children - Blog - SCOCO Network2024-03-28T18:57:49Zhttps://sustainablecoco.ning.com/profiles/blogs/feed/tag/children"textsongs - sound scapes for kids" - eBook #15 by willi paul, newmythologist.comhttps://sustainablecoco.ning.com/profiles/blogs/textsongs-sound-scapes-for-kids-ebook-15-by-willi-paul2014-03-26T23:21:08.000Z2014-03-26T23:21:08.000ZWilli Paulhttps://sustainablecoco.ning.com/members/WilliPaul<div><p></p><p><strong><a href="http://communityalchemy.com/textsongs/textsongs.pdf" target="_blank"><img src="" width="423" class="align-center" height="625" alt="" /></a><span class="font-size-4">textsongs</span></strong> <br /><span class="font-size-4"><strong>sound scapes for kids</strong></span><br /><span class="font-size-4"><strong>eBook #15</strong></span><br /><span class="font-size-4"><strong>willi paul</strong></span><br /><span class="font-size-4"><strong>newmythologist.com</strong></span></p><p></p><p><strong><span class="font-size-4"><a href="http://communityalchemy.com/textsongs/textsongs.pdf">Download eBook #5</a></span></strong></p><p></p><p>* * * * * * *</p><p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>b o o k</strong></span> <br /><span class="font-size-3"><strong>i n t r o</strong></span></p><p>passports to the TV bored<br />text love-savvy</p><p>world fone generation<br />headphones blazing, encoded not</p><p>make it send it get one back<br />kid’s secret story screens</p><p>alchemic fingers<br />dice control</p><p>camouflaging memes as meaning<br />hail Mary initiation devices</p><p>killing old moons<br />spawning fresh ones</p><p>60 sec. dial ups<br />myth in clowns</p><p>digital pools<br />samples pictures tab text</p><p>signals vibes in the Transition<br />the 6th estate on fire</p></div>“Understanding Redundancy” – A Brief Lesson for Children by Willi Paul, Planetshifter.com Magazinehttps://sustainablecoco.ning.com/profiles/blogs/understanding-redundancy-a-brief-lesson-for-children-by-willi2014-01-13T00:29:57.000Z2014-01-13T00:29:57.000ZWilli Paulhttps://sustainablecoco.ning.com/members/WilliPaul<div><div class="entry-content clear-fix"><div><div><div><div><div style="text-align:center;"><span class="font-size-4"><img title="" alt="" src="http://www.planetshifter.com/uploads/imagecache/standard/safe_1.png" /></span></div></div></div><p style="text-align:center;"></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span class="font-size-4"><strong>“Understanding Redundancy” – A Brief Lesson for Children by Willi Paul, Planetshifter.com Magazine</strong></span></p><p>It is important to connect the concepts of resilience and redundancy to grow and share our growing Transition. For this lesson, understand resilience as the ability of a community to become healthy and successful after something bad happens.</p><p></p><p>From Permaculture (<a href="http://www.patternliteracy.com/resources/ethics-and-principles">Primary Principles for Functional Design – #5</a>), redundancy design requires that each part of the any critical social, food or energy system is supported by multiple back-ups. Redundancy protects us when one or more traditional processes or components fail.</p><p></p><p>Redundancy is also about the recovery phase after an emergency as we work together to return our lives to a safe operational place.</p><p></p><p>*******</p><p></p><p><strong>Here are some examples of redundancy:</strong></p><p></p><p>- Back-up life support equipment and staffing plans at relief clinics</p><p>- Building your house on stilts for protection against high water and predators</p><p>- Squirrels saving nuts in multiple locations</p><p>- A Seed Library – preserving different genetic strains to guard against altered / toxic invader seeds</p><p>- Community Food Forest – multiple crops that all supply vitamin, protein or other nutritional needs</p><p>- Solar batteries that support home heating and cooling when traditional power sources fail</p><p>- Teaching multiple tribe members how to lead and teach important skills, including local land design methods, participatory governance and other Post-Chaos Era community needs</p><p></p><p>*******</p><p></p><p><strong>Note</strong>: This lesson is itself is an example of redundancy as the Internet multiplies the available number of sites that kids that can read this work and implement its wisdom.