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Bruce Lipton, PHD Evolutionary Biologist

I just discovered this very interesting thinker who was recently a featured presenter at the great conference center the Omega Institute. Omega has always been a tremendous resource for finding grounded, interesting and inspiring speakers that communicate esoteric, holistic, metaphysical and hopeful messages that sort of transcribe concepts that are "out there" into intriguing thoughts relevant to our inner and outer lives. His book, The Biology Of Belief: Unleashing The Power Of Consciousness, Matter And Miracles was an instant hit.

What do you think?

Less Impact Man - Diapers

If you have not seen No Impact Man and you need some inspiration and motivation to get with the Eco-movement than check him out. He has taken the concept of green, no carbon footprint living, to the level of an extreme sport.

Being a fellow New Yorker and an an ecologically concerned father, I can relate to the challenges of living "more gentler on the earth." In the fast-pace New York workday rat race it is hard to make saving the world and the planet a priority when society is so geared to material success, business, status etc, etc etc...

With my 4 year-old already out of diapers and my little guy just turning two I've been resisting trying or switching from bleached diapers to more holistic diapers. After all, "What effect could one person have???" and "My kid would be toilet trained soon anyway, etc etc." After some research, I found a source for "green" diapers that were the same price as the ones in D 'Agastino's and Stop & Shop.

So, we finally started using less impact diapers, and you know what? They're fine. So until my little guy is toilet trained we'll be living a little lighter on the planet.

There is a momentum to live the same way we lived the day before. OK, I could have started using the diapers sooner- but I'm using them now. This is the first in a series of blog posts dealing with one person's attempt to living with "less impact," greater awareness and more respectful of the planet and our children who will be here to deal with the mess we have made before them.

Indigenous Peoples Message To The World

In 1992 I traveled to the jungles of Brazil to record the The First World Conference of Indigenous Peoples. Over the week I recorded more than 50 hours of audio. The lectures, delivered in the 3 official languages of the conference, were moving, inspirational and often times gut wrenching. Cultural, musical performances were also digitally recorded.

It was the first time indigenous peoples from every continent were in the same place. The conference was closed to the public, I was one of a handful of non native peoples invited.

After a lot of time and resources the recordings were boiled down to 2 separate programs. The resulting project was endorsed by the United Nations. In addition to receiving a coveted starred review from Publisher's Weekly -- PW also invented an award for the production "The Pioneering Hybrid Of The Month Award."

Click here to listen to a sample. This title and many other multimedia "downloads to uplift," will be available soon on our site. As all titles to be released on our site, a percentage of profits will go towards a socially responsible cause. In this case, Land is Life, the organization that organized the conference back in  1992.