Villa Verde

Ecology, education, equality

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Who's the boss now???? #attaboy #sharingiscaring

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Cat stole the dogs bed, he is a bit ashamed that he let this happen.... #jerkcat

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I need one more day...#optoutside #naturewalk #mondaycametoofast (at Kleinstuck Preserve)

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#regram from @trustforpublicland #truth #optoutside

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9 cities abolish Columbus Day in favor of Indigenous Peoples’ Day

Nine cities in states across the US have pressed for resolutions to recognize October 12 as Indigenous Peoples’ Day rather than Columbus Day. Eight of those cities passed resolutions in the last two months and three adopted a resolution just this week.

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How green are your finances?

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Out Of The Classroom And Into The Woods

In this Vermont kindergarten, every Monday is "Forest Monday" a day that gets students out of the classroom and into nature.

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Scientists: Earth Endangered by New Strain of Fact-Resistant Humans - The New Yorker

“It’s possible that they will become more receptive to facts once they are in an environment without food, water, or oxygen,” a researcher said.

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Ecocide: The Psychology of Environmental Destruction

Recent scientific reports about climate change make grim reading. A paper published in The Economic Journal by the respected UK economist Lord Stern states that the models previously used to...

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Making Connections: Healing The Earth Through Community

It began in the 1970’s when the folks of flowing locks and barefooted children headed back to the land in search of something more - a revolutionary devotion to love, earth,  art, music, spirituality and meaningful work. 

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...the old Lakota was wise. He knew that a man’s heart, away from nature, becomes hard; he knew that lack of respect for growing, living things soon led to lack of respect for humans, too. So he kept his children close to nature’s softening influence. --Standing Bear.

http://www.filmsforaction.org/articles/10-quotes-from-a-oglala-lakota-chief-that-will-make-you-question-everything-about-our-society/

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#wordstoliveby #ericcarle #verde_er http://ift.tt/1IYn6f3 #verde_er #ecology #education #environment

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But I’ll tell you what hermits realize. If you go off into a far, far forest and get very quiet, you’ll come to understand that you’re connected with everything.

Alan Watts (via thecalminside)

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20 ways to reuse coffee grounds, tea leaves It’s unlikely that coffee or tea is growing in your garden, so after you finish that cup, put the grounds to work with these clever ideas.