Gregory Paul Johnson > Journal “It’s certainly possible to help create a new world for all people and a new reality of abundance, kindness, health, wealth, education, nourishment, peace, tranquility, and enlightenment. To do so, one must begin with creating a new world and new reality inside, then in their own small circle of influence,… Continue reading Creating a New World
Category: Activism
Fuel Efficient Automobile Technology – Open Letter from the NPR Car Talk Hosts
The following letter about fuel efficient automobile technology is an open letter to the U.S. Congress from Tom and Ray Magliozzi — of the National Public Radio show Car Talk. Tom and Ray Magliozzi Box 3500 Harvard Square Cambridge MA 02238 Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming United States House of Representatives Washington… Continue reading Fuel Efficient Automobile Technology – Open Letter from the NPR Car Talk Hosts
Put Your Life on a Diet: Lessons Learned from Living in 140 Square Feet
Gregory Paul Johnson > Journal There is now a web page for the new book from Gregory Paul Johnson, Put Your Life on a Diet: Lessons Learned from Living in 140 Square Feet. Click here to visit the new page.
Resources for Life Welcomes GO Iowa!
GO Iowa! is a new website at Resources for Life that represents the efforts of a number of volunteers who care about the preservation and enhancement of Iowa’s Great Outdoors, land and other natural resources.It is intended as an information resource for those who are also working to promote these ends, in a belief that… Continue reading Resources for Life Welcomes GO Iowa!
Greenbelts
“A Greenbelt is a ring of open land that encircles an urban area. Once a Greenbelt is established it is available to the public for recreational uses, such as hiking and biking trails, golf, parks, hunting and fishing, as well as farming, wildlife preservation, and many other purposes.” — From the GO Iowa! website.
Restroom Video Surveillance Cameras
In a post 911 world, people seem to have long forgotten about the desire for privacy. In the article “Iowa City Welcomes a Police State” (Resources for Life News, July 2002), it was reported that Iowa City was being used as a test market for surveillance cameras to be installed at street intersections. There was… Continue reading Restroom Video Surveillance Cameras
World’s Largest Marine Protected Area
By Associated Press RAY LILLEY Updated: 2/21/2008 WELLINGTON, New Zealand The tiny islands nation of Kiribati declared the world’s largest marine protected area Thursday — a California-sized ocean wilderness that includes pristine reefs and eight coral atolls teeming with fish and birds. The Phoenix Islands Protected Area, or PIPA, lies about halfway between Hawaii and… Continue reading World’s Largest Marine Protected Area
50 Questions for a Better World
A recent survey by ConversationWeek.org arrived at the top 50 questions people are asking with regard to making the world a better place. A survey is being conducted to arrive at the top 10. The 50 questions they selected as the most pertinent are listed below. What can we do to reduce or eliminate violence… Continue reading 50 Questions for a Better World
Perseverence, Faith, Believe
“You may not think you can reach it. Climb anyway. You may not think you’ll be heard. Speak anyway. You may not think you can change things. Try anyway.” – Maya Angelou
Inner Strength
“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes
Activism
“Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.” – Buddha
Enlightenment
“The greatest gift is to give people your enlightenment, to share it. It has to be the greatest.” – Buddha