</p></div></div></div></div>“Oh, PermaTrans, where art thou?” : Rant by Willi Paul, Planetshifter.com Magazinehttps://sustainablecoco.ning.com/profiles/blogs/oh-permatrans-where-art-thou-rant-by-willi-paul-planetshifter2013-11-02T19:00:11.000Z2013-11-02T19:00:11.000ZWilli Paulhttps://sustainablecoco.ning.com/members/WilliPaul<div><h2 class="entry-title"><span class="font-size-7"><a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2147" target="_blank"><span>“Oh, PermaTrans, where art thou?” : Rant by Willi Paul, Planetshifter.com Magazine</span></a></span></h2><div class="entry-meta"><span class="meta-prep meta-prep-author"> </span></div><div class="entry-content"><div class="pd-rating" id="pd_rating_holder_2748361_post_3528"><div class="rating-icons" id="pd_rate_2748361_post_3528"><div class="rating-star-icon" id="PDRTJS_2748361_post_3528_stars_2"> <a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2147"><img class="aligncenter align-center" alt="" src="http://www.planetshifter.com/uploads/imagecache/standard/centerspace_23.PNG" width="505" height="274" /></a></div></div></div><p><span class="font-size-4"><strong><a href="http://youtu.be/7WWdve2VJmU">Children</a>! </strong>Are we passing the buck – and our kids – into crazy crowd funding bashes in the hope for the next best green thing?</span></p><p></p><p><span class="font-size-4"><strong>A Unified Movement? </strong>Where? The Occupy Movement is fried, where are we going?</span></p><p></p><p><span class="font-size-4"><strong>Getting beyond the listservs, pundits, and U Tubes</strong>: how about a new “national newspaper”? Transition Television? Where is permaculture’s mega hit rock band? I can’t hear you!</span></p><p></p><p><span class="font-size-4"><strong>Spiritual Now?! </strong>Forget the religion block from “Permie control” in Australia; without this healing power, we are just farmers.</span></p><p></p><p><span class="font-size-4"><strong>Capitalism vs. Transition? </strong>perpetuating profit lust while disguising our greed as global conscious change is ugly.</span></p><p></p><p><span class="font-size-4"><strong>Heroes and Business Women? </strong>Too many expensive and redundant events, groups and classes; not enough grass-roots labs and initiatives, urgh?</span></p><p></p><p><span class="font-size-4"><strong>Our Collective Consciousness. </strong>How do you define, measure, evaluate and shape this yack?</span></p><p></p><p><span class="font-size-4"><strong>Where are our <a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/1855">debated visions of the future</a>? </strong>Big templates for change? Have you heard any feedback from the recent 2013 NorCal Transition – Permaculture Convergence?</span></p><p></p><p><span class="font-size-4"><strong>Painful. </strong>Permaculturists are still using unpaid interns and volunteers to grow their markets!</span></p><p></p><p><span class="font-size-4"><strong>Politics? </strong>How many of the runners for Fall City Council elections are including Permaculture or Transition ideas? I can’t hear you!</span></p><p></p><p><span class="font-size-4">* * * * * * *</span></p><p></p><p><span class="font-size-4"><strong>Get More:</strong> <a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/1976">Permaculture 2012: Four Problems in Need of Integrated Solutions by Willi</a></span></p></div></div>Greening Our Community Would Improve Our Asthma, Migraines, and Fatiguehttps://sustainablecoco.ning.com/profiles/blogs/greening-our-community-would2010-05-10T19:37:59.000Z2010-05-10T19:37:59.000Zdaliya robsonhttps://sustainablecoco.ning.com/members/daliyarobson<div><p class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><b><i>GREENING OUR COMMUNITY WOULD IMPROVE OUR ASHMA MIGRAINES FATIGUE AND ADD</i></b></span><span>Verdana"">. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">REMINDERS OFHEALTH RISKS FROM FRAGRANCES</span></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><b><i>Consider checking your health symptoms and consider how you would be without these chemicals.HOW ABOUT FRAGRANT FREE POLICY IN PUBLIC PLACES</i></b></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Twenty Most Common Chemicals Found in Thirty-One Fragrance Products.</span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Principal chemicals found in scented products are:</span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><b>ACETONE</b></span> <span style="font-family:Verdana;">in cologne, dishwashing liquid and detergent, nail enamel remover. Acetone is on the EPA, RCRA, CERCLA Hazardous Waste list.</span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Inhalation can cause dryness of the mouth and throat; dizziness, nausea, in coordination, slurredspeech , drowsiness, and, in severe exposures, coma. "Acts primarily as acentral nervous system (CNS) depressant.