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Enlightenment Poem Featured on Essence Radio Show

"Enlightenment" by Cheryl Hughey with Spoken Audio Music by M.J. Hummingway is featured this week on the Essence Radio Show.  If you want to preview the "Enlightenment" segment, click here.


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"Knowing others is wisdom: Knowing the self is enlightenment. Mastering others requires force: Mastering the self needs strength". Lao Tzu 
 
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Posted by Green Sage Page at 8/22/2008 5:11 PM | Add Comment

Of the Difference Between Man and Bees in the Nature Kingdom

Bees are marvellous creatures!. They have survived for millions of years without the assistance of human beings. The most powerful varieties are adapted to the environment in their struggle for life under the terms of natural selection (Darwinism). They are hard workers and play an important and essential role in Nature, more so than one can think or imagine. All the products of the hive are natural elixirs for humans: wax, honey, royal jelly, propolis, venom.

In our world of fast and perpetual evolution, it is important to be able to keep the interest of rising generations in bee-keeping. It's ancestral techniques sometimes can appear exceeded, becoming a major risk factor for the perennial and the survival of agriculture. Indeed, if the number of bee-keepers is reduced more and more, how can we guarantee pollination up to now assured by bees?

At first glance, it is only one insect species which is likely to disappear, but it can become a major environmental catastrophe when it is announced. Wasn’t it Albert Einstein who had already stated that humanity would not survive more than four years with the disappearance of bees?

Man has interest to be engaged with nature and try to help avoid the occurrence of this catastrophic scenario. For that we might build some of the first steps:
  • To teach children respect for the environment to avoid in presenting bee-keepers as opportunists in the work of hives and to promote them as guardians of nature instead.
  • To develop material in making the bee-keeper's work easier and more effective to show the farmers and landscape designers that bee-keepers constitute for them essential allies.  Knowing that the amount of bee-keepers is dramatically reduced; the hope in seeing increasing numbers seems illusory.
On the contrary, the future risk is being marked by a concentration of the production in the hands of a much reduced number of these workers. To reduce the harmful input of chemical pesticides, man must investigate the effect of biological products on the environment. We must be aware of the steps we have to follow for future homologation of this bio-products, necessary in any field research trial. This is why it is of primary importance to test bio-products on non-target insects. Because of its importance on an ecological and economic level, bees are excellent non-target organisms.

However, man must respect the social structure implied on a hive and place the bees under closest conditions to their natural environment, hence to observe the swarm not as a whole of identical individuals independent from/to each other, but as a diffuse organization. The Queen is a precious treasure for bee-keepers, the use of the Queen Mandibular Pheromone (QMP) on research with experimental hives is essential. The QMP-- the only pheromone (or semio-chemical) chemically identified in the honey bee (Apis mellifera) queen-- makes possible to keep the cohesion of the population, to block the ovarian development of workers and to preserve the capacities of altruism of these insects.

More research and interest on bees are essential on the crazy weird industrialized world we live. Now that Man thinks he knows everything, he has also mastered the art of destroying nature. When a situation is so unprecedented that no amount of knowledge or experience is adequate to master it, then the ignorant and inexperienced are fit to deal with it than the learned and experienced. 

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Posted by Ana Isabel Ordonez at 8/20/2008 8:15 PM | Add Comment

Landscape Artist Thomas Kinkade


Thomas Kindade’s paintings have become some of the most desirable pieces of art in the 21st century. His works are the Rolex among watches, the Judith Lieber bag among purses, and the Jacque Torres chocolate creation among chocolatiers. His paintings are known for having the “Kinkade Glow” and the fairytale décor of stories depicted in books written by the Brothers Grimm. The commercial appeal of his works has inspired critics to dub his collection “Chocolate Box Art.” On that note, for Christmas 2005, Glade Air Fresheners licensed a few of Kinkade’s paintings to be embossed ...<< MORE >>

Posted by Susan Frances at 7/29/2008 4:07 PM | Add Comment

Fantasy Artist Stephen Hickman


The world of Middle-earth portrayed in J.R.R. Tolkien’s trilogy for The Lord of the Rings, is wonderfully depicted in some of the paintings by modern day fantasy artist, Stephen Hickman. His colors are vibrant, his lines are finely detailed, and his figures jump off the canvass. The themes of his works focus on the beauty and ferociousness of humans living in a supernatural habitat, which made Tolkien’s stories a perfect source of inspiration for his paintings.


