[GJM] Fw: [globalnetnews-summary] Food crisis threatens 100m: UN /

[robert searle]

Dear Mary Rose, et al,


        There is an answer to the present food crisis,
and many other global problems. It is called
Transfinancial Economics.


   
http://www.p2pfoundation.net/Transfinancial_Economics


R.Searle.



-- mary rose <maryrose333 at att.net> wrote:

> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Arlie Haig" <ajhaig at sonic.net>
> To: "mary rose" <maryrose333 at att.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 4:10 PM
> Subject: Re: [globalnetnews-summary] Food crisis
> threatens 100m: UN
> 
> 
> > Hi MR,
> > In 2003 I became the coordinator for a community
> garden my friend began,
> > with spaces for approx 19 families.
> > In 2006 I started another near my house, and with
> an expansion this year
> > we have 18 families, plus a large space for the
> afterschool program and
> > neighborhood kids to participate during summer. I
> built a hoop greenhouse
> > with some grant money and all the gardeners
> contribute to the care and
> > maintenance.
> > We have gotten a few grants, and the City of Santa
> Rosa helps in the
> > second garden as it is on land they don't have the
> money to develop into a
> > park
> > The city also bought an old farm and now it is
> being run by LandPaths as a
> > community garden and gardening training center.
> > So, it is happening at the local level, expecially
> here in No CA. If
> > anyone wants hints about how we organized it, I
> would be happy to reply.
> > Thanks for the work and inspiration you contribute
> online Mary Rose.
> > Arlie
> 
> Arlie, this is fabulous and exactly what we need re:
> your willingness to
> share
> how this was accomplished.  It is the networking
> that is going to get us
> through
> this.
> 
> However, I do want to emphasize something else. 
> While raising food is a
> good
> place to begin to bring the community together, let
> me suggest that there is
> more
> involved here.
> 
> May I ask if your group as yet has considered how
> they are going to protect
> their food supply when gangs of drug addicts and
> those who are uneducable
> invade your neighborhood and try to take your food
> supply away from you
> because they have none?  Have you figured out a way
> to handle those in your
> community who will be dealing with post-traumatic
> stress disorder? What
> about those who are ill and for whom there are no
> medications as the health
> care system breaks down?
> 
> These are just a few of the many things you will
> quite probably be faced 
> with
> as we go deeper into the chaos. But one of the
> reasons I chose all three of
> these is that they can all be effectively addressed
> through the art of Tai 
> Chi
> and Qi Gong as it is a healing modality as well as a
> martial arts form
> with which one can protect oneself without resorting
> to weapons.
> 
> Tai Chi has proven to be effective in treating
> post-traumatic stress
> disorder, and as well it builds and strengthens the
> immune system.
> And one is keeping one's body fit and toned.  So, it
> would be good
> to try and set up classes in these arts for the
> families you are involved
> with. Get these young people involved in Tai Chi -
> Qi Gong rather
> than in the competitive Western sports such as
> baseball, football, etc.
> Recall that Tai Chi has been proven to improve one's
> learning abilities,
> so it is a whole body enhancement.
> 
> May I also suggest that someone in your group study
> the raising and
> use of herbal medicines, and then train others in
> the group.  As we
> see breakdowns in supply lines, the customary
> pharmaceuticals
> may not always be available, and there will be a
> need for emergency
> medications as well.  So, be prepared in this
> respect.
> 
> Also, take great pains to learn how to eat in a
> healthy manner.Researchers
> have discovered it is difficult for disease to live
> in a pH balanced body.
> So paying attention to foods that are neither to
> alkaline or too acidic when
> selecting what to eat is a good idea.  This too
> appears to strengthen the
> immune system and ward off disease.
> 
> One other thing I would like to mention is
> understanding how to create
> a local currency system.  As unemployment rises, it
> will be necessary
> to create a means for people who are unemployed to
> trade occasional
> work for food and other services.  Delinking from
> the national economy
> will be important in order for the local community
> to keep from going
> down with the ship.  So, there are programs like
> TIME Hours that can
> accomplish this.  One of the things that a local
> currency system does is
> get us out of the bind that the Global Monetocracy
> System
> places us in, e.g., paying interest, etc.  So, in
> many ways, the current 
> crisis
> can be beneficial for us if we know how to manage it
> using local currency
> to do so.  One of the things with local currency is
> that it keeps the 
> currency
> supply within the community -- it is not "skimmed
> off" as it is when one is
> using national currency. But, of course, this is why
> the GMS will try to
> keep communities from using local currency. 
> However, since it may be
> the only survival route, people will find ways of
> doing this under the
> counter in order to survive.
> 
> You know, I think these hoop greenhouses are great
> although the plastic
> parts may not be the best for the environment. 
> However, if for any reason
> your community is forced to migrate the hoop
> greenhouses can be rolled
> up and moved with little effort whereas the
> conventional style create
> difficulties in this regard.  You know, we really
> have to think about all of
> the angles here since we are faced with so many
> unprecedented and
> unknown challenges.
> 
> And, that reminds me of something else -- try and
> get everyone in your
> neighborhood to "retrofit" their homes to be more
> energy efficient.  I
> read just yesterday that if all of us would exchange
> just a couple bulbs
> in our home for the new energy efficient ones,  this
> small change
> alone would be equivalent to taking 8 million cars
> off of the road
> annually.  There really is so much that we can do as
> individuals just
> by taking small steps initially and then increasing
> them as we learn
> more each day.
> 
> Would that we could only clone you, Arlie. You are a
> gem and I know
> that your community will get through this better
> than most as you actively
> lead the way. .
> 
> with love and in gratitude for all that you do, and
> all that we do together.
> 
> mary rose
> 
> We must be the change we wish to see in our lives.  
>   .    .   .  .   .   .
> 
> 
> 
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "mary rose" <maryrose333 at att.net>
> > To: <discussion at globaljusticemovement.net>;
> <FixGov at yahoogroups.com>
> 
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