Topic: Culture & Society

Eight citizens groups have chosen 08/08/08 at 8 pm as the time when individuals and citizen organizations around the world can collectively join in calling for an end to secret agreements between governments and extraterrestrials.

A multinational consortium of citizen organizations has issued a Galactic Freedom Day Declaration calling for an end to all secret government and corporate agreements concerning extraterrestrial life. The Declaration establishes 08/08/08 as "Galactic Freedom Day" and asserts that hidden agreements concerning extraterrestrial life have been secretly entered into by a range of government authorized agencies, departments and corporations. In some cases, these pacts involve representatives of advanced extraterrestrial civilizations whose existence has not been disclosed to the general public. Evidence of these secret agreements, as well as the full text of the Declaration, special Galactic Freedom Day events schedules, and an online petition are available at the official website, GalacticFreedomDay.com.

"Foraging for food in the forest or even in your backyard can take the strain off your pocket book, it does for me," says Weed Lady Mollie Stolle. Mollie will soon be sharing her wildcrafting know-how in a summer Weed-Shop in the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina. Wildcrafting in Western North Carolina can be good exercise and may be one of the best places on the planet for getting a large variety of pristine nutritious plants, healing herbs and appetizing wild foods for even the pickiest eater.

Asheville, North Carolina is reaching new heights as a center for alternative culture, including health, wellness and personal development with the announcement of Wellness Weeds fun-shop, all day workshop. On Saturday, June 28, 2008, Weed Lady will share her special approach to wildcrafting in her summer weed workshop. Mollie has an eye for both herb safety and nature conservation. Mollie keeps a sharp focus on protecting endangered plant species. Mollie Stolle will be sharing her secrets at an undisclosed location at the mountain's base of nearby Cold Mountain, North Carolina. With room left for just seven herb enthusiasts, the class includes a wild gourmet meal. Participants will be gathering their own lunch, the menu, not final yet, may include fresh Stinging Nettle pesto, Burdock drizzled with Chick Weed vinegar, savory soup of Yellow Dock, Poke Sallet with Chick Weed, Stinging Nettle tea and Dandelion wine but mother nature can offer up her own surprises all this, something different or much more.

As gas prices rise and the economy battles with the massive burden of Iraq and the War on Terror, a new film comes to Showtime and DVD reminding Americans about the other, longer, more costly war that has yet to be brought up this election season.

The new Showtime documentary, American Drug War: The Last White Hope, is coming to DVD, and leads the debate on the War on Drugs.

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Tommy Chong serving time in a privately owned prison.

A lawyer describes the benefits of holistic way of life and how it can be applied to the practice of law. Did you know there's an International Alliance of Holistic Lawyers?

It is apparent that a new day has arrived in politics, where a more positive focus on the issues and policies is being emphasized, as opposed to the negativity of dirty tactics - although some have found it hard, perhaps out of desperation, to totally forgo the latter. This is due to the public's hunger for not just change, but change that is positive. The electorate, especially the younger generation, is rewarding politicians that are perceptive, and seemingly genuine and adept enough to tap into this emerging consensus. As with politics, so it has increasingly become with medicine, and even with the practice of law - which arguably is the last holdout in which dirty antics and nastiness naturally exist. Practitioners are seeking a comprehensive, more positive approach to solving legal issues.

A constant companion since before we began this web site back in January, 2000, Magick passed away on Thursday, June 5. She will be forever missed.

Magick, the Chief Executive Companion at AlternativeApproaches.com, died quietly on Thursday, June 5th, evidently of an illness common to her breed. At the time of her passing, she was about a month shy of her tenth birthday, which means that she was approximately 70 years old in human terms. She became ill late Tuesday evening and died just hours after visiting her veterinarian in Pilot Mountain, NC.

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Magick, at home in her back yard - June, 2001.

The first dramatic feature film to challenge the official version of 9/11 events, "The Reflecting Pool," will screen twice a day July 11-16 and July 18 at the Pioneer Theater in New York City. The film follows a journalist who teams up with the father of a 9/11 victim to investigate the official version of the events. What they find poses a disturbing question: To what extent was the U.S. Government at fault for the attacks?

The new investigative movie drama, The Reflecting Pool, marks its New York City premiere at the Pioneer Theater on Friday, July 11. This is the first time a dramatic feature film questioning the events of 9/11 will see an extended theatrical run in the United States. The movie will play twice nightly July 11-16 and July 18 with filmmakers Jarek Kupsc, Jodie Baltazar, and Joseph Culp in attendance for a question-and-answer after each show.

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World Ocean Day, June 8th, highlights threats to oceans around the world, and opportunities to help improve the health of our seas.

This World Ocean Day, June 8th, The Nature Conservancy is offering simple tips to help restore oceans and coasts around the world.

New research suggests that the average supermarket shopper is willing to pay a premium price for locally produced foods, providing some farmers an attractive option to enter a niche market that could boost their revenues.

New research suggests that the average supermarket shopper is willing to pay a premium price for locally produced foods, providing some farmers an attractive option to enter a niche market that could boost their revenues.

Not suprizingly, it appears that the fundies are in a snit over Oprah's embrace of New Age or New Though ideas. In our mind, however, "Don't Drink the Kool-Aid would be a case of the pot calling the kettle black.

(Press Release) The Beatles don't have anything on Oprah. In an interview on July 29, 1966, John Lennon stated that the Beatles were "more popular than Jesus." Robert Fontenot, Jr., an entertainment critic and journalist says in an article on About.com, that "it remains one of the biggest pop music scandals of all time, but even that dubious honor can't really convey the impact the statement had in those bygone days." According to Wikipedia, "The American Bible Belt protested in the South and Midwest, and conservative groups staged public burnings of Beatles' records and memorabilia. Many radio stations banned The Beatles' music, and some concert venues cancelled performances."

Will America have the same reaction when they are aware that Oprah says that "we are God?"

The oldest living person in the world claims she's 134 from the nomadic tribe of the Raj Gond in India. She knows the medicinal properties of over 1,000 native plants & has delivered a thousand babies. She credits her longevity to family, tea, herbal medicines, and a nip of alochol here & there.

Ghaini Lal Signh Jamkar, from the state of Maharastra in India, claims to be at least 130 years old. Although completely illiterate, she has embraced the idea of getting her story onto the world wibe web.

CEO and co-founder of the web site Story of My Life says, "The goal of Story of My Life is to get a story about every single person in the world onto our site. So we decided to start at the top, with the oldest living person." Tracking down rumors that there was an even older person than the official oldest living person of record, Story of My Life assembled a team to India to meet her, and recorded Mrs. Ghaini's story along with video and numerous pictures of her and her vast family.