Sentient Collective

Sentient Collective is a creative organization dedicated to interrupting the current worldview, in order to allow the opportunity to rethink our human narrative. Through Design, Film, and Installation Art, we work to heal that narrative into one that is inclusive of all walks of life, in which everyone can contribute. www.wearesentient.org | @WeAreSentients | facebook.com/WeAreSentients

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Well said.

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"We are at a point in America where those people - Trump supporters - make me sad. But the ones who make me angry? The incredibly intelligent, brightest minds I know, who sit on their hands and do nothing, don’t vote, don’t volunteer, and pretend as though their knowledge abdicates them from action... Don’t let that happen. Do something. Please, for the sake of everyone, do something." - Chicagoan Michael Joseph Garza

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This is so powerful.

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It’s Nick Randhawa! Had the great pleasure of knowing him at Berkeley. He’s done fantastic work.

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Always reblog this

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Powerful

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If you have a problem with breastfeeding you have a problem with the very essence of what makes us sentient, loving, connected beings.

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29-year-old leaves NFL and $37 million contract to become farmer in order to feed the hungry.

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There Will Be More Plastic Than Fish in the Ocean by 2050

There will be more plastic than fish in the ocean by 2050, warned Ellen MacArthur Foundation and World Economic Forum in a report The New Plastics Economy: Rethinking the Future of Plastics.

This article became relevant to me today after I spent the morning unpackaging stuff that was delivered to our door (which we ordered, of course): clothes, toys and small furniture stuff, such as a booster chair, for our grandson, and stuff that we bought at the store for our dogs. I was snipping away at those small plastic thingies that hold the purchased thing to cardboard backing, or to which were attached warning labels and such, and I was smashing plastic bags to put in the trash (non recyclable here in our Chicago burbs), and cutting up the cardboard boxes into pieces that would fit in the recyclable bin. So wasteful of resources and my time, and kind of disturbing to think of those tiny little bits of plastic that will go into a landfill someplace.

Plastic production has increased dramatically in the last 50 years. Photo credit: Ellen MacArthur Foundation

Excerpt:

Every year “at least 8 million tons of plastics leak into the ocean—which is equivalent to dumping the contents of one garbage truck into the ocean every minute,” the report finds. “If no action is taken, this is expected to increase to two per minute by 2030 and four per minute by 2050.

“In a business-as-usual scenario, the ocean is expected to contain one ton of plastic for every three tons of fish by 2025, and by 2050, more plastics than fish (by weight).”

Plastic production has increased 20-fold since 1964, reaching 311 million tons in 2014, the report says. It is expected to double again in the next 20 years and almost quadruple by 2050. New plastics will consume 20 percent of all oil production within 35 years, up from an estimated 5 percent today.

The vast majority of plastics is not effectively recycled, either, according to the report. Only 5 percent is properly recycled, while 40 percent is sent to a landfill and a third ends up in the environment, including in the world’s oceans. Much of the rest is burned, which generates energy, The Guardian noted, but also causes “more fossil fuels to be consumed in order to make new plastic bags, cups, tubs and consumer devices demanded by the economy.”

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please don't ever think that no one cares about you

I work in an ER and we see suicides all the time. And we get at least 3 suicidal ideations a night. We all care about you. I promise, we do. A team of complete strangers who have worked 3+ 12 hour shifts this week who are being screamed at all day and night and probably haven’t had lunch and trust me, we still love you and care about you.

We had a 16 year old patient last night who we couldn’t save. We were in that room with this patient for over an hour, we did everything we could. And let me tell you, we all cried. The EMT’s, the nurses, the doctor. We all huddled together in the doctors dictation room and cried.

I went through the rest of my shift with smudged mascara and tracks on my cheeks.

I remember the names of all the patients that have taken their lives on my shifts.

I remember squeezing the hands, smoothing the hair, kissing the foreheads, and wiping away the blood and the vomit of every patient that has left me too soon.

I can still see every face that I have zipped into a body bag.

Trust me, someone cares about you. You have never met them yet. You don’t ever think about them. They are never remembered when you talk about heroes and role models.

But someone loves you.

[shroom-goddess]

damn….

[sentientcollective]

Love. We need it more.

More this.

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Pouring a Thermos of Hot Tea at -40°C Near the Arctic Circle Photographed by Michael Davies

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Find play, wherever you are. We may not actually be able to do this for much longer.

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When the moon hits your eye, like a big pizza pie that’s… - via http://ift.tt/1UnW2eR

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Just hangin out with the homie.

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Donald Trump Is An A**hole, Philly Mayor Says

The mayor of Philadelphia didn’t mince words when asked about Donald Trump’s recent remarks on Muslims.

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more importantly, he called what trump is doing “radicalization”- which it is. 

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Well. There it is.

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Bernie Sanders just took the boldest stance of any candidate on legalizing marijuana and ending the war on drugs. But he didn’t stop there: “There is a racial component to this situation.”

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Yes.

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Since March 2011 almost half of Syria's population has been forced to leave their homes due to war, with over 8 million seeking asylum in neighboring countries and in Europe. Despite obvious overwhelming need, world governments have failed to respond quickly, as the situation continues to worsen. 

War is not "their problem", it is a human problem. Under the skin we are all the same. When you look at the earth, there are no borders, no countries. We are one. 

When one of us hurts, we all hurt. 

Even the smallest acts of compassion make a big difference. Check these links below to find out how you can get involved and help your fellow humans in need, and share this video. Please continue to add to this list by sharing links to organizations making a positive change in the comments! 

Love and light, 

The Sentient Collective Team. 

UNITED STATES/NORTH AMERICA 

CWS Global: http://www.cwsglobal.org/our-work/you-can-help-syrian-refugees.html?referrer=https://www.google.com/ 

UNHCR: http://www.unhcr.org/pages/49feae7b6.html 

MACEDONIA/BALKAN REGION 

Project Hope: http://www.projecthope.org/where-we-work/humanitarian-missions/syrian-refugee-crisis.html?referrer=https://www.google.com/ 

LEBANON 

R&R: http://www.reliefandreconciliation.org/volunteer-with-us.html 

JORDAN 

Volunteering With Syrian Refugees in Jordan: https://www.facebook.com/HelpUsHelpSyrianRefugeesInJordan 

GERMANY/AUSTRIA/EUROPE 

Refugees Welcome: http://www.refugees-welcome.net/ 

Because We Carry: https://www.facebook.com/Becausewecarry?__mref=message_bubble 

Help For Refugees in Molyvos: https://www.facebook.com/HelpForRefugeesInMolyvos?fref=ts&__mref=message_bubble 

Dutch Parcels for Refugees: https://www.facebook.com/DutchParcelsforRefugees?fref=ts&__mref=message_bubble 

The Worldwide Tribe: https://www.facebook.com/theworldwidetribe Small 

Projects Istanbul: http://www.smallprojectsistanbul.org/ 

Hand in Hand for Syria: http://www.handinhandforsyria.org.uk/

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