</span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><b>BENZALDEHYDE</b></span> <span style="font-family:Verdana;">is in perfume, cologne, hairspray, laundry bleach, deodorants, detergent, Vaseline lotion, shaving cream, shampoo, bar soap,dishwasher detergent. It is a Narcotic. Sensitizer. It is a Local anesthetic,CNS depressant irritation to the mouth, throat, eyes, skin, lungs, and GItract, causing nausea and abdominal pain. May cause kidney damage. "Do not use with contactlenses."</span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><b>BENZYL ACETATE</b></span> <span style="font-family:Verdana;">is in perfume, cologne, shampoo, fabric softener, stickup air freshener, dishwashing liquid and detergent, soap, hairspray,bleach, aftershave, deodorants) - Carcinogenic (linked to pancreatic cancer);From vapors: irritating to eyes and respiratory passages, exciting cough. Inmice: hyper anemia of the lungs .Can be absorbed through the skin causingsystemic effects." "Do not flush to sewer." If that is the casewhy use it on your own body?</span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><b>BENZYL ALCOHOL</b></span> <span style="font-family:Verdana;">is in perfume, cologne, soap, shampoo, nail enamel remover, air freshener, laundry bleach and detergent, Vaseline lotion,deodorants, fabric softener and is irritating to the upper respiratory tractheadache, nausea, vomiting, dizziness, drop in blood pressure, CNS depression,and death in severe cases due to respiratory failure.</span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><b>CAMPHOR</b></span> <span style="font-family:Verdana;">in perfume, shaving cream, nail enamel, fabric softener,</span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Dish washer detergent, nail color, stickup air freshener) - "local irritant</span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">and CNS stimulant" ..."readily absorbed through body tissues"<span>yes""></span> irritation of eyes, nose and throat"..."dizziness, confusion, nausea, twitching muscles and convulsions""Avoid inhalation of vapors."</span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><b>ETHANOL</b></span> <span style="font-family:Verdana;">(in: perfume, hairspray, shampoo, fabric softener, dish washing liquid and detergent, laundry detergent, shaving cream, soap,Vaseline lotion, air fresheners, nail color and remover, paint and varnishremover) -</span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">On EPA Hazardous Waste list; symptoms: "...fatigue; irritating to eyes and upper respiratorytract even in low concentrations..." "Inhalation of ethanol vaporscan have effects similar to those characteristic of</span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">ingestion. These include an initial stimulatory effect followed by</span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">drowsiness , impaired vision, ataxia, stupor..." Causes CNS disorder.</span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><b>ETHYL ACETATE</b></span> <span style="font-family:Verdana;">(in: after shave, cologne, perfume, shampoo, nail color, nailenamel remover, fabric softener, dishwashing liquid) - Narcotic. OnEPAHazardous Waste list; "...irritating to the eyes and respiratorytract""may cause headache and narcosis (stupor)” ..."defattingeffect on skin and may cause drying and cracking" ..."may causeanemia with leukocytosis and damage to liver and kidneys" "Washthoroughly after handling."</span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><b>LIMONENE</b></span> <span style="font-family:Verdana;">(in: perfume, cologne, disinfectant spray, bar soap, shaving cream,</span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">deodorants, nail color and remover, fabric softener, dishwashing liquid, airfresheners, after shave,bleach, paint and varnish remover) - Carcinogenic."Prevent its contactwith skin or eyes because it is an irritant and sensitizer." "Alwayswash thoroughly after using this material and before eating, drinking,...applying cosmetics. Do not inhale limonene vapor."</span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><b>Is this a joke ????These poisons are sold in order to inhale.</b></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">LINALOOL (in: perfume, cologne, bar soap, shampoo, hand lotion, nail enamel remover , hairspray, laundry detergent,dishwashing liquid, vaseline lotion , air fresheners, bleach powder, fabricsoftener, shaving cream, after shave , solid deodorant) - Narcotic. Respiratorydisturbances" "Attractsbees." "In animal tests: ataxic gait, reduced spontaneous motoractivity and depression ... development of respiratory disturbances leading todeath."depressed frog-heart activity." Causes CNS disorder.