Dorbar Ri (People's Parliament) on October 6th near a sacred forest at the village of Mawphlang, which has been preserved for more than 700 years. They say that global climate change is not only affecting the livelihoods of their farmers who depend on sub-soil water, but has even resulted in shortages of drinking water, particularly during winter months.

' Shelley Yates and her young son were both killed in an auto accident. The story is riveting. While she was "on the other side" the Beings of Light told her how to bring her son back to life and that our planet is dying and what she could do to help jumpstart its healing by using the same approach they instructed her to do with her son who was restored to life. Her message is simple and heart gripping. Live in the moment. Enjoy every experience. There is no harm in pleasure. It's what we were put here to do; to feel love, excitement, joy...'

For the last couple of summers, I have been aware of increased Ozone warnings in my area. I know that is has been particularly hot these last few summers, and this summer is shaping up to be no different. I was driving home from work yesterday, and saw a sign on the highway that normally reads, "Click it Or Ticket", and realized it said something different. The digital sign read, "Ozone Warning In Effect, Please Carpool." As the hot sun baked my stopped car, I found myself wishing I wore my sunblock. I began to wonder, what exactly IS an Ozone Warning? And why is it SO dangerous?

Rudolf Steiner, arguably the best kept secret of the 20^th Century, foresaw almost a hundred years ago that the bees would likely begin to disappear if humanity continued to tend the community of bees by artificial means. In addition, in his series of lectures on “The Bees,” he gave numerous indications to portray the intricate and compelling nature of this aspect of the eco-community.

"According to estimates from the US Department of Agriculture, bees are vanishing across a total of 22 states, and for the time being no one really knows why." Approximately 40 percent of my 2,000 colonies are currently dead and this is the greatest winter colony mortality I have ever experienced in my 30 years of beekeeping," apiarist Gene Brandi, from the California State Beekeepers Association, told Congress recently...The implications of the spread are alarming. Most of the world's crops depend on pollination by bees. Albert Einstein once said that if the bees disappeared, "man would have only four years of life left". "