Nina Angelo is a dear friend and there's a terrific article on her life's work written by Julie Duell at
ArtIntegrity
"Wow! Where do I begin to tell you about Nina Angelo? I have known Nina for many years through artistic pursuits and as neighbours at MacMasters Beach and the I’m sure the first word that that comes to mind when most people think of her is “COLOURFUL”.
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A Finer Reality by Cedar
The Burning Season - upcoming documentary directed by Cathy Henkel, produced by Hatchling Productions
As the world faces up to the impacts of climate change, a young environmental entrepreneur proposes a massive carbon trading deal that could protect the forests of Indonesia, save the orangutan from extinction, and affect the Earth's future.
Dorjee Sun's past is filled with contradictions, but his mission is clear: he's structured a radical plan to stop the "lungs of the planet", Indonesia's pristine rainforests, being burned off for palm oil production - and in the process believes he can reduce global carbon emissions by up to 40 percent. Indonesia is tagged "world's worst" in forest clearing; it's also a chaotic, often corrupt nation of 220 million people, many trying to escape brutal poverty.
For her part, former flight attendant Lone Droscher-Nielsen, obsessed with saving Indonesia's orangutans, is sweating on Dorjee's mission to America. Last year the fires displaced or killed 5000 orangutans; at this rate they will be extinct by 2015. Running a rescue-and-rehab centre on Borneo, Lone is emotionally drained. "Are we just going to let them get killed out there?" she asks. The answer: the palm oil companies have no need for orangutans or rain forests. Whatever gets in their way must go. Pressure at every level is growing.
For Ahmadi Widyasari, global warming means little. He's doing what thousands of farmers on Sumatra do, burning forest every year to clear more land to produce palm oil for shampoo and other products. Ahmadi's only concern is his family's survival. See Events
Morocco's Climbing Goats
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Goats on trees are found mostly only in Morocco. The goats climb them because they like to eat the fruit of the argan tree, which is similar to an olive. Farmers actually follow the herds of goats as they move from tree to tree. Not because it is so strange to see goats in trees and the farmers like to point and stare, but because the fruit of the tree has a nut inside, which the goats can't digest, so they spit it up or excrete it which the farmers collect. The nut contains 1-3 kernels, which can be ground to make argan oil used in cooking and cosmetics. This oil has been collected by the people of the region for hundreds of years, but like many wild and useful things these days, the argan tree is slowly disappearing due to over-harvesting for the tree's wood and overgrazing by goats. |
The Powers That Were
Clarity sessions with Cedar
- MacMasters Beach, Central Coast ~ 6th July - 12 July. Book at Nina's Little Shop.
Cedar's Recipes - just a beginning
Cedar's Trail
S p i r i t A r t
Spirit Revealed in Full Moon Photo Taken 20 May 2008
Anastasia and The Family Domain - Dwellings, Gardens, Orchards and Farms by Cedar
Clouds
Pelicans perched on Fisherman's Wharf in Woy Woy. Like a big ol' jumbo jet
the flying pelican circled around and made a faultless landing.
How much is enough? In The Ringing Cedars latest book The New Civilisation, Anastasia tells a remarkable story of how the system of working for the coin has enslaved the majority of people in most nations on Earth.
These photographs of stashes of cash collected in drug sales shows the extent of the madness so many have descended into with their lust for money.
Publish yourself with LULU
Many of you have a book, artwork or posters that you'd like to have published. A reader told me of this fantastic company where you can print just one or any number of items as LULU prints on order and dispatches to the persons and addresses of your choice. I know of two people doing this and are totally thrilled with the results and service.
Crystal Skulls
Interesting photos and article on Earthfiles.com about pearlescent spheres taken over Florida and California - recorded mostly in 2005. Could these be plasma ships?
Spectacular sand sculpture here at Creatives
Check out upcoming events here.
Planet Earth dvd series - if you ever have doubts about wanting to be on planet Earth - do watch this - again.
I've been watching the fantastic dvd series Planet Earth which is beautifully narrated by David Attenborough.
It astonishes me how the photographers were able to achieve such spectacular footage.
Available from the ABC and BBC shops - disturbing that we are losing so many species, delightful that these glorious worlds of nature have been brought to our screens.
"If the hairs on the back of your neck do not stand on end at some point during this program, have somebody call an ambulance. You are in a coma..." - The Age read more here