</span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><b>METHYLENE CHLORIDE</b></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">in: shampoo, cologne, paint and varnish remover) -Banned by the FDA in 1988! No enforcement possible due to trade secret lawsprotecting chemical fragrance industry. On EPA, RCRA, CERCLA Hazardous Waste lists."Carcinogenic Absorbed, stored in body fat, it metabolizes to carbonmonoxide, reducing oxygen-carrying capacity of the blood." "Headache,giddiness, stupor, irritability, fatigue, tingling in the limbs." CausesCNS disorder.</span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><b>a-PINENE</b></span> <span style="font-family:Verdana;">in: bar and liquid soap, cologne, perfume, shaving cream,</span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">deodorants, dishwashing liquid, air freshener. Sensitizer damaging to the immune system.</span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><b>g-TERPINENE</b></span> <span style="font-family:Verdana;">in: cologne, perfume, soap, shaving cream, deodorant, air freshener) - "Causes asthma and CNS disorders."</span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><b>a-TERPINEOL</b></span> <span style="font-family:Verdana;">in perfume, cologne, laundry detergent, bleach powder, laundry bleach, fabric softener, stickup air freshener, vaselinelotion, cologne, soap, hairspray,after shave, roll-on deodorant) - highly irritating to mucous membranes..Aspiration into the lungs can produce pneumonitis or even fatal edema."Can also cause excitement, ataxia (loss of muscular coordination), hypothermia,CNS and respiratory depression, and headache. Prevent repeated or prolongedskin contact."</span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><b><i>HOW DO YOU DO THAT IF ITS YOUR DETERGENT OR AFTER SHAVE OR OR CREAM OR SOAP?</i></b></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Unable to secure MSDS for the following chemicals: 1,8-CINEOLE;</span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">b-CITRONELLOL; b-MYRCENE; NEROL; OCIMENE; b-PHENETHYL ALCOHOL; a-TERPINOLENE</span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Relevant Facts:</span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">95% of chemicals used in fragrances are synthetic compounds derived from petroleum. They includebenzene derivatives, aldehydes and many other known toxics and sensitizers -capable of causing cancer, birth defects, central nervous system disorders andallergic reactions. Neurotoxins: At Home and<span>yes""></span> the Workplace, Report by the Committee on Science &Technology, U.S. House</span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">of Representatives, Sept. 16, 1986. (Report 99-827)</span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Central Nervous System disorders (brain and spine) include Multiple</span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Alzheimer's Disease, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.</span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Chloroform was found in tests of fabric softeners: EPA's 1991 study.</span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">A room containing an air freshener had high levels of p-dichlorobenzene (a carcinogen) and ethanol:EPA's 1991 study.</span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">An FDA analysis (1968-1972) of 138 compounds used in cosmetics that most frequently involvedadverse reactions, identified five chemicals- alpha-terpineol, benzyl acetate,benzyl alcohol, limonene and linalool <span></span>that are among the 20 most commonly used in the 31 fragrance productstested by the EPA in 1991!</span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Thirty-three million Americans suffer from sinusitis an inflammation orinfection of sinuspassages).</span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Twelve million Americans have asthma. Asthma and asthma deaths have increased over 30% in thepast 10 years.</span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Headaches cost $50 billion in lost productivity and medical expenses and 157 million lost work days in 1991."Focus on Fragrance and Health," by Louise Kosta, The HumanEcologist, Fall 1992.</span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Written by: Julia Kendall, Co-Chair, Citizens for a Toxic-Free Marin; Phone:</span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">(415) 485-6870</span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Reference: Lance Wallace, Environmental Protection Agency, Excerpts from"Health HazardInformation" References: Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)</span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"></p><p class="MsoPlainText"></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p></div>