The expressions in Hickman’s fictitious characters of hobbits, elves, earthly sorcerers, primordial beasts, and mythical creatures are ...<< MORE >>

Posted by Susan Frances at 7/22/2008 11:15 PM | Add Comment

A Walk in the Woods with Veronica Timpanelli

(If you're previewing this page, click "more" at the bottom to view the pics and the complete story.)

This time of the year always finds me out in the woods and fields searching for wild foods, herbs, and my favorites, wild berries.



Unfortunately, one of the hazards of foraging for wild foods is that the best and biggest fruits are always the hardest to get to and usually in the middle of a poison ivy patch or next to a few well-concealed stinging nettles plants – or both!



The feeling of a good, hard brush with stinging nettles is ...<< MORE >>

Posted by Green Sage Page at 7/20/2008 7:11 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

"Gnoming" - Innocent Hobby or Genocide?

I stumbled upon some articles this morning regarding the subject of "gnoming."  It would appear that a strange development has occurred with bored suburbanites.  In an effort to amuse themselves, they kidnap innocent gnomes from neighboring gardens and take them along in their travels. Photographs are taken in unusual places and sent back to the "owners" to mark the trail of the missing gnome.

While I have never been forcibly removed from my humble domicile beneath a mossy rock in the gardens, I am rather alarmed by the frequency of gnome-nappings that have been occurring around the world. A recent story on the relocation of 34 gnomes was featured in The Times in Munster, Indiana.  A supposed group of "rogue" gnomes were found playing baseball in a nearby field. Even though three gnomes had been dismembered, the "owner" of nine of them merely expressed sentiment that they had run off from her garden on a lark.  Mysteriously enough, donuts for the police were also found on the scene.*  My concern is why is this lady holding a gnome baseball team hostage? Have we not our own freedom to play baseball anytime we want without being deemed mischievous or deviant?

Particularly alarming to me is the Travelocity Gnome.   There is a whole store on the site dedicated to purchasing gnome items. Beach towels, magnets and even lunch boxes are available.  It appears great pride has been taken in his "travels" around the world. Is he a paid spokesperson or merely a slave to corporate idealism? You decide.

There are various liberation armies in our mist...subversive organizations dedicated to freeing all gnome kind.  I urge you to write your congressman and work with local officials to pass laws against the enslavement of gnomes.  Together, we can end the suffering.

Dusty
Resident Editor and Gnome

*The Times story can be found here.

Posted by Green Sage Page at 7/16/2008 8:22 AM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Gnome Artist Maureen Carlson


Gnomes belong to the clan of nomads that reside in the subterranean world of the earth’s underground. They are believed to be endowed with special talents which enable them to make a land prosper or wilt into barren fields that destroy crops and livestock. For this reason, farmers, in particular, believed in the power of the Gnomes and called on them for help.


Gnomes are based in Scandinavian folklore and are described as little people no bigger than a small child. Although Gnomes are smaller than an adult human, they ...<< MORE >>

Posted by Susan Frances at 7/15/2008 10:42 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Fairy Artist: Amy Brown


Without having any formal art training, fairy artist Amy Brown has built an extensive collection of over 800 fantasy images that are bound to withstand the test of time. Her lines are elegant, her colors are eye-catching, and her figures are statuesque with facial expressions that are comely to the viewer‘s eyes. Her mythical creatures have a Gothic look and her divas possess an otherworldly presence as her lightning coordinates the luminous glow of her figures with the cast shadows made by their features. Inspired by such fantasy artists as Brian Froud and Michael ...<< MORE >>

Posted by Susan Frances at 7/2/2008 4:33 AM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Are Organic Tomatoes Better?

In the wake of the recent Salmonela outbreaks, consumers are taking a second look at what goes in their shopping baskets and considering organic options.  However, is organic really better?

Check out the NPR story below for an interesting story that examines the health value of organic options:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90914182



Posted by Green Sage Page at 6/28/2008 8:09 AM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

20 Free Ways to Save Energy - Article Link to www.greenerchoices.org

Looking to save a little green while being kind to the environment?

Click on the link below to read 20 great energy tips that will save you money:
http://www.greenerchoices.org/products.cfm?product=20%20free%20ways&pcat=homegarden

Posted by Green Sage Page at 6/27/2008 8:40 PM | Add Comment
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